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Unlocking value: Oracle enterprise license models for optimal ROI

CIO Business Intelligence

With tight IT budgets getting tighter, many Oracle licensees with Unlimited Licensing Agreements (ULAs) are tempted to consider an exit plan to avoid the pinch of rising support costs. Most enterprises want to avoid expending unnecessary time, effort, and resources on licensing issues, so they can focus on maximizing value and results.

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NASA overspent $15 million on unused Oracle licenses as it failed to track usage

CIO Business Intelligence

The report attributes the huge over-expenditure to vendor lock-in and NASA’s unwillingness to risk a license audit by Oracle because of its lack of visibility into software management. These challenges expose the agency to increased costs because of penalties for violations of software licensing agreements, the report showed.

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Want to save more than 20% on cloud? Research shows you how…

CIO Business Intelligence

A new research study conducted by Foundry exposes what the most successful cloud cost management programs have in common, helping IT and financial leaders pinpoint FinOps approaches generating the highest savings. The Foundry study pulls this critical information out of the shadows, exposing how successful programs reach the highest payouts.

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What are the “true costs” of Business Intelligence?

mrc's Cup of Joe Blog

Summary: While implementing Business Intelligence can drive revenue and save money, some businesses overlook many of the deployment and ownership costs of BI. In this article, we explore some of the “true costs” of Business Intelligence. The same is true for Business Intelligence.

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A changing market landscape requires constant evolution: Our mission for VMware customers

CIO Business Intelligence

That said, Broadcom is updating and incorporating the VMware partner ecosystem into the Broadcom partner programs, which requires some adjustments. This ensures customers will not face any licensing mismatch as they move between providers, and will avoid switching and additional licensing costs.

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10 things to watch out for with open source gen AI

CIO Business Intelligence

Even if you don’t have the training data or programming chops, you can take your favorite open source model, tweak it, and release it under a new name. Weird new license terms The landscape of different open source license types is complicated enough. Take the Llama license, for example. Here are the top ones.

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Opening more opportunities for VMware Cloud Service Providers

CIO Business Intelligence

Last month I had the opportunity to provide a comprehensive update on our new Broadcom Advantage Partner Program for VMware Cloud Service Provider (VCSP) partners, and since that time, the response from our partner community has been tremendous.

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