VMware licensing change limits CPUs to 32 cores

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Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesVMware moved its per-CPU licensing plan closer to competitors’ per-core licensing plans by requiring one license for CPUs with 32 cores. By Ed Scannell VMware has changed its licensing model to limit the number of cores per CPU in a move that aligns with the per-core pricing model used by many major software companies, but is expected to increase costs for customers

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The five tenets of quality ITAM

Staff Writer/ April 13, 2021/ CIO Resources, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT Asset Management (ITAM), Second User Software, Software Asset Management (SAM), Software Licensing, Tech Acronyms and Initialisms, Tech Definitions

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesAt the end of last year we looked at some of ITAM’s failings. This time we explore how to improve ITAM. By Eric Chiu I believe the IT asset management (ITAM) and software asset management (SAM) community can be empowered to deliver truly valuable services to organisations around the world by addressing these challenges head on. To that end, I propose a

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How to avoid being chained to an enterprise software licence

Staff Writer/ April 11, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, CEO Quick Reads, CIO Resources, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Second User Software, Software Licensing, Travelling Techie Quick Reads-Timeless!, Windows Server versions

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesCIOs will need to ringfence spending with their existing enterprise IT suppliers to liberate capital for other business initiatives By Cliff Saran Gartner’s so-called bimodal IT outlines how CIOs should divide IT into the work needed to keep the systems of records running – Mode 1 IT – and new projects, known as Mode 2 IT, that focus on areas

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Microsoft accused of stifling secondhand software market

Staff Writer/ April 11, 2021/ Datacenter Infrastructure News, Engage the experts, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Partner Resources, Second User Software, Software Licensing, Timeless Articles, Travelling Techie Quick Reads-Timeless!

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesIn 2012, UsedSoft won a case for second user software, which has enabled the market to grow across Europe. But it is now under threat. By Cliff Saran Second user software licence reseller ValueLicensing has picked up where the 2012 European Economic Area ruling in favour of UsedSoft left off. The company has filed a claim in the High Court in

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