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SAP publishes open source manifesto

CIO Business Intelligence

It’s an open secret that even proprietary software contains open source components these days, and major vendors are, to varying extents, supporting or participating in open source projects. SAP’s manifesto is in reaction to the fact that all is not always sunshine and roses in the open source world.

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Enterprises reevaluate virtualization strategies amid Broadcom uncertainty

Network World

Broadcoms decisions to replace perpetual VMware software licenses with subscriptions and to eliminate point products in favor of an expensive bundle of private cloud tools are driving longtime VMware customers to look for an exit strategy. For customers looking elsewhere, theres no shortage of alternatives. McDowell agrees.

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Take control of your Oracle unlimited licensing agreement

CIO Business Intelligence

Have you ever met an Oracle customer who happily pays the company’s fees for software support? But too few really understand how beneficial—and painless—breaking up with Oracle Database support can be. Ready to make a seamless exit from Oracle? Neither have we. When was your last database health check?

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Oracle open-sources Java machine learning library

CTOvision

Looking to meet enterprise needs in the machine learning space, Oracle is making its Tribuo Java machine learning library available free under an open-source license. With Tribuo, Oracle aims to […].

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Russia Weighs Replacing IBM, Microsoft With Open-Source Software

Data Center Knowledge

Duma is drafting a bill to restrict government agencies from buying licensed software, giving preference to open-source software. Read More.

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How to strengthen the security of Oracle applications without relying on OAU

CIO Business Intelligence

Vendor support agreements have long been a sticking point for customers, and the Oracle Applications Unlimited (OAU) program is no different. Rimini Street, the global leader of third-party support for Oracle, forms a partnership with its clients and helps them identify such weaknesses.

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Third-party support: a cure for convoluted database costs

CIO Business Intelligence

Expansion of license types. These different databases have varying licensing mechanisms, including traditional, cloud, full open source, and commercial open source. Complex licensing structures. Complex licensing structures. Many database vendors tout a flexible licensing structure.

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