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Gartner predicts 55% of enterprise VMware users will be investigating an exit by 2029
The analyst firms latest Magic Quadrant for DHI – aka hybrid clouds – has the chasing pack facing problems too: with maturity, cost, and complex licences.
Businesses are dropping Microsoft 365 in favour of Google – but the main motivator seems to be spite
That’s the view of a senior principal analyst at Gartner, who says making the move is unlikely to result in any significant return on investment; and may actually end up costing more.
Putin casts online vote using unlicensed Windows on an American Dell PC
The familiar ‘Activate Windows’ watermark can be seen on screen in an official Kremlin clip that has now been widely shared outside of Russia.
Judge orders Microsoft to spill internal docs and scour execs’ comms in secondhand licensing case
Turns out not disclosing a document called the “Second-Hand Software Presentation” for four years isn’t the best idea.
Further back in the archive
Enterprises are sweating legacy IT assets as AI investment grows
A new report from Ensono claims that 78 percent of IT decision makers regard legacy systems as more important today than they did two years ago.
Broadcom faces escalating EU scrutiny over VMware licensing changes
EU watchdogs have sent questionnaires to cloud providers after a complaint challenged Broadcom’s post-takeover software licensing changes.
Arista goes full Broadcom in VeloCloud license fight with TPx
Bankrupt TPx have accused Arista of weaponising VeloCloud support – a move seen in similar scenarios from VeloCloud’s previous owners, Broadcom.
EU’s Cyber Resilience Act starts the 24-hour vulnerability clock
Effective today, manufacturers must now disclose actively exploited flaws and severe security incidents through ENISA’s new reporting platform.
VMware defends ending downloads of SDK that helps VM backups…or migrations to rivals
VMware have argued that users should not expect to be able to use VDDK, and that migrations is an unlicensed use case for the tool.
Zeiss Group abandons SAP cloud rebuild after costs blow past €200M
The German optics maker joins a long list of companies whose S/4HANA migrations have blown past their budget.
Spurs give VMware the boot, citing an 85% licensing saving
The move forms part of a wider infrastructure upgrade project, but the Premier League club’s CTO says the decision wasn’t purely financial.
Oracle licensing practices draw EU attention
Fresh from getting SAP to agree to some concessions, the EU has turned its sights to Oracle’s cloud licensing practices – although no official investigation has begun.
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