article thumbnail

The US Leads In Public Cloud Services, But Other Regions Are Catching Up

Forrester IT

In September 2016, my colleagues Andrew Bartels , Dave Bartoletti , and John R. Explosive growth in cloud applications has depressed software license sales, and cloud platforms have upended the traditional on-premises server and storage market. Read more.

Cloud 320
article thumbnail

The HP-Autonomy lawsuit: Timeline of an M&A disaster

CIO Business Intelligence

Rather than selling software to customers, HP said, Autonomy had been selling them hardware at a loss, then booking the sales as software licensing revenue. March 2010: Apotheker says he wants to transform HP from a hardware producer to a software and services provider. November 2012: HP takes an $8.8

HP 105
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

MicroSoft: Still dominating in enterprise office automation

CTOvision

Here is how Microsoft describes themselves: Microsoft Corporation is engaged in developing, licensing and supporting a range of software products and services. The Company also designs and sells hardware, and delivers online advertising to the customers. Microsoft Security Bulletins August 2016 (ghacks.net).

Microsoft 150
article thumbnail

Oracle Corporation: Addressing enterprise IT infrastructure

CTOvision

The Company's businesses include cloud and on-premise software, hardware and services. Its hardware business consists of two segments, including hardware products and hardware support. Its hardware business consists of two segments, including hardware products and hardware support. Related articles.

Oracle 150
article thumbnail

Nvidia is acquiring Arm for $40 billion

The Verge

Arm will operate as an division of Nvidia and will remain headquartered in the UK, and, will “continue to operate its open-licensing model, while maintaining its global customer neutrality,” the company said. SoftBank bought Arm in 2016 for $31 billion. When SoftBank bought Arm in 2016, Nvidia was worth about $30 billion.

article thumbnail

BlackBerry will die on January 4th — for real this time

The Verge

And, yes, I realize that this is not the first time we’ve announced the death of the company or its devices (and, for reasons I’ll explain below, it likely won’t be the last) but this is a very definite ending for legacy BlackBerry hardware. Then, in 2016, it started licensing its brand to third-party manufacturers like TCL.

article thumbnail

Researchers find 87% of U.S. classic video games are out of print and ‘critically endangered’

GeekWire

Sega’s crime drama/beat-’em-up Yakuza Kiwami is a 2016 remake of a 2005 game, but has resulted in the original game going quietly out of print. For example, the original 2005 PlayStation 2 game Yakuza is considered out of print by the VGHF, even though a full remake, Yakuza Kiwami, was released in 2016. between 1948 (i.e.

Video 98