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Coming Soon! September 9–12, 2024, in Las Vegas Oracle CloudWorld is just around the corner. This is Oracle’s premier event to sell their applications, cloud infrastructure, databases, developer tools and AI services. It also gives you the opportunity to learn, network and experience the latest innovations to increase productivity and efficiency through automation. Now, it’s […]
21st Aug 2024
Microsoft Closes out their Fiscal Year with Record Bookings Microsoft recently released their earnings for FY24 Q4 which ended June 30, 2024, showing a growth in revenue and income. As the world’s largest software company, Microsoft has been a powerhouse in delivering computer operating systems, Office suite, cloud computing services, server applications, tablets, and video […]
20th Aug 2024
As Microsoft continues to build out Copilot, their productized artificial intelligence (AI), they are pushing customers to acquire one or more of its many offerings. Copilot is a hot topic as it promises increased productivity and automation, which has customers eager to give it a try, so they play right into Microsoft’s hands. Rather than […]
22nd May 2024
Starting in April 2024, Microsoft, in SKU and theory, “unbundled” Teams from Microsoft 365 and Office 365 suites (collectively “M365”) globally after antitrust challenges from the European Union resulted in a separation of the two offerings in the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland in August 2023. In practice, however, bundled and unbundled licenses may […]
08th May 2024
Set it and forget it, they said. Subscriptions will be easier to manage, you heard. Counting licenses will become a thing of the past, everyone agreed. But you can’t, they aren’t, and it isn’t. Instead, the number, complexity, and cost of Microsoft subscriptions have gone up, while discounts and benefits have gone down. Even organizations […]
02nd May 2024
In business, we’re all used to the clamor that comes at the end of a fiscal year. Within your company, you know the push and pull to get things done, money spent or costs cut to make the year-end numbers. The accounting department carefully crunches these numbers together so that the CFO can present them […]
01st May 2024
Yes, Microsoft changed their licensing again. This isn’t the first nor last time that you should expect to see changes, but this time, it only took two months after the last change. Copilot for Microsoft 365 has been only generally available since November 1, 2023. On January 15, 2024, they announced multiple changes to their […]
30th Jan 2024
For even the most dedicated customers who license all SQL Server with maintenance, a 2024 contract renewal will start with a 10% price increase. However, if you’re still using older systems and licensing for SQL Server 2014, brace yourself for a 30-40% spending surge in 2024 due to end-of-life support and migrations. A SQL Server […]
11th Dec 2023
If you’re not careful, an Azure migration! Just this past week, one of our consultants was calculating ESU costs for a customer after they got sticker shock. Based on reseller guidance, estimated cost for a single VMware cluster was ~$250,000 per year. We landed on <$10,000 for the same coverage. Microsoft is charging customers (2-core […]
23rd Oct 2023
Not only are formal license audits from Oracle nothing to fear but also the outcome can work to your advantage. If this seems backward to you, then you have not seen Oracle be manipulated as we have.
17th Nov 2020
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