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Microsoft in talks over cloud licensing complaint in the EU

CIO Business Intelligence

Microsoft is in talks with Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe (CISPE) to settle the trade body’s complaint about its cloud software licensing practices in the European Union (EU). The European cloud firms had called this a restrictive cloud licensing policy.

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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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Opening more opportunities for VMware Cloud Service Providers

CIO Business Intelligence

Under his leadership, VMware witnessed significant strides in transforming to the subscription licensing model, aligning business strategies with market trends and customer needs. In past roles at VMware, Ahmar has been responsible for VMware Cloud on AWS, AWS Sales Synergy, and Cloud Economics business development.

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IBM and AWS forge global alliance, streamlining access to AI and hybrid cloud solutions

CIO Business Intelligence

Besides, the expanded offering also includes IBM’s flagship database Db2 Cloud Pak for Data as well as a portfolio of automation software including Apptio, Turbonomic, and Instana, and the IBM Security and Sustainability software portfolios — all built on Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS.

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5 ways to maximize your cloud investment

CIO Business Intelligence

Plan for cost savings up front Cost optimization starts with defining desired business outcomes and architecting a cost-effective solution right from the start, says Jevin Jensen, research VP, Intelligent CloudOps Market at IDC. Refactoring applications to take advantage of cloud-native services is vital to maximizing cloud ROI.

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3 benefits of engaging hyperscalers when evaluating SAP RISE

CIO Business Intelligence

To do so, they are obfuscating reality, limiting transparency, and changing their historic business practices to make RISE appear financially superior to the traditional perpetual license models. Because of the way SAP is positioning RISE in the market, organizations must also re-evaluate their cloud strategy.

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Data science drives big decisions at Kohl’s

CIO Business Intelligence

The transformation sees the retailer, which is currently up for sale, running workloads on Google Cloud Platform and on private on-premises Google Cloud servers running VMware, as well as some utility workloads on Amazon Web Services, the CTO says. Much of that is based on first-party data of Kohl’s customers online and in stores.