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VMware licensing and pricing hikes: What options do you have?

CIO Business Intelligence

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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Microsoft faces new antitrust complaint over cloud software licensing in Europe

CIO Business Intelligence

Changes Microsoft made to its cloud licensing of Windows and application software to “make bringing workloads and licenses to partners’ clouds easier,” the company says, have drawn the ire of those cloud partners, some of whom have jointly filed an antitrust complaint in the European Union.

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Network teams are ready to switch tool vendors

Network World

First, tool vendors sold them with perpetual licenses, which meant a long-term investment. Most network management tools are now available as SaaS solutions with a subscription license. In general, my organization is pretty open to changing tools,” an IT tools architect at a Fortune 500 media recently said.

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Singapore government pushes energy-efficient data center plan

Network World

Software tweaks for energy efficiency The energy efficiency of servers can also be improved by using “software-based tools such as server virtualization, applying green software techniques, and identifying and addressing software carbon hotspots,” according to Infocomm Media Development Authority, the Singapore government body behind the strategy.

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IntelliDyne’s ITAC Published Top 10 Tech Trends In 2015 For Government Enterprise Infrastructure Management

CTOvision

LPTA Vs. Best Business Value – With Shared Services and Pay-Per-Use licensing, LPTA decisions will be judged on business metrics such as business impact, network efficiency and real-time reporting as part of a new evaluation paradigm.

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After fan outcry, Wizards of the Coast will leave its original open license in place

GeekWire

would seek to deauthorize and replace its Open Game License (OGL), a public copyright notice from 2000. The OGL allows third parties to create virtually any sort of D&D material for profit, such as adventure modules, sourcebooks, or live-play shows. is now available under a Creative Commons license.? And we’ve listened.

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OnLive: Building the future of enterprise services from the cloud

CTOvision

Also OnLive Go debuts, a new business line that brings the benefits of cloud gaming such as instant launch and mobile compatibility to MMOs and virtual world experiences. OnLive is the originator of cloud gaming, innovating the delivery of real-time interactive experiences and rich media over the Internet. All Rights Reserved.

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