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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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Seattle mayor wants city to test new safety tech that could curb gun violence, stolen vehicles

GeekWire

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell spoke at the GeekWire Summit in 2021. Harrell released his 2024 budget proposal Tuesday that includes mid-biennium adjustments to the 2023-24 budget passed last year. The City uses two-year budget cycles and in odd years, such as 2023, it makes minor changes. .”

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The State of Data Privacy: What to Expect in 2021

SecureWorld News

But where does that leave us as we consider data privacy in 2021? This is the question we posed to expert panelists in our recent SecureWorld Remote Sessions webcast, Customer Data Privacy 2021: It's No Longer Just Business, It's Personal , which is available on-demand. 4 views on the state of data privacy in 2021.

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8 big IT failures of 2023

CIO Business Intelligence

In space, no-one can cancel your software license NASA is a scientific marvel that does all sorts of cool and inspiring space stuff; it’s also a sprawling government bureaucracy with thousands of employees and computer systems under its umbrella.

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CIOs sharpen cloud cost strategies — just as gen AI spikes loom

CIO Business Intelligence

To be sure, enterprise cloud budgets continue to increase, with IT decision-makers reporting that 31% of their overall technology budget will go toward cloud computing and two-thirds expecting their cloud budget to increase in the next 12 months, according to the Foundry Cloud Computing Study 2023.

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SAP user groups see pick-up in migration to S/4HANA

CIO Business Intelligence

In the UK and Ireland, 89% of SAP customers are either using or planning to use S/4HANA, up from 74% in 2021, according to a survey conducted for the UK & Ireland SAP User Group (UKISUG). Awareness and adoption of the Rise with SAP all-in-one package of licensing, hosting and application management is also on the up.

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Netflix’s subscriber growth slows, but company isn’t worried about running out of content

The Verge

Netflix’s business soared during the pandemic , but as it heads into 2021 and faces a potential shortage of films and movies, the company will have to prove it can continue performing. If subscriber growth continues, Netflix can take that additional revenue and expand its content budget even more. Those shows are all risk.

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