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

CIO Business Intelligence

All Posts The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has overspent about $15 million on Oracle software over the past five years because it lacked a centralized software asset management practice, according to an audit report published by the space agency’s office of the inspector general (OIG).

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8 enterprise web application development trends to watch in 2020

mrc's Cup of Joe Blog

Summary: As digital technologies transform the business landscape, web development becomes increasingly important. In the near future, those who keep up with changing development trends will have an advantage over those who don’t. So, where is enterprise application development headed in the coming year?

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98point6 hit by new layoffs in latest change at health tech startup

GeekWire

98point6 said it will continue to have an appropriate level of staffing as it continues to license its software to other healthcare organizations. The company saw huge growth during the pandemic and raised a $118 million Series E round in late 2020. 98point6 currently has no open positions on its jobs board.

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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. Its Agentware internet search tools are used by enterprises including Barclays Bank and Unilever and sold as shrink-wrapped software through retail outlets.

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Michael Smyers, 1983-2023: Gifted engineer and startup founder sparked Coinme and Zipwhip

GeekWire

Michael Smyers was a talented software engineer and serial startup founder. Michael Smyers , a software engineer and startup entrepreneur who played a formative role in Seattle tech companies Zipwhip and Coinme, died April 30 , seven months after learning he had colon cancer. He was 39 years old.

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Valve recaps a record 2020 for Steam and looks ahead to China launch this year

GeekWire

Steam’s user community broke a lot of records during the socially-quarantined year of 2020. Valve Software image). based Valve Software posted its latest year in review for Steam , its online gaming storefront. It provides a look back on 2020, as well as a roadmap for what’s coming for Steam in 2021.

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Startup’s 5G Blackberry revival is reportedly no more

The Verge

Development on the device was announced in 2020 by Texas-based startup OnwardMobility, after it licensed the brand name from Blackberry. The brand name has been licensed out to smartphone manufacturers like TCL and Optiemus Infracom over the years, though each of these companies eventually moved away from the brand.

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