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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Microsoft and CISPE make ‘significant breakthrough’ with software licensing concessions – critics say it's all just 'smoke and mirrors' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ European cloud providers can now offer Microsoft software on a pay-as-you-go software basis ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Emma Woollacott ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Go3Uf3GvfjunPRizyArTSc-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Software licensing is becoming a minefield for IT leaders – and it’s driving them into the arms of the open source community ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Oracle Java is causing particular headaches, with many saying they plan to migrate to open source alternatives ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2025 11:14:32 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 15 Jul 2025 11:28:07 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Emma Woollacott ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UjeY3QYbwKw2aE2aWn7byL-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Avaya reseller helped coordinate $88m pirate software scheme ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ New Jersey-based businessman, Jason Hines, pleaded guilty in an Oklahoma court on Friday ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 31 Jul 2023 11:55:06 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 24 Apr 2025 16:31:38 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ross.kelly@futurenet.com (Ross Kelly) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ross Kelly ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8uXLJjNuE2JycXSEXLFkXj-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Major educational hurdles need addressing to boost UK's GDP through open source ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Experts have called for better insight into the responsibilities associated with adopting open source for the future of the community ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2023 12:57:31 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Open Source]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rory Bathgate ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NExh6CxXTAG5op34A3LLn8-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The IT Pro Podcast: Is this the beginning of the end for open source? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ There’s positive momentum in the open source community, but key players are questioning its longevity ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 03 Mar 2023 09:07:10 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 12 Apr 2023 13:09:30 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ IT Pro ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TssPLc8adsaVLtUBD7Ym4e-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Existential tensions put open source on path to crisis point ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Divisions within the community, weariness towards corporates, and the spectre of regulation all challenge the future of open source ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2023 13:06:03 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Open Source]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Keumars Afifi-Sabet ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/feERojaa3EmShvZWT2hBJ3-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How to reduce your company's software costs ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.itpro.com/software/369746/how-to-reduce-your-companys-software-costs</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Budgets are shrinking, so how can you reduce your company's software costs without sacrificing functionality? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2022 08:00:06 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[SaaS]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rene Millman ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QWYRcDQJoZEvuyWZ2E8tM-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Draft bill could force AWS, Microsoft, Oracle to change public sector contracts ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A US senator is reportedly hoping to change the way the 24 federal agencies buy software ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2022 10:46:53 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Public Cloud]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Zach Marzouk ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AhZGiFtoB2xRjiXYgWHNm8-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Akka to move away from open source licence, citing funding needs ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Enterprise customers will have to pay for the widely-used toolkit, with current versions losing all updates and support from October ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2022 12:09:31 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Business Strategy]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rory Bathgate ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DffknuMn4iJQQCn4N4eyQi-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Nutanix accused of violating open source licence in object storage product ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ MinIO claims it has tried and failed to resolve the issues with the company for three years ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2022 10:45:09 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Open Source]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Connor Jones ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qfdSv9DGRYrKbtjZ5x5oFA-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ IT Pro Panel: The road to Windows 11 ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ As the new OS gears up for rollout, we talk to our panellists about their upgrade plans ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2021 08:00:11 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Windows]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Adam Shepherd ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HZXcj3UDXtUfnkk85oLsSa-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Microsoft and Oracle slammed over 'anti-competitive' software practices ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Research takes aim at the industry, and the two tech giants in particular, for long-running anti-competitive practices ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2021 11:29:36 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Microsoft]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Connor Jones ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Pgb7ysVU9tKXKhieKTnEo3-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Getting to grips with licence management ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Can you be certain that everything on your network is properly licensed and paid for? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2021 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Microsoft hints at standalone successor to Office 2019 suite ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The firm appears to U-turn on plans to scrap 'perpetual licence' editions of Microsoft Office ]]>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ This exploit could give users free Windows 7 updates beyond 2020 ]]></title>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 10:17:23 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Windows]]></category>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Microsoft U-turns on ‘completely insane’ self-service scheme ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Policy to bypass IT admins has been tweaked and delayed to 2020 following customer backlash ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2019 10:41:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Microsoft Office]]></category>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Microsoft gives SMBs reprieve on Windows 7 support ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Now all businesses can pay to receive Windows 7 updates through to 2023 ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2019 09:29:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Windows]]></category>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Microsoft plots major Windows 10 UI refresh for 2-in-1s ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Spring 2020 update features a more desktop-like experience for convertibles in 'tablet mode' ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 30 Aug 2019 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Windows]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Keumars Afifi-Sabet ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TgTPk2YJhJnkv4Ce5rQfYL-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Microsoft offers select Windows 7 users an extra year of support ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Lifeline gives sluggish enterprise customers an additional 12 months of free security updates ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2019 09:48:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Windows]]></category>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Microsoft overhauls Windows 10 updates to avoid broken releases ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Microsoft hopes a new mechanism, longer preview stage and machine learning tools will consign update catastrophes to the past ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2019 09:57:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Windows]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Keumars Afifi-Sabet ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HTJQBf6nWxdi5WA8ibfTjV-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Microsoft deems Windows 10 October 2018 Update safe for deployment ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Six-month saga at an end as the major update is finally being pushed to businesses ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2019 10:29:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Windows]]></category>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Apple strips Facebook of enterprise certificates after ‘Research’ app furore ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Tech giants war over violation of internal enterprise programme as Google also admits to breaching rules ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 11:27:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Privacy]]></category>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Questions you still need to ask SAP about indirect access ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ SAP believes it has solved customers' concerns around indirect access, but some unanswered questions remain ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2018 08:40:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Internet of Things]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joe Curtis ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/s8mLmHpdjV6C2rJYkmDvnS-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Big IT firms ‘gouge council clients for extra cash’ ]]></title>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2015 12:51:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Public Sector]]></category>
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