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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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How to maximize ROI by choosing the right Java partner for your organization

CIO Business Intelligence

In January 2023, Oracle changed its licensing and/or pricing for Java for the fourth time in four years. In fact, 82% of participants are concerned about Oracle’s most recent Java pricing and licensing change and 72% are considering alternative Java providers. What operating systems and architectures do you support?

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Realizing the promise of multi-cloud

CIO Business Intelligence

Once completed, RCIT will have reduced its footprint by 48 servers, representing a 66% host reduction, and will have dramatically lowered its annual VMware license renewal costs. . As Scandinavia’s largest media group, it has expanded on its respected newspaper publishing business to marketplaces, financial services, and ventures.

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What is an automation engineer? A growing role to address IT automation

CIO Business Intelligence

You’ll also need a working knowledge of mobile, web, and desktop operating systems as well as experience with analytics, robotics, AI and machine learning. Leadership skills will also be important, as you will need to lead cross-departmental efforts to help streamline business processes.

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4 remedies to avoid cloud app migration headaches

CIO Business Intelligence

These include compatibility issues, security concerns, the need for extensive application reconfiguration, and dealing with images based on old operating systems and outdated technology stacks that won’t seamlessly integrate into a new environment. And review and adjust licensing agreements as needed.

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Ready…Set…Start Your Containers

CIO Business Intelligence

Incompatibility and unreliability caused by configuration differences such as versions of compilers, loaders, runtime libraries, middleware, and operating systems in new environments contributed to increased project effort, cost, and timelines. Containers provide an elegant solution to this problem. in an isolated and executable unit.

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When least privilege is the most important thing

CIO Business Intelligence

So, in a nutshell, least privilege says that every object in a system – whether a user, a process, or an application – must be able to access only the information and resources that it needs, and no more. It is essential to create standard, secure builds for your operating systems that eliminate unnecessary bloatware, plug-ins, and protocols.

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