IT Supplier News, Insight, and Market Intelligence.
In This Issue:
- Microsoft: Debunking Microsoft FUD Around BYO License to Cloud
- Mainframe: Top 10 Ways to Save on Mainframe
- Cloud: Top 5 Workloads NOT Well Suited for the Cloud
- Oracle: 3rd Quarter Results and Your Spend Considerations Before May 31st
- Software Audits: Top Suppliers Who Will Audit You and What To Do About It
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This is part 1 of an ongoing series we call ‘Debunking Microsoft’ where we address the ongoing disinformation, half-truths, and mysticism surrounding its own products as it relates to Customer licensing, usage, contracts, terms, pricing, and much more. In part 1, we address what we frequently hear from clients, which is that Microsoft has told them (regarding usage of their own licenses in a cloud other than Microsoft's) “You can’t use your existing Microsoft licenses on non-Microsoft clouds such as Amazon or Google.”
When it comes to Mainframes, we see incredible savings opportunities in 2023. Not since 2008 has there been as much downward pricing pressure on technology incumbents, and we believe meaningful savings targets can be achieved, but due to the market conditions, technology incumbent suppliers will be highly disruptive to any cost savings agenda, so it will require a commitment to do the hard work.
Way #1 of 10: Optimizing Mainframe Licensing Costs can result in considerable savings. Click below to read more:
Part 3: Apr 15: Top 5 Reasons Why Clients Are Repatriating Workloads
Since the mid-2000s, clients have been migrating workloads to the cloud with increasing frequency, but recently, we have seen clients start to repatriate previously migrated workloads back on-premises, due in no small part to the price-shock phenomena discussed in Part 1 of this series. In many cases, the causes of price-shock can be traced back to workloads that are not well suited for the cloud due to their characteristics which are often resource-intensive. In Part 2 of our 3-Part series on cloud costs, we discuss the Top 5 Workloads that are NOT well suited for the cloud. Click below to read the rest of Part 2:
Oracle's financials have generally been strong in recent years with their aggressive cloud push, reporting steady growth in revenues and earnings. However, Oracle faces increasing competition from other cloud providers, particularly in the areas of IaaS and PaaS. In the very short term however, they have missed earnings targets and expect to bolster revenue from their Healthcare business - interesting given:
In this article we outline areas of caution and four areas we are watching to both avoid risk and lower cost with Oracle: Audits, Cloud Competition, and Cloud Licensing. Click below to read entire article.
Have you received an audit letter from one of your software vendors? Check out the below or ask us about Audit Armor before you take any action! There could be serious consequences for early missteps in responding to an audit letter. Check out the below to learn more.....
