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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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Microsoft unbundles Office and Teams globally in new attempt to appease antitrust regulators

GeekWire

Bigstock Photo / monticello) Microsoft says it will offer its Teams and Office 365 separately for business customers globally, unbundling the two programs and expanding an approach that it introduced in the European Economic Area and Switzerland last year. Microsoft will unbundle Teams from Office 365 for new business customers.

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Wizards of the Coast President Cynthia Williams stepping down after 2 years leading game giant

GeekWire

Wizards of the Coast was prone to controversy well before Williams’ time as president, particularly in 2020. More recently, Williams’ Wizards underwent sudden layoffs just before Christmas which resulted in the dismissal of at least 20 employees.

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Ten Reasons to Use Picos for Your Next Decentralized Programming Project

Phil Windley

Summary: Picos are a programming model for building decentralized applications that provide significant benefits in the form of abstractions that reduce programmer effort. I didn't start out to write a programming language that naturally supports decentralized programming using the actor-model, is cloud-native, serverless, and databaseless.

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Six companies dominate network traffic as speed and access grows

TM Forum

telcos are investing heavily in the fixed and mobile networks, 5G trials and licenses that ensure the quality of experience which internet companies rely on. billion) in 2020, a six-year high. or territories that are investing in 5G, up from 412 operators at the end of 2020. figures from Reuters. billion euros ($59.4

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Amazon adds new Prime benefit with One Medical virtual and in-person health care service

GeekWire

The Prime One Medical membership benefit features video chats with licensed providers, including an in-app “Treat Me Now” feature for common concerns such as cold and flu, skin issues, allergies, urinary tract infections, and more, according to Amazon. The company went public in January 2020. at the end of last year. It posted $1.04

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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. It provides a look back on 2020, as well as a roadmap for what’s coming for Steam in 2021. Steam, like the rest of the games industry, had a banner year in 2020. Valve Software image). Bellevue, Wash.-based

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