Microsoft is shaking up licensing terms once again. Beginning October 1, 2019, customers that deploy Microsoft’s software on dedicated hosts at certain cloud providers (including AWs, google and others) will pay more. This bulletin discusses these changes and what they could mean for enterprise customers.
Many companies overspend on IBM mainframe software – often by seven figures or more. This bulletin covers tips on how to bring transparency to this element of IT spend and achieve significant savings.
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