CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 27, 2024

Seven companies that license music, images, videos, and other data used for training artificial intelligence systems have formed a trade association to promote responsible and ethical licensing of intellectual property. The situation could become even more complex for multinational companies.

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Licensing Training Data Artificial Intelligence 320

CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 10, 2025

Shadow IT can create several problems, he says, including software license violations and security holes. Erik Gfesser, an IT consultant and former director at Deloitte, says hes seen enterprises running hundreds of unauthorized apps and software libraries when he engages with them. Some organizations are too strict, however, Gfesser adds.

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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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Licensing Cloud Enterprise Enterprise 289

Forrester IT

APRIL 1, 2025

Litigation has become the default method for companies to resolve disagreements, force accountability, and establish recourse for everything from breach-related failures to contractual disagreements.

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Vmware Software Software Licensing 199

Network World

MAY 16, 2024

The makers of the Raspberry Pi have filed documents with the London Stock Exchange saying that the tiny hobbyist computers will soon be sold by a publicly traded company, Raspberry Pi Limited. Its products are sold in 70 different countries, and Raspberry Pi has partnered up with numerous major technology companies, including Sony and Arm.

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Company Education Nonprofit Licensing 448

Network World

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Red Hat announced plans to acquire Neural Magic, a company that specializes in generative AI performance engineering, model optimization algorithms, and high-performance GPU and CPU inference serving. Red Hat intends to democratize the power of AI through open-source-licensed models that can run anywhere.

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Linux Open Source Architecture Licensing 370

CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 5, 2024

The landscape of data center infrastructure is shifting dramatically, influenced by recent licensing changes from Broadcom that are driving up costs and prompting enterprises to reevaluate their virtualization strategies. As a result, VMware customers can no longer purchase perpetual licenses or just the ESXi hypervisor on its own.

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Licensing Data Center Vmware Data 312

Network World

MARCH 20, 2025

SoftBanks announcement suggests Ampere will collaborate with other SBG companies, potentially creating a powerful ecosystem of Arm-based computing solutions. This collaboration could extend to SoftBanks numerous portfolio companies, including Korean/Japanese web giant LY Corp, ByteDance (TikToks parent company), and various AI startups.

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Data Center Architecture Licensing Energy 269

Network World

MARCH 17, 2025

Broadcoms decisions to replace perpetual VMware software licenses with subscriptions and to eliminate point products in favor of an expensive bundle of private cloud tools are driving longtime VMware customers to look for an exit strategy. For customers looking elsewhere, theres no shortage of alternatives. McDowell agrees.

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Virtualization Strategy Enterprise Enterprise 430

CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 2, 2025

SAP R/1 was designed as standard software that could be offered to other companies. By completely changing the underlying architecture and incorporating an in-memory database, an intelligent data model, and a simplified interface, SAP has created with S/4HANA what the company calls a real-time ERP suite for digital business.

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System SAP Licensing Architecture 280

Network World

APRIL 8, 2025

When it comes to adding new technologies to their product range, vendors options range from researching and developing them internally to acquiring another company that has done the work. If they are planning a large capital spend on the server side, they shouldnt be planning to exploit any cracks in the Broadcom armor.

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Vmware Licensing Software Software 332

CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Microsoft is in talks with Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe (CISPE) to settle the trade body’s complaint about its cloud software licensing practices in the European Union (EU). These companies and the association had alleged to the Commission that some of the companies practices in the EU were anti-competitive in nature.

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Licensing Microsoft Cloud Web Services 272

IT Toolbox

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Almost a year after Reddit made difficult changes to monetize its data at the expense of losing some important users, the company reportedly secured a $60 million deal. Content licensing deal for AI training is thus the new business model on the block.

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Licensing Advertising Training Report 264

CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 17, 2025

The software company is making it virtually impossible for its customers to work with non-SAP process mining solutions. The following year, the Munich-based company participated in SAPs Startup Focus program the starting point of a long-term business relationship between SAP and Celonis. Celonis was launched in 2011.

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SAP Data Licensing Software 240

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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Journal Licensing Media Report 461

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 3, 2024

“All UK businesses and organizations that bought licenses for Windows Server via Amazon’s AWS, Google Cloud Platform, and Alibaba Cloud may have been overcharged and will be represented in this new ‘opt-out’ collective action,” the law firm statement said. Microsoft is one of the biggest companies in the world. Kimball asked.

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Microsoft Licensing Cloud Operating Systems 264

CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 3, 2024

A VMware licensing cost increase of 150%. For many VMware customers, the licensing model and price changes were abrupt. Facing backlash from existing customers, Broadcom has attempted to explain the new product and licensing model with a hope that current customers can manage the transition. An increase of 300%.

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Vmware Licensing Cloud Virtualization 214

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Some delayed decisions by relying on existing VMware licenses, while others explored alternatives or ran redundancies to compare options. I do recognize some companies are probably easier than ours to go ahead and do the migration. It took about 18 months. It’s not something you just flip off a switch and you’re done. You need to plan.

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Vmware Hotels Cloud Strategy 312

GeekWire

APRIL 9, 2025

(Photo courtesy of Smith) Kelly Smith is making another startup leap as the founder of Hedfirst , a new telehealth company aiming to help patients that need migraine medication. It works with licensed providers in most U.S. ” The company is coming out of Curious Office , the startup incubator Smith launched in 2007.

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Company Insurance Licensing Mobile 120

GeekWire

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Clockwise from top left: Privacy License founder Nabanita De; Mvue founder Payal Tiwana; Saturday founder Michelle Howe; and Pansophy founder Anshu Dwibhashi. This time we’re featuring companies building products in privacy, fintech, knowledge search, and wellness. The app has more than 13,000 users and charges $5.99

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Company Licensing B2B Nonprofit 117

Network World

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The conference, the first after Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware, highlighted the growing trend of companies bringing workloads back from public clouds to on-premises environments. VMware Explore 2024 Broadcom bolsters VMware Cloud Foundation Nov. 1, 2024: V Mware increased the vSAN capacity in vSphere Foundation by 2.5x

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Vmware Conference Cloud Enterprise 369

Network World

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

VMware’s origins To understand Baguley’s career at the company, you have to look back 13 years and six months. With that picture in mind, the company has grown from “a small company” to the giant it is today, “an organization within a much larger one,” Baguley said. For him, the journey to the present has been “very exciting.”

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CTO Vmware Cloud Storage 394

CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 22, 2024

By 2027, 70% of new contracts for employees will include licensing and fair usage clauses for AI representations of their personas. By 2028, 30% of S&P companies will use GenAI labeling, such as “xxGPT,” to reshape their branding while chasing new revenue.

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Energy Healthcare Enterprise Enterprise 338

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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Data Center Licensing Programming Artificial Intelligence 396

CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The software spending increases will be driven by several factors, including price increases, expanding license bases, and some AI investments , says John Lovelock, distinguished vice president analyst at Gartner. “We We have companies trying to build out the data centers that will run gen AI and trying to train AI,” he says.

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Data Center Artificial Intelligence Software Software 334

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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Microsoft Cloud Licensing Google 397

GeekWire

MARCH 10, 2025

(Redfin Photo) Rocket Companies agreed to acquire Seattle-based Redfin in a $1.75 “Rocket and Redfin have a unified vision of a better way to buy and sell homes,” Rocket Companies CEOVarun Krishna said in a statement. The company cut 450 employees after announcing a recent licensing deal with Zillow Group.

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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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Company Retail Strategy CTO Hire 298

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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Vmware Symantec Licensing Enterprise 418

Network World

MARCH 25, 2025

of the Fortune 500 companies have women CEOs. In an AP survey of S&P 500 companies, only 25 of 341 CEOs were women. The Women in Tech organization reports that 17% of tech companies have a woman CEO, and only 25% of all C-suite jobs are held by women. Several went out and started their own company. Only 10.4%

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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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Tools Network Licensing WAN 488

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

In particular, the UAE AI Office created an AI license requirement for applications in the Dubai International Finance Centre. Further, the Dubai Health Authority also requires AI license for ethical AI solutions in healthcare. the world’s leading tech media, data, and marketing services company.

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Artificial Intelligence Guidelines Research Licensing 301

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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Vmware Licensing Virtualization Data Center 299

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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Vmware Licensing Hotels Virtualization 459

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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Vmware Licensing Software Software 369

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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Cloud Licensing Artificial Intelligence Survey 417

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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Education Programming Data Center Licensing 397