The ongoing controversy surrounding Microsoft's cloud licensing practices has once again taken center stage in the UK as Amazon Web Services (AWS) lodged formal complaints to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). AWS claims that Microsoft's licensing model unfairly disadvantages its major...
Microsoft's shift in cloud licensing practices has stirred up significant challenges for enterprises heavily invested in its ecosystem, particularly when migrating to cloud infrastructures. The 2019 licensing changes introduced a new layer of costs for running Microsoft server software, such as...
Microsoft’s Cloud Lock-In: The Stark Cost of Ditching Windows for Linux in the Era of Hyperscale Cloud
A transformative shift is happening in enterprise IT, with organizations moving massive workloads from on-premises servers to the cloud. Yet, beneath the hopeful rhetoric of flexibility and...
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