Usage-based billing muddles software vendor pricing
…According to a survey of 350 execs who work for software vendors, conducted by PwC UK and billing infrastructure biz m3ter, 44 percent of UK business leaders say they have trouble measuring…
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AWS would prefer to forget March in UAE region
PaaS + IaaS AWS would prefer to forget March ever happened in its UAE region Cloud giant waives an entire month of charges, then erases the billing data. There is literally nothing to…
CMA dithers as Microsoft's cloud meter runs on your dime
…Its decision will not just shape the cloud market; it will influence how billions of pounds of public money are spent over the coming years. Microsoft: So what if it costs 4X…
HMRC hands £473M migration deal to AWS after rivals walk
…UK govt office admits ability to negotiate billions in cloud spending curbed by vendor lock-in Read more The agreement, priced at £472.8 million including VAT, is scheduled to run for…
'Death sentence': EU cloud lobby drags Broadcom to Brussels
…Broadcom 'bulldozes' VMware cloud partners as March deadline looms Read more The Cloud Infrastructure Service Provider in Europe (CISPE) trade group, representing nearly 50 tech suppliers, filed the complaint today with the…
Microsoft startup credits are the gift that keeps on billing
AI + ML Microsoft startup credits are the gift that keeps on billing unsuspecting users Perks fall short as third-party AI models rack up costs with minimal notification Complaints about Microsoft's…
IBM CEO pay pack jumps 51% for 2025 in target smash and grab
…67.5 billion, as it "shifted to higher growth areas, with over 75 percent of our business mix in Software and Consulting." Software was up 11 percent; hybrid cloud, data and automation…
SAP's grand cloud escape plan €2B short of the runway
…In fact, Mucic, who left SAP in 2022, told investors in 2020 the company would be "arriving fully in the cloud come 2025." With €8.5 billion in on-prem software support…
Oracle tops up restructuring fund for FY26 by $500M
…It has since emerged that the $300 billion cloud compute contract with OpenAI alone would require Oracle to borrow roughly $100 billion over the next four years . Big Red has raised $18…
Oracle may slash jobs to keep AI datacenter plans on track
…The bank estimates the OpenAI deal alone is going to require $156 billion in capital spending. Last year, when Big Red raised its capex forecasts for 2026 by $15 billion to $50…