GeekWire

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Founded in 2009, Audiosocket is seeing growth of its music licensing software products used by social media creators, movie production studios, and others. Now the company is making a play to startups that need music for their games, apps, creator tools, metaverse worlds, and more. Audiosocket Image) The company has raised $3.5

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TechSpot

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The identity of the AI company that partnered with Reddit wasn't mentioned, nor do we know how. Sources familiar with the matter told Bloomberg that Reddit has been sharing the news with prospective investors ahead of its IPO. The deal is said to be worth around $60 million per year. Read Entire Article

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Information Week

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The newspaper says the company uses its writing without permission, according to a Wall Street Journal report -- as other media companies forge lucrative deals with AI companies to license copyrighted material.

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GeekWire

JUNE 11, 2024

LinkedIn Photos) Seattle startup Cyrus Biotechnology is spinning out a business that will expand access to the company’s software technology, with the potential of supporting innovation in drug development, agriculture, synthetic biology and manufacturing. Tech companies are really good at what they do.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The company has gobbled up at least four other startups this year, including one that is under investigation by the Justice Department. AI startups are raising a large chunk of total funding, though some industry insiders expect more M&A activity as companies run out of money and larger corporations look to buy talent and tech.

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Network World

OCTOBER 1, 2024

This move could simplify the shipment process for US companies by allowing foreign data centers to apply for special status, avoiding the need for individual export licenses. Earlier, the US exporters were required to obtain individual licenses to export such chips to “countries of concern.”

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Network World

JULY 11, 2024

Microsoft has reportedly agreed to pay $22 million to settle an antitrust complaint with a group representing cloud computing companies in Europe. A complaint was filed in 2022 by CISPE (Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers Europe) accusing Microsoft of unfair licensing practices that hurt Europe’s cloud computing ecosystem.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Travel and expense management company Emburse saw multiple opportunities where it could benefit from gen AI. To solve the problem, the company turned to gen AI and decided to use both commercial and open source models. Both types of gen AI have their benefits, says Ken Ringdahl, the companys CTO.

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TechSpot

APRIL 10, 2024

Blizzard announced back in November 2022 that the agreement with NetEase allowing it to publish games in mainland China since 2008 would expire on January 23, 2023, the result of the two parties failing to reach a deal to renew the license. Blizzard at the time said it could not. Read Entire Article

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Vox

AUGUST 5, 2024

Anthropic was supposed to be the good AI company. In fact, all of Anthropic’s founders once worked at OpenAI but quit in part because of differences over safety culture there , and moved to spin up their own company that would build AI more responsibly. The ethical one. The safe one. Now, though, the tensions are turbocharged.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Our internal rallying cry for the team is “Own Your Stride,” which means owning business outcomes, the technology we employ, and growth — both for the individual and the company. was also important to help our executive team and board understand the “why” for the company, team, and individual. How did you achieve this integration?

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Network World

AUGUST 14, 2024

So far, the $60 billion Broadcom-VMware deal has led to some layoffs , VMware licensing changes, production rationalizations, and shifts to the partner program. Meanwhile, Broadcom President and CEO Hock Tan pledged support to customers and clarified how the company would offer VMware products and support going forward.

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GeekWire

JUNE 24, 2024

BoxedUp Photo) BoxedUp , a startup founded by ex-Amazon employees to help equipment rental companies set up and run online stores, raised $2.85 He spoke to Hypepotamus last fall about the launch of the BoxedUp Storefront, which rental equipment companies license to manage inventory, invoices, orders, and delivery logistics in one spot.

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Vox

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

At the end of January, when Universal Music Group (UMG) failed to negotiate a new licensing deal with TikTok , it removed its entire music catalog from the app. They want to pay under the market rate for licensing our catalog. How much was TikTok paying to license the Universal Music Group’s music and how much does UMG want now?

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Network World

MAY 20, 2024

First, tool vendors sold them with perpetual licenses, which meant a long-term investment. Second, tools could take time to implement, especially for larger companies that invest months of time customizing data collection mechanisms, dashboards, alerts, and more. But things have changed.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The same thing could happen with software code, even though companies don’t typically share their source code, he says. When an AI generates code, it doesn’t know how that code will be used, so you might end up accidentally violating license terms.” Does the output infringe something that someone else has done?”

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 22, 2024

When tech giant Broadcom acquired virtualization market leader VMware last October, it restructured licensing terms, laid off thousands of employees, and terminated partner agreements with resellers and service providers. Customers that paid for older perpetual licenses can continue to use the older vSphere versions they purchased, he said.

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Network World

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

The filing alleged that AT&T’s lawsuit is an attempt to secure more time to transition to other software while still receiving discounted support services, which Broadcom has already phased out for perpetual license holders. AT&T and Broadcom did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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Network World

AUGUST 14, 2024

Discontent over VMware licensing changes and shifts to the partner program has sent customers looking elsewhere, and at least two competitors say they are benefiting from the discord in the form of increased sales. The number of new customers and new partners doubled compared to the same period last year. “…we

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Network World

MAY 24, 2024

These, along with issues such as software licensing, could disincentivise customers from using rival cloud providers, thereby stifling innovation and inhibiting competition in the cloud service market. Software licensing practices were not widely viewed, in isolation, as influencing the choice of public cloud provider.

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Network World

AUGUST 20, 2024

While the conference promises to showcase the combined strengths of both companies, concerns over pricing, licensing and the direction of VMware products are likely to dominate discussions. Overarching concerns regarding the impact of Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware still abound.

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GeekWire

MAY 21, 2024

The company says the new “Team Copilot” expands its Copilot AI technology beyond its existing function as a one-on-one personal assistant, to play a larger role inside organizations. The company says Team Copilot will be available in Microsoft Teams, Loop, and Planner, among other programs.

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Network World

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The proposed rules, expected to be announced this month, would require these companies to meet strict conditions, such as reporting key data to the US government and ensuring Chinese entities are barred from accessing the chips. This seems to be an attempt to balance control and innovation, said Pareekh Jain, CEO of Pareekh Consulting.

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Network World

AUGUST 20, 2024

Streamlined licensing is another component of the Blueprint. “To Disparate licenses, varied terms, and unpredictable costs can hinder operational efficiency and become a significant burden,” wrote Mathias Kokot, vice president of cloud-ready data center at Juniper, in a blog about licensing. “To

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Network World

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Microsoft’s cloud business is under surveillance in Europe: The association of Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe (CISPE) has set up new monitoring body to ensure the tech giant complies with a legal settlement to keep cloud licensing practices fair in the region.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

From the start, Meta has made the Llama models available to other enterprises under a license it describes as “open source,” but the creation of the new business group makes clear that Meta’s interest is commercial, not philanthropic. Meta also has a veto on competitors using Llama for anything too big: The Llama 3.2

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Network World

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Frank Karlitschek, CEO and company founder, said, “over the past three years, Nextcloud has submitted extensive documentation and other evidence of anti-competitive behavior by Microsoft. This is an important step to prohibit future anti-competitive practices by the US company.”

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 17, 2023

GeekWire File Photo) Amazon has committed more than $1 billion to license Microsoft 365 cloud productivity software for 1 million of its corporate and frontline workers in a surprise “megadeal” between the crosstown rivals, Insider reported Tuesday , citing an internal document and a person familiar with the matter.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 10, 2024

SaaS billing, in contrast to conventional on-premises software licenses, frequently entails intricate, consumption-based pricing, which makes cost control more challenging. FinOps procedures and ITAM tools should work together to guarantee ongoing SaaS license management and monitoring.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Initial purchase, configuration, and installation Negotiating software license terms is a skill in itself that might require assistance from the company’s legal team or CFO. Organizations keep multiple copies of application data for backup and disaster recovery reasons, so companies need to add the cost of replacing backups.

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TechSpot

AUGUST 31, 2023

Nvidia wrote in a regulatory filing that the US government had informed the company of a licensing requirement for a subset of A100 and H100 products destined for certain customers and regions, including some countries in the Middle East. It wasn't specified which countries in the area would be affected. Read Entire Article

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TechSpot

JANUARY 3, 2024

The Dutch government partially revoked the 2023 shipment license in recent months, affecting a "small number" of customers in China, the company said. ASML recently announced that it will no longer be able to ship its NXT:2050i and NXT:2100i lithography systems to China. Read Entire Article

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TechSpot

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Cloud Infrastructure Service Providers in Europe (CISPE) and Microsoft have entered talks to resolve a lawsuit the organization brought against Redmond over its cloud licensing policies. The group, including European cloud companies and Amazon Web Services (AWS), lament the significant cost increases Microsoft has forced on them.

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Vox

MAY 31, 2024

Understanding AI and the companies that make it Artificial intelligence is poised to change the world from media to medicine and beyond — and Future Perfect has been there to cover it. Should the company refuse to license its content, there’s a decent chance such data scraping would continue, without compensation.

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TechSpot

JULY 17, 2024

At its core, it had around €455 million in Google Cloud licenses bundled with €14 million in cash incentives. However, it came with a notable string attached – the conglomeration of companies known as the Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers. Bloomberg notes that the rejected proposal outlined a generous five-year partnership.

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Forrester IT

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Today the company focuses on healthcare, but it wants to do more than just build and sell medical products. Koninklijke Philips has come a long way since the Philips family began making lightbulbs in the Dutch city of Eindhoven in 1891. The Financial Times recently quoted Philips CEO Frans van Houten: “In the future, most […].

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GeekWire

APRIL 24, 2023

The Seattle-based company is developing a small-scale solution for fusion power, which is called clean energy’s “holy grail” because of its potential for generating unlimited amounts of power. Langtry and co-founder and Chief Operations Officer Brian Riordan met at Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’ space company in Kent, Wash.,

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