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DevOps
fromInfoWorld
1 week ago

What enterprise devops teams should learn from SaaS

Enterprise devops teams can enhance resiliency by adopting practices from SaaS providers, focusing on robust testing, monitoring, and seamless upgrades.
Business intelligence
fromTheregister
2 weeks ago

Usage-based billing muddles software vendor pricing

Software companies risk revenue loss due to outdated financial systems and challenges in measuring usage-based services, especially with AI integration.
DevOps
fromInfoWorld
2 weeks ago

Enterprises demand cloud value

Businesses are shifting from cost-cutting to establishing centers of excellence and finops to enhance ROI in cloud investments.
Software development
fromTechzine Global
2 weeks ago

Microsoft rejiggers Intune to give patches time to prove themselves

Microsoft Intune will shift from pushing patches to measuring compliance with defined update standards, emphasizing policy and outcomes over delivery.
European startups
fromTechzine Global
1 month ago

SAP moving from subscriptions to AI use-based pricing

SAP will transition from per-user subscription pricing to AI usage-based pricing, with forward-deployed engineering teams providing customized AI implementations at customer sites.
Tech industry
fromTheregister
3 weeks ago

Half of VMware users plan to reduce usage by 2028

Half of VMware users plan to reduce their use of VMware products by 2028 due to dissatisfaction with Broadcom's Cloud Foundation 9 strategy.
Agile
fromInfoWorld
1 month ago

Save money by canceling more software projects, says survey

Enterprises should cancel underperforming projects more aggressively; those using scenario planning and ruthless viability assessment achieve better ROI outcomes.
Information security
fromTechzine Global
1 month ago

Microsoft is blocking automatic Windows installations via WDS

Microsoft is discontinuing automatic Windows network deployments via WDS and Unattend.xml due to security vulnerability CVE-2026-0386 that allows attackers to execute unauthorized code and steal credentials.
Information security
fromComputerworld
1 month ago

Storage vendor offers a real guarantee - but check out those fine-print exceptions

Tech vendors frequently offer performance guarantees with substantial financial penalties, but hidden exceptions in EULAs often make claims difficult or impossible to collect.
Tech industry
fromTechzine Global
1 month ago

HPE wants to be able to adjust prices after submitting a quote

HPE amended contract terms to allow price adjustments after quote issuance due to rising memory and storage component costs that now exceed half of server material expenses.
Gadgets
fromComputerworld
2 months ago

Enterprise PC upgrades in 2026: Higher prices, worse configurations

Component shortages, tariffs, and premium-focused PC strategies will make affordable, adequately performing sub-$600 laptops largely unavailable through 2026–2027.
Remote teams
fromBusiness Matters
2 months ago

Resource Scheduling Software: Benefits, Features, and How to Choose

Poor resource allocation, not talent, causes most project failures; precise resource scheduling prevents double-booking, reduces waste, and improves project performance.
fromTheregister
2 months ago

GSA's VMware framework deal skips the actual hypervisor

The US General Services Administration is flogging discounts of up to 64 percent under a OneGov Agreement covering Broadcom's VMware portfolio - though the actual hypervisor that made VMware famous isn't included. The framework covers VMware Tanzu Platform, Tanzu Data Intelligence, Avi Load Balancer, vDefend, and the Tanzu AI Starter Kit. Notably absent: VMware vSphere Foundation, the virtualization platform most agencies actually use.
US politics
Miscellaneous
fromTechzine Global
1 month ago

Oracle and SAP license chaos: Know what you have before your move

Oracle and SAP are pressuring on-premises customers toward cloud migration through rising support costs and end-of-life dates, though the transition proves complex and expensive due to unclear licensing and organizational unpreparedness.
Law
fromComputerWeekly.com
2 months ago

Tesco vs VMware: Dell weighs in on VMware contractual obligation | Computer Weekly

Dell's filings support Tesco's right to continued access to VMware perpetual licences and support acquired via Computacenter, challenging Broadcom/VMware's renewal refusal.
fromZDNET
2 months ago

Which AI tools are worth paying for? Here are subscriptions I'm keeping - and why

Leading the pack has been the rise in agentic coding tools. These tools, such as Gemini Jules, Claude Code, and OpenAI Codex, are capable of writing entire programs and products. I put both Codex and Claude Code to the test, creating four plug-in add-on security products for WordPress using Codex, as well as a full-featured iPhone app using Claude Code.
Artificial intelligence
Software development
fromTheregister
2 months ago

Most SAP migrations bust budgets and deadlines, study finds

Nearly 60% of SAP migrations run late and over budget because organizations underestimate complexity, permit scope creep, and fail to address internal constraints.
fromBusiness Matters
2 months ago

What Happens to Business Technology When It Reaches End of Life?

Most businesses, which includes modern ones, invest heavily in technology, but they rarely plan for its eventual and inevitable exit strategy. Generally speaking, companies spend millions on the latest hardware while overlooking the critical phase when those assets reach their end. This lack of planning creates a massive gap in the operational lifecycle of many otherwise successful global organizations. Decisions made at the end of a device's life carry real business risks that can impact the bottom line financially and environmentally speaking.
Information security
Tech industry
fromTheregister
1 month ago

One vendor is happy RAM prices are high: VMware

VMware Cloud Foundation 9 introduces memory tiering technology that offloads data from RAM to NVMe drives, reducing infrastructure costs and enabling server consolidation without requiring all hosts to implement the feature.
fromSecurityWeek
2 months ago

Ivanti Patches Endpoint Manager Vulnerabilities Disclosed in October 2025

Ivanti on Tuesday announced patches for over a dozen vulnerabilities in Endpoint Manager (EPM), including issues that were first disclosed in October 2025. In a new advisory, the company warns of a high-severity bug and a medium-severity flaw resolved in EPM, both of which could be exploited remotely. Tracked as CVE-2026-1603, the high-severity weakness is described as an authentication bypass leading to the exposure of credential data.
Information security
Tech industry
fromComputerworld
1 month ago

Cheap enterprise PCs? Not anytime soon - analysts

PC prices are expected to rise approximately 17% this year due to memory chip shortages caused by diversion of manufacturing capacity to higher-margin AI server chips.
Information security
fromThe Hacker News
2 months ago

Over 60 Software Vendors Issue Security Fixes Across OS, Cloud, and Network Platforms

Vendors released critical security patches across Microsoft, Adobe, SAP, and Intel TDX, addressing actively exploited zero-days, code-injection, authorization flaws, and multiple other vulnerabilities.
fromBusiness Matters
2 months ago

Five signs your business has outgrown off-the-shelf software

When staff resort to copying data between spreadsheets, keeping shadow systems in Excel, or doing repetitive tasks that feel like they should be automated, something is wrong. These workarounds creep in gradually; a quick fix here, a temporary solution there, until suddenly your operations depend on a patchwork of manual processes. Workarounds rarely stay small. What begins as a simple spreadsheet to track information your CRM cannot handle eventually becomes a document that multiple team members depend on.
Software development
fromTechzine Global
1 month ago

Support for Windows Server 2016 is coming to an end

Microsoft is warning organizations about the impending end of support for several Windows products from 2016. These include Windows Server 2016, Windows 10 Enterprise 2016 LTSB, and Windows IoT Enterprise LTSB 2016. According to Microsoft, these products are approaching the final stage of their lifecycle, which has direct consequences for organizations that still depend on this software. The lifecycle documentation on Microsoft Learn shows that Windows Server 2016 has not received regular support since January 2022 and is now fully in the extended support phase.
Information security
fromEntrepreneur
2 months ago

Build Enterprise-Grade Applications for Just $50

Developers spend more than 60% of their time debugging and maintaining code rather than building new features, Stack Overflow's Developer Survey reports. If you're running a software development team or building applications for your business, you can use Microsoft Visual Studio Pro to streamline coding workflows with an AI-enhanced development environment that reduces debugging time and accelerates deployment cycles. Best of all, Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2026 is currently available for only $49.99 (reg. $499.99).
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