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How to calculate TCO for enterprise software

CIO

When organizations buy a shiny new piece of software, attention is typically focused on the benefits: streamlined business processes, improved productivity, automation, better security, faster time-to-market, digital transformation. A full-blown TCO analysis can be complicated and time consuming.

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The HP-Autonomy lawsuit: Timeline of an M&A disaster

CIO

Rather than selling software to customers, HP said, Autonomy had been selling them hardware at a loss, then booking the sales as software licensing revenue. Its Agentware internet search tools are used by enterprises including Barclays Bank and Unilever and sold as shrink-wrapped software through retail outlets.

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How Companies Helps Developers To Not Leak Sensitive Data In Their Repositories

The Crazy Programmer

Software repositories are specifically designed as the storage location for software packages. Vaults are used as the storage locations, and at times the contents tables with the metadata are stored, and software repositories managed mainly by repository managers. Information about code repository protection.

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What is a managed service provider? Strategic outsourcing for IT services

CIO

MSPs can also bundle in hardware, software, or cloud technology as part of their offerings. For example, an enterprise that has large investments in hardware and software can’t just reverse that investment during downturns.

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What CIOs everywhere can learn from Canada’s nationwide internet outage

CIO

In the wake of the Rogers outage, Canadian CIOs and IT executives and experts are reviewing their readiness to cope with such failures in the future. But their CIOs are determined experts accustomed to “accomplishing amazing feats using free software and donated hardware,” says Knight. Check your suppliers’ backup plans.

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5 Reasons Why Disaster Recovery Plans Fail

Kaseya

You diligently back up critical servers to your on-site appliance or to the cloud, but when an incident happens and you need it the most, the backup recovery fails. . Failing to align backup plans with specific restore expectations can have devastating consequences. . Understanding and Avoiding Software Compatibility Issues

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Generative AI Lab – No-Code Environment for Building Task-Specific AI Models with LLMs

John Snow Labs

We are happy to announce the release of Generative AI Lab, marking the transition from the previous NLP Lab to a state-of-the-art No-Code platform that enables domain experts to train task-specific AI models using large language models (LLMs). Finally, the playground allows easy editing and testing of prompts, rules, or models without coding.