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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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Protecting Your eBook: Strategies Against Digital Piracy

Kitaboo

Password Protection User Account Requirement Secure eBook Distribution IP Address-Based Download Limits Copyright Protection Continuous Monitoring Immediate Action File Conversion Download Limits Content Removal III. Such software also encourages authenticated offline access, which is a prerequisite for licensing purposes.

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Data Security 101: Safeguarding Educational Products in a Digital Age

Kitaboo

But like all businesses that are going digital, educational publishers, too, need to make smart investments in data security to help safeguard their content and stay sustainable in the face of massive competition. Let’s understand how publishers can p rioritize data security as part of their business culture.

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Protecting eBook Files: Advanced DRM and Encryption Techniques

Kitaboo

Online piracy growth is supported by the rise of digital libraries that stock pirated content, platforms that allow free downloads of pirated content, and consumer-focused content-sharing platforms. For instance, it helps publishers prevent copyright infringement and loss of revenues due to free downloads and viewing of content.

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DRM Protection: The Key to Securing Your eBooks

Kitaboo

Mechanisms of DRM Protection Encryption Authorization and Licensing Watermarking and Traceability Controls and Permissions Expiration Control III. Intellectual Property Protection Consumer Trust Cross Platform Compatibility Regulatory Compliance Licensing Flexibility IV. Advantages of DRM Protection? Future of DRM Protection V.

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NGA and DigitalGlobe Release Powerful Application To Community Under Open Source License

CTOvision

From NGA''s Press Release: NGA, DigitalGlobe application a boon to raster data storage, processing. Releasing MrGeo helps further the agency’s goal of increasing and streamlining co-creation efforts in software and unclassified data, said Rasmussen. January 13, 2015. SPRINGFIELD, Va. —

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Nvidia AI Enterprise adds generative AI microservices

CIO Business Intelligence

These microservices are provided as downloadable software containers used to deploy enterprise applications, Nvidia said in an official blog post. Business data hosted on Box, Cloudera, Cohesity, Datastax and the like can be used in AI applications as of version 5.0, Version 5.0 the company said. Nvidia’s AI Enterprise 5.0