The Verge

APRIL 12, 2021

Microsoft will pay $56 per share for Nuance, a 23 percent premium over the company’s closing price last Friday. Nuance is best known for its Dragon software, which uses deep learning to transcribe speech and improves its accuracy over time by adapting to a user’s voice. Last month, the company completed its $7.5

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

based software engineering bootcamp operator, has been acquired by Perdoceo , a publicly traded Illinois-based company that owns online academic institutions including Colorado Technical University and American InterContinental University System. The company is No. The company has around 700 employees, according to LinkedIn.

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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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Computerworld Vertical IT

MARCH 28, 2024

Essentially, all software is built using open source. By Synopsys' count, 96% of all codebases contain open-source software. Lately, though, there's been a very disturbing trend.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 12, 2024

Generative AI is already having an impact on multiple areas of IT, most notably in software development. Still, gen AI for software development is in the nascent stages, so technology leaders and software teams can expect to encounter bumps in the road. Software development requires heavy documentation,” Dasdan says.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Tech companies and automakers that want to test self-driving cars on Seattle streets now have to obtain a permit showing they comply with safety and liability regulations. Companies seeking a permit will have to notify the city before beginning testing and display company logos prominently on their self-driving cars.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

AI coding agents are poised to take over a large chunk of software development in coming years, but the change will come with intellectual property legal risk, some lawyers say. The same thing could happen with software code, even though companies don’t typically share their source code, he says. How was the AI trained?

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) OctoAI , a Seattle software startup that sells tools to help build and run generative AI models more efficiently, has been acquired by chip giant Nvidia. The company has gobbled up at least four other startups this year, including one that is under investigation by the Justice Department.

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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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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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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. This forced some customers to buy software they didn’t need as part of a bundle, increasing their costs.

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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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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

(LinkedIn Photo) After more than a week of controversy, Unity Technologies posted an apology letter to its community and promised to undo or rollback many of the changes it had planned to make to the licensing agreements for its game engine Unity. Unity, which has an office in Bellevue, Wash., 17 promise to reverse course. “We

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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 16, 2024

We’re a mainframe shop today and are currently transitioning to more distributed software-as-a-service capabilities, so we can put more data in the hands of people making those key buying and pricing decisions. was also important to help our executive team and board understand the “why” for the company, team, and individual.

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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.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 21, 2024

A VR demo at the Emirates booth during the 2023 Dubai Airshow is the subject of a lawsuit filed by a software development firm against Amazon Web Services. alleges that AWS wrongly terminated their broader software development agreement and owes more than $1.27 Surreal Holdings of Alpharetta, Ga.,

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The Accidental Successful CIO

MAY 12, 2021

Modern CIOs need to understand that Business intelligence (BI) leverages software and services to transform data into actionable insights that inform an company’s strategic and tactical business decisions. Question For You: What is the best way to train the rest of the company to make use of business analytics tools?

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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. Private clouds and software-as-a-service offerings were considered out of scope.

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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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The Accidental Successful CIO

OCTOBER 6, 2021

CIOs who are responsible for their company’s factories are starting to understand that they will be spending far more on data management and analytics tools in the aftermath of the coronavirus outbreak, and will be using those tools for deeper insight into operations, sales and supply chain disruptions. How Will The World Be Changed?

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TechSpot

MAY 15, 2024

While the company was still busy assimilating VMware's virtualization business, Broadcom confirmed in 2023 that the line of Workstation desktop virtualization software wasn't going anywhere. Workstation will be part of VMware even after the Broadcom acquisition, although license conditions will change. Read Entire Article

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Network World

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Broadcom has fired back in the ongoing legal dispute with AT&T over VMware software support services, claiming that AT&T is resorting to “sensationalism” and had long intended to stop using VMware software but delayed the move.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 10, 2024

FinOps, which was first created to maximise the use of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) models, is currently broadening its scope to include Software as a Service (SaaS). FinOps procedures and ITAM tools should work together to guarantee ongoing SaaS license management and monitoring.

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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. Network Management Software, Network Security

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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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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Bouyed by the growing wave of software developers adopting artificial intelligence, GitHub is previewing a system called Copilot Workspace that uses natural language to help developers plan and implement projects. The company says Copilot Workpace will debut sometime in 2024. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said on the company’s Oct.

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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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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 31, 2024

WP Engine has never lost the ability to access the WordPress software and plugins on the Website. A source familiar with the WordPress space, who asked that their name not be used, offered a financial reason why WP Engine might have resisted agreeing to licensing or other payments. “I These are accessible without any login.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 26, 2023

IT provides the plumbing for just about every company in existence today. We’ve gathered eight instances of big tech failures that struck companies and other organizations in 2023. And because the incumbent companies have been around for so long, many are running IT systems with some elements that are years or decades old.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 17, 2023

This includes running a benchmarking spend analysis on all categories relative to industry peers, as well as leading technology companies. Review software licenses and subscriptions Many organizations are over-licensed and oversubscribed on software, pushing costs higher than they need to be.

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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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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 15, 2024

Companies are already very familiar with using open source code. As a result of all this experience, companies should know what to do to make sure they’re using properly-licensed code, how to check for vulnerabilities, and how to keep everything patched and up-to-date. Take the Llama license, for example.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Amazon hasn’t announced pricing just yet, but the company is expected to reveal more information at its re:Invent event today. While developers have been able to turn to companies like Macstadium to host macOS instances previously, Apple’s licensing agreement for macOS has always been a bit of a grey area.

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The Accidental Successful CIO

JANUARY 25, 2023

Because of this some experts fear that use of automated ML by less-well-trained users could lead to errors and bias that could prove embarrassing and costly for the company. Those who use the technology are mostly data engineers, software engineers and business analysts. These new tools are called automated machine learning.

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The Accidental Successful CIO

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

An example of this are the drivers for Uber Technologies who must regularly prove they are licensed account holders by taking selfies on their phones and uploading them to the company. This makeup is specially designed to scramble the facial-recognition software powering cameras while walking through urban areas.

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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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