Network World

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Cisco this week said it patched a “ critical ” patch for its Prime License Manager (PLM) software that would let attackers execute random SQL queries. The Cisco Prime License Manager offers enterprise-wide management of user-based licensing, including license fulfillment.

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Network World

MAY 20, 2024

Nearly 74% of IT organizations are at least somewhat likely to replace a network management tool over the next two years, according to new research from Enterprise Management Associates (EMA). “I Tools aren’t as “sticky“ as they once were For a variety of reasons, network management tools have historically been sticky in IT organizations.

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Network World

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

The company, known for licensing its chip designs to industry heavyweights like Apple, Nvidia, and Qualcomm, is now stepping directly into the silicon market, a move that could put it in direct competition with the very customers it once served.

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Network World

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Cato Networks today introduced digital experience monitoring (DEM) capabilities that will augment the company’s cloud SASE platform with application traffic and network performance data that IT operations teams need to optimize end-user experiences. The platform relies on a combination of real-time and synthetic monitoring.

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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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Network World

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The framework would allow the companies to offer AI capabilities via cloud services internationally without needing an export license, the report added. Meanwhile, companies without gatekeeper status would need to compete for licenses to import limited quantities of advanced AI chips from Nvidia and AMD in each country.

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Network World

JUNE 24, 2024

Cato Networks is targeting managed service providers with its new Managed SASE Partner Platform. Channel partners now have vendor-level powers over licensing, account management, visibility, and more,” said Frank Rauch, global channel chief at Cato Networks, in a statement. Check out Network World’s SASE buyer’s guide.)

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Network World

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Security teams get overwhelmed with a large number of threat campaigns and false alarms,” says Umesh Mahajan, vice president and general manager for application networking and security at Broadcom. Customers want to continue to see innovation across the VMware portfolio, says one analyst.

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Network World

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has launched an antitrust investigation into Microsoft, scrutinizing its cloud computing, software licensing, cybersecurity, and AI businesses. The inquiry follows over a year of informal interviews with competitors and business partners, Bloomberg reported.

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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.

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Network World

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

“When I joined VMware, we only had a hypervisor – referring to a single software [instance] that can be used to run multiple virtual machines on a physical one – we didn’t have storage or networking.” That’s where we came up with this vision: people would build private clouds with fully software-defined networks, storage and computing.

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Network World

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

This includes acquisition of new software licenses and/or cloud expenses, hardware purchases (compute, storage), early termination costs related to the existing virtual environment, application testing/quality assurance and test equipment, the report reads. Add to all this personnel costs, and the expense might not be worth it.

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Network World

MARCH 12, 2025

Arista Networks has added load balancing and AI job-centric observability features to core software products in an effort to help enterprise customers grow and effectively manage AI networked environments. Arista has also bolstered its CloudVision management package to better troubleshoot AI jobs as they traverse the network.

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Tech Republic Security

JULY 24, 2022

The wired and wireless local area network (LAN) forms the backbone of IT. Today’s IT administrators need to build their next-generation networks with a focus. The post Not-So-Hidden Costs Are Lurking in the LAN: Insist on Operational and Licensing Simplicity appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Network World

AUGUST 20, 2024

Juniper Networks is offering education programs and pricing incentives to accelerate enterprise adoption of AI-based technologies. The idea with the Blueprint is to give customers a guide and toolkit for success with Juniper’s AI-Native Networking Platform. Streamlined licensing is another component of the Blueprint.

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Programming Education Data Center Licensing 397

CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 11, 2022

That may change as telecommunications companies such as Airtel and MTN jump into the mobile money market, after recently receiving licenses to do so. It was only late last year that Nigeria’s Central Bank (CBN), gave the green light for telcos to acquire mobile money licenses. Mobile money is not entirely new to Nigeria.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 12, 2024

For others, such as UK Power Networks, a more methodical and protracted journey has proved to be the best approach. UK Power Networks was created following a merger of three licensed electricity distribution networks brought together under one roof in 2010 by EDF Energy Networks, where Webb served as head of enterprise data management.

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Network World

AUGUST 20, 2024

Attendees can expect to delve deep into the latest innovations in cloud infrastructure, applications and network security that are shaping the industry. Check out other top networking and data center events ] But the anticipation only starts there.

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Network World

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Extreme Networks is rolling out an AI-infused networking platform that aims to help enterprise customers integrate, manage and automate a broad range of network and security technologies. Extremes AI Expert technology will let customers pose natural language queries about network issues, for example. Bukhari said.

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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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Network World

MARCH 10, 2025

The Court found that these parties had conspired to breach Winsopias license agreement in a deliberate, systematic and intentionally hidden effort to unlawfully reverse engineer critical IBM mainframe technology. IBM licensed its mainframe software to Winsopia beginning in 2013, according to the court documents.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Concerns about price hikes surfaced when Broadcom moved VMware away from perpetual licensing terms and onto a subscription model that bundles multiple products together. The capital cost of the new VMWare licensing is but a small part of the overall project. Many of those tools are now bundled together in the new vSphere product line.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Leaders across every industry depend on its resilient cloud platform operated by a team of industry veterans and experts with extensive networking, connectivity, and security expertise. Diamond founded 11:11 Systems to meet that need – and 11:11 hasn’t stopped growing since. We enable them to successfully address these realities head-on.”

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Network World

DECEMBER 12, 2024

This ambitious initiative has revolutionized public safety by combining a massive surveillance network with advanced analytics and artificial intelligence, creating a system that shifts the focus from reactive responses to proactive prevention. At the heart of this transformation is the use of artificial intelligence.

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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. Software licensing practices were not widely viewed, in isolation, as influencing the choice of public cloud provider.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 12, 2023

There were a multitude of reasons for Fraport AG, the operating company of Germany’s largest airport in Frankfurt, to build one of the largest European private 5G campus networks: automation, autonomous driving, localization of devices, and processing data in real time.

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Network World

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

That seems to be the mantra for Cisco in 2019 as the company pushes software-defined WANs, cloud partnerships, improved application programs and its over-arching drive to sell more subscription-based software licenses. Get regularly scheduled insights by signing up for Network World newsletters. ]. billion.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Network reliability and availability are among the many reasons why enterprises are augmenting Wi-Fi networks with 5G. However, enterprise network reliance on Wi-Fi technology has remained unchanged for a long time; Wi-Fi technology itself was invented in 1997. 5G networks help enable that speed and access. Here’s why.

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Network Enterprise Enterprise Applications 264

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. This provides feedback to ensure that the overall sentiment aligns with desired behaviors which will allow for a motivated and engaged workforce,” Gartner stated.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 4, 2023

1] As the cloud continues to play a key role in building resilience and enabling agility, the role of the network is more critical than ever before. without a modern network to support it. How should IT organizations modernize their network management in response to new market pressures and how can a cloud-based approach help?

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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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Network World

JULY 11, 2024

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. Microsoft will also compensate CISPE members for lost revenues related to high licensing costs over the past two years.

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Network World

MARCH 11, 2025

According to Observe, Browser RUM is available today, Mobile RUM is available in private preview, andObservecustomers can begin using Frontend Observability at no additional licensing cost.

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Network World

MAY 23, 2024

While some enterprises looking at private 5G have followed 5G’s Open RAN development as part of their assessment or deployment plans, most tell me the technology is for network operators, and they pay it little mind. OK, that’s the network operator space. Pick a giant source you can threaten. Do enterprises really think the same way?

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Network World

MAY 30, 2024

Revenue in the latest quarter plunging 13% (27% in networking). Is this just a minor hiccup for the dominant player in enterprise networking or something else? Has Cisco gotten too big and unwieldy to compete against innovative disruptors like Arista, Palo Alto Networks, Netskope, Zscaler, and others? Shakeups in the C-suite.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 30, 2025

Theres still enough spending by enterprises on servers, licensed software, and the skill sets they need to maintain and operate the environment that currently exists. Distributing applications and data to edge locations enables faster decision-making with reduced network congestion. The enterprise data center is here to stay.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 26, 2023

IT teams need flexible cybersecurity solutions to address this near-constant evolution in enterprise networking needs. And the licensing models for those solutions should be just as flexible. Flexible licensing programs that allow organizations to pay by usage have emerged as a solution to this challenge.

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