HP plans to save millions by laying off thousands, ramping up AI use
HP Inc. said that it will lay off 4,000 to 6,000 employees in favor of AI deployments, claiming it will help save $1 billion in annualized gross run rate by the end of its fiscal…
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HP and Dell disable HEVC support built into their laptops’ CPUs
The OEMs disabling codec hardware also comes as associated costs for the international video compression standard are set to increase in January, as licensing administrator Access Advance announced in July. Per a breakdown from patent…
Broadcom’s prohibitive VMware prices create a learning “barrier,” IT pro says
Broadcom didn’t respond to Ars Technica’s request for comment for this article. Compatibility problems Migrating off of VMware hasn’t only resulted in delayed projects for the Indiana school district; it has also brought complications for…
35 percent of VMware workloads expected to migrate elsewhere by 2028
During Gartner’s event, Palmer posited that Broadcom’s VMware doesn’t view hyperscalers as strategic partners and vice versa. AWS took issue with Broadcom disallowing AWS and its channel partners to resell VMware Cloud on AWS, telling…
AI will consume all of IT by 2030—but not all IT jobs, Gartner says
In five years, you won’t be able to spell IT without AI, Gartner predicted today. VP analysts Alicia Mullery and Daryl Plummer delivered the sentiment at their keynote address at Gartner’s IT Symposium in Gold…
It’s getting harder to skirt RTO policies without employers noticing
For example, while high-profile banks like JPMorgan Chase and HSBC have started enforcing in-office policies, London-headquartered bank Standard Chartered is letting managers and individual employees decide how often workers are expected in the office. In…
Some VMware perpetual license owners are unable to download security patches
Some VMware perpetual license holders are currently unable to download security patches, The Register reported today. The virtualization company has only said that these users will receive the patches at “a later date,” meaning users…
More VMware cloud partners axed as Broadcom launches new invite-only program
In response to the white label program ending, a Reddit user who claimed that their organization spent 300,000 pounds (about $402,500) a year on licensing through a VMware white-label partner, said: I now have 6…
VMware perpetual license holder receives audit letter from Broadcom
The letter, signed by Aiden Fitzgerald, director of global sales operations at Broadcom, claims that Broadcom will use its time “as efficiently and productively as possible to minimize disruption.” Still, the security worker that Ars…
Broadcom ends business with VMware’s lowest-tier channel partners
Broadcom has cut the lowest tier in its VMware partner program. The move allows the enterprise technology firm to continue its focus on customers with larger VMware deployments, but it also risks more migrations from…