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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 faces new antitrust complaint over cloud software licensing in Europe

CIO Business Intelligence

Changes Microsoft made to its cloud licensing of Windows and application software to “make bringing workloads and licenses to partners’ clouds easier,” the company says, have drawn the ire of those cloud partners, some of whom have jointly filed an antitrust complaint in the European Union.

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Army Corps of Engineers closes SpaceX Starbase permit application citing lack of information

The Verge

The US Army Corps of Engineers has closed a permit application for a proposed expansion of SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas — a potential snag in the company’s plans to add new launch and landing pads to the area, as well as substantially grow the site. Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images.

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T-Mobile investigating hack that affected 37 million customer accounts

GeekWire

(GeekWire File Photo / Taylor Soper) T-Mobile disclosed in a regulatory filing Thursday that a hacker obtained data from about 37 million customer accounts using an API, or application programming interface. T-Mobile suffered a major hack in 2021 that exposed personal details of more than 50 million people. The Bellevue, Wash.-based

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8 enterprise web application development trends to watch in 2020

mrc's Cup of Joe Blog

So, where is enterprise application development headed in the coming year? photo credit: lakexyde via pixabay cc It’s an exciting time in the world of enterprise application development. These days, enterprise web application development is: Rapidly evolving : Web application development is going through major changes.

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SAP to buy LeanIX to advance process optimization with AI

CIO Business Intelligence

Back in 2020, SAP said it will support S/4HANA through at least 2040 , but will only support its legacy ECC6 and Business Suite 7 applications until the end of 2027. Artificial Intelligence, Data Center Management, Enterprise Applications, Enterprise Architecture, Generative AI, Mergers and Acquisitions, SAP

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MTC Namibia moves OSS to the cloud

TM Forum

A hodgepodge of applications stranded on aging and out-of-date infrastructure becomes unmanageable. MTC began its transformation in 2019 and in 2021 finished the first phase of moving OSS to the cloud. Today the applications are deployed in the MTC cloud. It wasn’t a sustainable approach.

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