CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Google on Wednesday told the European Union (EU) that Microsoft is illegally using its dominant market position in Windows to force enterprises to use its Azure cloud service or face a 400% price penalty and a denial of upgrades and security patches. It doesn’t address the particulars of Google’s filing,” he said.

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Network World

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The US government could designate cloud providers including Google and Microsoft as global gatekeepers for advanced AI chips, a step widely viewed as the latest effort to block Chinas access to this critical technology, according to a Reuters report. This would ensure their growth wont be hampered globally.

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CTOvision

AUGUST 16, 2016

Its cloud and on-premise software business consists of three segments, including cloud software and on-premise software, which includes Software as a Service (SaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) offerings, cloud infrastructure as a service (IaaS) and software license updates and product support. A Very Clear Plan (blogs.oracle.com).

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 3, 2024

A UK law firm on Tuesday filed what amounts to a class-action lawsuit against Microsoft, accusing it of using its market share to overcharge clients running Windows Server on AWS, Google, or Alibaba cloud offerings instead of on Microsoft Azure. Microsoft is one of the biggest companies in the world. Kimball asked.

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Microsoft Licensing Cloud Operating Systems 105

Venture Beast

MAY 17, 2021

France said its state and corporate data can be stored on Google and Microsoft's cloud services which have been licensed to French companies. Read More.

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Google Microsoft Cloud Data 136

CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 29, 2024

Consulting firm PwC announced Wednesday that it is accelerating its adoption of generative AI in the US and UK through an agreement with OpenAI that it said makes it both the first reseller for ChatGPT Enterprise and the product’s largest user.

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Enterprise Enterprise Research Licensing 126

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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Groups Industry Cloud Licensing 148

The Verge

APRIL 12, 2021

Microsoft is buying AI speech tech firm Nuance for $19.7 Microsoft will pay $56 per share for Nuance, a 23 percent premium over the company’s closing price last Friday. Nuance has licensed this tech for many services and applications, including, most famously, Apple’s digital assistant Siri. The deal includes Nuance’s net debt.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

This year’s Microsoft Ignite developer conference might as well be called AIgnite, with over half of the almost 600 sessions featuring artificial intelligence in some shape or form. Here’s some of the top AI news CIOs will want to take away from Microsoft Ignite 2023. The new Copilot will be generally available from Dec.

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Microsoft Meeting Enterprise Enterprise 135

CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 17, 2022

Cloud adoption might have the effect of consolidating IT by bringing a host of interactions on to a single platform and shift the cost of running IT from CapEx spending to OpEx, but there is the potential for it to cause licensing “bill shock.” Introducing Cloud Navigator portal. Introducing Cloud Navigator portal.

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Licensing Cloud Microsoft Tools 97

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 23, 2023

OpenAI has landed billions of dollars more funding from Microsoft to continue its development of generative artificial intelligence tools such as Dall-E 2 and ChatGPT. Microsoft stands to benefit from its investment in three ways. The deal, announced by OpenAI and Microsoft on Jan. It’s going to get ugly,” she said.

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Enterprise Enterprise Microsoft Artificial Intelligence 131

GeekWire

OCTOBER 16, 2024

[ Editor’s Note: Microsoft @ 50 is a year-long GeekWire project exploring the tech giant’s past, present and future, recognizing its 50th anniversary in 2025. It was a “major, major moment in this whole AI journey,” said Peter Lee, the Microsoft Research president. At Microsoft, it was a moment decades in the making.

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GeekWire

MAY 8, 2024

Microsoft Graphic Microsoft released a new version of a study that has documented the transformation of work over the past few years, from the implications of remote and hybrid work to the rise of artificial intelligence in the workplace.

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Study Microsoft Licensing Artificial Intelligence 115

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 167

CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Microsoft will end product support and updates for Dynamics GP, its legacy enterprise resource planning (ERP) product for small and medium businesses, on September 30, 2029, the company announced on Tuesday. Microsoft is committed to ensuring we offer robust and innovative solutions to meet these needs.

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SAP Oracle Microsoft Cloud 130

Computerworld Vertical IT

APRIL 15, 2022

Microsoft is planning to release a new tool that will automate the patch management process , all but eliminating Patch Tuesdays for many organizations. The company’s new Windows Autopatch service will keep business computers continuously updated as part of a new feature included with the Windows Enterprise E3 subscription service.

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Enterprise Enterprise Microsoft Windows 77

CTOvision

MARCH 13, 2017

Major cloud infrastructure services like Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services have fueled new hiring strategies, with 81% of enterprises adopting DevOps strategies and engineers. Still, for business leaders without a strong technical background, cloud computing can seem almost impenetrable. Cloud Computing Fundamentals.

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Cloud Real Estate Data Center Software 249

Tech Republic

JUNE 14, 2023

You really can’t beat getting The All-In-One Microsoft Office Pro Plus 2021 for Windows: Lifetime License + Windows 11 Pro Bundle for only $59.99 – it’s a steal. The post Grab Windows 11 Pro plus the top 8 Microsoft Office programs for just $60 appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Computerworld Vertical IT

JANUARY 31, 2024

The Enterprise edition of any Windows version is aimed directly and more or less exclusively at businesses and other organizations of some scale, often with thousands or tens of thousands of PCs. It isn’t normally available for retail purchase (though you can find some retailers online willing to sell single-copy licenses).

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Windows Enterprise Enterprise Licensing 78

CTOvision

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

This new feature will allow dynamic provisioning of HDP clusters on the Google Cloud Platform, providing scalability for enterprise-wide solutions employing HDP, as well as providing a means for rapidly setting up prototyping and development environments. Hortonworks was already available on Microsoft''s Azure cloud, and Amazon''s AWS.

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Google Cloud Big Data Open Source 150

GeekWire

JULY 19, 2021

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella discusses the importance of security at a past Microsoft Build developer conference. GeekWire File Photo). Both actions are part of a broader attempt by the U.S. and its NATO allies to identify and curb what they describe as China’s “irresponsible state behavior.”

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Microsoft Malware Licensing Government 131

GeekWire

JUNE 28, 2024

(GeekWire File Photo / Kevin Lisota) Amazon is amping up its AI efforts by hiring executives from Adept , a San Francisco-based startup building “agents” that automate enterprise workflows. Amazon will use some of Adept’s technology as part of a non-exclusive license. Microsoft previously invested in Inflection.

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Enterprise Enterprise Licensing Report 111

SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Caffeine also shows the sophistication that continues to occur in the cybercriminal realm, with underground leadership turning software selling into a profit-making enterprise. Users sign up for a core Caffeine account, pay for licensing, and then receive campaign infrastructure and configuration.

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Microsoft Licensing Advertising Software 119

CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 18, 2024

of Nvidia’s enterprise-spanning AI software platform will feature a smorgasbord of microservices designed to speed app development and provide quick ways to ramp up deployments, the company announced today at its GPU Technology Conference. A host of further integrations is also coming to AI Enterprise 5.0, Nvidia’s AI Enterprise 5.0

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GeekWire

MAY 11, 2023

. “Conversational AI Roundtable,” an event hosted at the Bellevue Club by tech consulting firm Hitech Advisors , gathered industry leaders to discuss AI’s potential impacts on enterprises, startups and society. Enterprises should be aware of sharing their confidential data with AI, Datar said.

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Enterprise Enterprise Engineering Open Source 132

ComputerWorld IT Management

JANUARY 31, 2024

The Enterprise edition of any Windows version is aimed directly and more or less exclusively at businesses and other organizations of some scale, often with thousands or tens of thousands of PCs. It isn’t normally available for retail purchase (though you can find some retailers online willing to sell single-copy licenses).

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Windows Enterprise Enterprise Licensing 74

Venture Beast

JUNE 23, 2021

The Linux Foundation has announced a new permissive license designed to help foster collaboration around open data for AI projects. Read More.

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Licensing Linux Data Open Source 95

The Investing Edge

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

We are very pleased that our second B2B Enterprise IT Forum was so well received. We had a strong turnout, smart questions from our audience, and great advice from our panelists on how to successfully sell enterprise IT. Phil Harrell , VP of Enterprise Sales, HubSpot ). The role of enterprise buyer has changed.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Looking ahead to a future in which customers will move their entire data center workloads to the cloud, Microsoft and Oracle on Thursday expanded their partnership. You can marry that to this incredible library of Microsoft technology. Cloud Computing, Enterprise Applications, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Database

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Oracle Microsoft Data Center Licensing 111

Computerworld Vertical IT

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Microsoft this year treated its big Ignite event as more of a marketing presentation than a full-fledged conference, offering up a variety of announcements that affect Windows users, as well as large enterprises and their networks. I "attended" online.) To read this article in full, please click here

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Microsoft Licensing Travel Budget 88

CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Generative AI touches every aspect of the enterprise, and every aspect of society,” says Bret Greenstein, partner and leader of the gen AI go-to-market strategy at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Gen AI is that amplification and the world’s reaction to it is like enterprises and society reacting to the introduction of a foreign body. “We

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Enterprise Enterprise Trends Open Source 130

GeekWire

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Microsoft’s big cloud businesses, Azure and Office 365, are driving much of the company’s growth. If ever there was a quarter to illustrate that Microsoft’s growth doesn’t depend on Windows PC sales anymore, this is shaping up to be it. Microsoft reports earnings Tuesday afternoon, Oct.

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Windows Cloud Microsoft Enterprise 141

The Verge

AUGUST 2, 2021

Today Microsoft opened availability for Windows 365, the cloud PC setup that lets businesses stream Windows 10 or Windows 11 via a web browser. After it was announced, Microsoft revealed one pricing option of $31 per month, per user to access a cloud PC instance with the equivalent of two CPUs, 4GB of RAM, and 128GB of storage.

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Windows Microsoft Cloud Storage 104

GeekWire

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Microsoft will report its fiscal first quarter earnings Tuesday afternoon. The stakes are high for Microsoft with Azure, as highlighted in an Economist story this month. “Microsoft cannot afford to get Azure wrong,” the story noted. It was a busy quarter for Microsoft.

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Microsoft Report Web Services Cloud 112

GeekWire

OCTOBER 29, 2024

AI will be in the spotlight when Microsoft reports earnings this week. Microsoft will report its results for the three months ended Sept. Here are some of the key numbers to watch: Wall Street analysts expect Microsoft to post revenue of $64.51 billion in guidance that Microsoft provided for the quarter. billion to $64.8

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Microsoft Artificial Intelligence Report Licensing 99

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 25, 2013

DataStax raises $45 million to expand its product development and channel growth, Cloudera adds an Apache security module for Hadoop, and Univa and MapR partner on enterprise-grade workload management for Hadoop. ” Univa and MapR partner on enterprise-grade workload management. DataStax raises $45 million.

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Data Center Data Big Data Enterprise 184

GeekWire

APRIL 23, 2024

Satya Nadella speaking at Microsoft Ignite 2016. GeekWire File Photo / Kevin Lisota) How many points will AI add to Microsoft’s financial scoreboard? That lift came primarily from Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI service , which provides access to models from Microsoft’s key AI partner.

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Microsoft Artificial Intelligence Research Report 94