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Broadcom EMEA CTO: ‘When it comes to building private clouds, we are first’

Network World

VMware customer concerns linger : Enterprise customers have questions about VMware’s future direction, licensing changes, and product roadmap following Broadcom’s takeover. With the acquisition closed, the American multinational brought its VMware Explore 2024 event to Barcelona from Nov.

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Cisco launches intelligent Wi-Fi 7 access points

Network World

Cisco has taken the wraps off a pair of intelligent WiFi-7 access points and introduced a new way of licensing wireless gear across cloud, on-premises and hybrid networks. With it customers can purchase our new unified licenses (Cisco Wireless Essentials or Advantage) in a Cisco Networking Subscription.

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Stratoshark brings Wireshark-style analysis to cloud system calls

Network World

Loris Degioanni, Sysdig founder and CTO, Stratoshark and Wireshark co-creator, argued that debugging complex issues often requires deeper system visibility. Open-source community and future development Following Wiresharks successful open-source model, Stratoshark is being released under the same open-source license asthe Wireshark codebase.

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Cost, security, and flexibility: the business case for open source gen AI

CIO Business Intelligence

Both types of gen AI have their benefits, says Ken Ringdahl, the companys CTO. Chatbot Arena ranks more than 160 top models both proprietary and open source and lists their licenses. And if its used in an app or service with more than 700 million monthly users, a special license from Meta is required. Too many to choose from?

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IT frustration costs companies more than $100 million a year — with shadow IT the only user solution

CIO Business Intelligence

Shadow IT can create several problems, he says, including software license violations and security holes. It rarely ends well for either the business team, the ghost IT team, or the central technology organization, he adds. He recommends organizations put governance in place to provide guidelines for approved software use.

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Broadcom distrust drives sales for VMware competition

Network World

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.

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SAP customers on Business Suite: New strategy, same old concerns

CIO Business Intelligence

To achieve this, SAP must continuously harmonize its product landscape and consistently implement uniform standards, for example, in data models and identity and security services, said DSAG CTO Sebastian Westphal. The CTO emphasizes that all newly developed functions by SAP are fully integrated into the overall system.

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