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Oracle will manage your BYOL compliance for you…
Oracle are moving increasingly towards being a subscription-based company and have identified Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) as their big bet for the future – getting customer organisations off boring on-premises agreements and onto exciting cloud agreements. Despite ... -
Microsoft makes big changes to licensing policies for European Cloud Providers
Microsoft have announced a range of changes to their European cloud licensing policies, aimed at reducing some of the heat they’ve been receiving from European cloud providers and industry bodies. Some of the licensing changes are ... -
Microsoft 24x7 support to be retired
Microsoft have announced more changes to their Software Assurance program – this time its the 24×7 Problem Resolution Support that is on the chopping block. 24×7 support will be retired/killed off/ended as of February 1, 2023. ... -
Adobe price increases: Could Ado BE any more expensive?
Whatever Microsoft can do, Adobe can do too, right? April 27th, 2022 sees the introduction of Adobe price increases of 4-7% for Adobe Creative Cloud products in 36 countries. Just as with Microsoft, the justification for ... -
Flexera & IBM collaborate on hybrid IT governance
IBM has announced two products designed to improve hybrid IT governance. First up is IBM Turbonomic Application Resource Management, the first fruits of IBM’s acquisition of Turbonomic in 2021. By combining Turbonomic’s existing IaaS management capabilities ... -
Microsoft Power Apps pay-as-you-go (PAYG) pricing model
Microsoft have recently made Power Apps available under a pay-as-you-go (PAYG) model, alongside the traditional “per user”/ “per app” options. The rationale behind Power Apps pay-as-you-go appears to be so Redmond can help organisations digitally transform ... -
Attack vs Defence: How to Avoid Conceding an Oracle Audit Compliance Penalty
As a part of the SAM team in a large organisation, your role can feel like the last line of defence against mega-vendor software audits and multi-million-dollar compliance settlement fees. You may have a well-drilled team ... -
Software-enforced obsolescence undermines Microsoft’s sustainability credentials
This article is the first in a two-part series co-authored with Tamsir Fayer, VP & CMO of Softcorner. With the COP26 agreement in place, now is the time for everyone, including IT departments, to do their ... -
SAP HANA database: Managing spend & risk
This article was provided by Becki Riall, Senior SAP Licensing Consultant with JNC Consulting. SAP HANA is an in-memory database developed by SAP and was originally introduced in 2010. The adoption rate is growing due to ...