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VMware customers take wait-and-see approach amid Broadcom changes

CIO Business Intelligence

When tech giant Broadcom acquired virtualization market leader VMware last October, it restructured licensing terms, laid off thousands of employees, and terminated partner agreements with resellers and service providers. Customers that paid for older perpetual licenses can continue to use the older vSphere versions they purchased, he said.

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The Advantages of DRM in the Publishing Industry

Kitaboo

Basically, with DRM, publishers can control their data, software and hardware. Related Read: 6 Reasons Why You Need DRM Protected eBook There are several pros and cons of DRM for the publishing industry, here in this article we look at both sides of the coin. Other Considerations Digital Rights Management works heavily on licenses.

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Accelerate Sustainable Digital Transformation in the Oil & Gas Industry

CIO Business Intelligence

As the world works to reverse climate change through decarbonization and reduced reliance on fossil fuels, the oil and gas industry finds itself at the epicenter of this challenge. If an enterprise can do more work with less hardware, using fewer servers, licenses, and people, they save money while lowering carbon emissions.

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The Advantages of DRM in the Publishing Industry

Kitaboo

Basically, with DRM, publishers can control their data, software and hardware. There are several pros and cons of DRM for the publishing industry, here in this article we look at both sides of the coin. Digital Rights Management works heavily on licenses. Related Read: 6 Reasons Why You Need DRM Protected eBook.

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Unlocking the Secrets of Software-based DRM: A Comprehensive Guide

Kitaboo

Whether you’re a curious tech enthusiast, a software developer, or an industry professional, this article is packed with valuable insights and knowledge to satisfy your thirst for understanding software-based DRM. Gone are the days of clunky hardware-based DRM solutions that relied on physical tokens or specialized hardware components.

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Rockwell Automation makes shift to ‘as-a-service’ model

CIO Business Intelligence

In the digital era, few companies are safe from disruption — even highly innovative organizations like industrial automation giant Rockwell Automation. To do so, Nardecchia and his team sought to incorporate “digital threads” into the company’s hardware and thereby expand its business model beyond manufacturing into software-as-a-service. “We

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The HP-Autonomy lawsuit: Timeline of an M&A disaster

CIO Business Intelligence

Around the turn of the century, Autonomy Corporation was one of the darlings of the UK technology industry, specializing in knowledge management and enterprise search. Rather than selling software to customers, HP said, Autonomy had been selling them hardware at a loss, then booking the sales as software licensing revenue.

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