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NASA overspent $15 million on unused Oracle licenses as it failed to track usage

CIO Business Intelligence

All Posts The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has overspent about $15 million on Oracle software over the past five years because it lacked a centralized software asset management practice, according to an audit report published by the space agency’s office of the inspector general (OIG).

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IBM will no longer offer, develop, or research facial recognition technology

The Verge

IBM will no longer offer general purpose facial recognition or analysis software, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna said in a letter to Congress today. The company will also no longer develop or research the technology, IBM tells The Verge. Yet Rekognition, the name of the program, has also been criticized for its accuracy.

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Open-sourced Technology Levels the Playing Field Between Tech Giants and Startups

CTOvision

Even Google's highly prized Borg software is becoming open-sourced. Government push for open source software. Governments such as that of India are pushing for the adoption and use of open source software capable of cutting licensing costs from giant companies such as Oracle, IBM and Cisco.

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Tech Moves: Highspot adds executives; Blue Origin vets depart; Disney hires former Microsoft exec

GeekWire

A former Microsoft and Twitter software engineer, Zhang was most recently a general manager at Chinese microblogging website Weibo. He made his mark at Microsoft as the leader of the company’s intellectual property group, implementing a strategy of patent licensing and litigation. John Zhang as VP of engineering.

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Don’t gamble with your identity verification practices

CIO Business Intelligence

Caesars had seen some evidence of recent suspicious activity and learned on September 7 that its systems had been compromised, with the bad actors hacking into a loyalty program database with members’ Social Security and driver’s license numbers. IBM Security pegged that same number higher, to 95%.

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8 strategic imperatives for SAP transformation success

CIO Business Intelligence

SAP, for example, has launched its RISE offering , including reimagined partnerships with AWS, Google, and Microsoft as well as its consulting partners such as Accenture and IBM to bring a vertically integrated solution to market. Choosing SAP S/4HANA RISE vs. perpetual license model. Establishing an SAP partner strategy.

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What is data science? Transforming data into value

CIO Business Intelligence

While the number of data science degree programs are increasing at a rapid clip, they aren’t necessarily what organizations look for when seeking data scientists. Given the current shortage of data science talent, many organizations are building out programs to develop internal data science talent. Data science jobs.

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