Performance of virtual machines could be severely affected by the workaround for Intel’s latest processor flaw. To compensate, more processors will be needed. Businesses running Intel-powered servers in their datacentres may need to buy one-third more server licences to ensure system performance is not reduced after applying the Foreshadow fix. Mitigation against the recent Intel … Read more
Cisco Enterprise agreements can provide long-term benefits and savings, but they must be scrutinized carefully case by case to see if they make sense. Cisco Enterprise Agreements (“EAs”) are becoming an increasingly popular vehicle for purchasing and consuming software products and services from Cisco. The general concept is that – rather than purchasing individual software products … Read more
By 2022, over $1.3tn will be spent on cloud computing and related services globally, and IT leaders will need to figure out how to manage it all. The latest forecast from analyst Gartner predicts that more than $1.3tn in IT spending will be directly or indirectly affected by the shift to cloud by 2022. According to Gartner, 28% of … Read more
Microsoft is stepping up its Windows 7 migration campaign with a paid security update option, Desktop App Assure service and more. With the Windows 7 end-of-support clock slowly winding down to January 14, 2020, Microsoft is announcing it will offer, for a fee, continuing security updates for the product through January 2023. This isn’t the … Read more
Paying a fifth of the original software contract value every year for support, big fixes and updates does not seem like good value for money. A study from the Campaign for Clear Licensing (CCL) has found that the majority of organisations are blindly renewing software maintenance contracts. CCL’s research revealed that many businesses were renewing software maintenance contracts without assessing … Read more
When you think of open-source software, you think about smartphones, servers, and the cloud. You probably don’t think about movies, but you should. Out of 200 of the most popular movies of all time, the top 137 were either visual-effects driven or animated. What did many of these blockbusters have in common? They were made … Read more
Red Hat initiated open-source projects which use GPLv2 or LGPLv2.1, will be expected to add GPLv3’s cure commitment language to their licenses. From outside programming circles, software licensing may not seem important. In open-source, though, licensing is all important. So, when leading Linux company Red Hat announces that — from here on out — all new Red … Read more
A new open-source license addendum, Commons Clause, has lawyers, developers, businesses, and open-source supporters fighting with each other. Most people wouldn’t know an open-source license from their driver’s license. For those who work with open-source software, it’s a different story. Open-source license fights can be vicious, cost serious coin, and determine the fate of multi-million dollar … Read more
Vital and expensive as it is, IT managers are reluctant to mess around with their software setups — but are there ways to shave costs without hassle? Many organizations can cut spending on software by as much as 30 percent with some basic software license optimization best practices. According to analyst Gartner, global software spending … Read more
Both firms will give away software that gave them a competitive edge, a reflection of changing times. Microsoft and Salesforce have separately announced plans to release some key software products as open source for anyone to use in their data centers. Microsoft plans to release its Open Network Emulator (ONE), a simulator of its entire … Read more
