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2023 Feb 23:

The State of the Cloud reports from #Flexera provide a comprehensive overview of the cloud computing industry, tracking trends, challenges, and best practices. The reports are based on surveys of IT professionals and decision-makers, providing insights into how organizations are adopting cloud technologies and the challenges they face in doing so.

One of the most significant trends that emerged from the State of the Cloud reports is the growing adoption of cloud computing across all industries and sectors. #cloudcomputing technology has become the new normal, with most organizations adopting cloud technologies for some part of their operations.

The reports also highlight the increasing complexity of cloud environments, with many organizations using multiple clouds and cloud-based services. This complexity can create challenges in managing cloud infrastructure and ensuring security and compliance.

Another key trend highlighted is the growing importance of cost optimization and management. Cloud services can be costly, and organizations need to be able to manage and optimize their cloud spending to ensure they are getting the most value from their investments.

The reports also highlight the increasing importance of security in the cloud, with many organizations concerned about data breaches and other security threats. Cloud providers are responding to these concerns by providing more robust security features and services.

The yearly publication also provide insights into emerging cloud technologies, such as serverless computing, containers, and microservices. These technologies offer new opportunities for organizations to build and deploy applications in the cloud, but they also come with new challenges and complexities.

In addition to tracking trends and challenges, it also offer best practices and recommendations for organizations looking to adopt cloud technologies. These include strategies for cost optimization, security, and managing cloud complexity.

Overall, the State of the Cloud reports from Flexera provide a valuable resource for IT professionals and decision-makers looking to stay up-to-date with the latest trends and best practices in cloud computing. The reports highlight the growing importance of cloud technology across all industries and sectors, and offer insights into the challenges and opportunities that come with cloud adoption.

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2023 Jan 26

BOMBSHELL news from Oracle. On Monday, Jan 23, 2023, Oracle published their new Java Global Price List, making major changes to the once-free software. The change is being broadcast as pretty straightforward. We disagree.

There are extreme caveats that not many shops are discussing openly yet.

1. People: How do you count your people? Oracle says you need to count full time, part time, and temporary employees. Simple enough. But in addition, you also need to count full time, part time, and temporary employees of “your agents, contractors, outsourcers, and consultants that support your internal business operations.”

What does that mean? If you have 3rd party staff hired in on contract from HCL, Wipro, Deloitte, SoftwareONE, or similar, you probably should count them.

What about your cafeteria staff? What about your landscaping staff? Maybe, but probably not, because while these are employees of your agents, contractors, outsourcers, or consultants, they don’t actually support your internal business operations. You might decide differently. Meet with your internal teams to discus and proceed accordingly.

2. Processors: You need to do a deep dive of your overall architecture to determine how many Processors are involved where Java is “installed and/or running”. For this count, you do not need to count your desktops and laptops.

So, you’ll want to focus on servers. Clusters. Hosts. Guests. Virtual. Physical. Standalone. And Cloud!

Technically, you’ll need to dive deeper into your processors, model by model, to determine which Oracle Core Factor to apply to your different classes of Processors.

3. Installed and/or running: Oracle doesn’t provide a technical definition of what this means, but you should anticipate a debate over the deepest technical meanings of these words with regard to your virtual environment(s) with regard to Oracle’s infamous Partitioning Policy that takes a hard stance against VMWare.

4. Additional License: From the latest price list - “If your use exceeds 50,000 Processors, exclusive of Processors installed and/or running on desktop and laptop computers, You must obtain an additional license from Oracle.”

So has Oracle really done away with the dual license offerings from years past? (Named User Plus and Processor).

Read the language again. If you have more than 50,000 processors you must obtain “an additional license” from Oracle.

There’s no further information or knowledge on what that additional license looks like. Is it some combination of your total headcount plus processor metrics?

In summary, the Java situation seems on surface to have been simplified, but in our option, not entirely, especially for larger companies who have large, complex environments.

Let’s watch how things develop.

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2023 Jan 3:

FinOps?

What's the intersection between SAM & FinOps? This capability examines the integrations required between FinOps and IT Asset Management (ITAM), including software asset management (SAM), and with the related but separate discipline of IT Service Management (ITSM) including configuration management.

IT Asset Management is a discipline used by organizations for lifecycle tracking and reporting on assets – hardware, software, software licenses, and other assets both tangible and intangible – used in the IT infrastructure to deliver value. Typically IT Asset management focuses costs (purchase, support), risks (ensuring that assets are used in accordance with regulatory and contractual requirements), and value/ROI of these assets for the organization.

ITSM configuration management tracks configuration items (CIs) and their relationships to IT services. The scope of ITSM configuration management is primarily focused on asset configuration (settings, relationships, and groupings) during the use phase of the lifecycle. ITSM also focuses on ensuring that IT services and their components are tracked and manage to support the provision of high quality IT services to the organization, from when they are procured or created until the time they are retired from use.

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We are super-excited to introduce our latest suite of enterprise-grade Software Asset Management consulting and labor services. Need help managing your corporate software licensing? Caught in the crosshairs of a nasty publisher audit? We're here to help. #software #softwareassetmanagement #SAM #servicenow #flexera

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