Edition #77 | "Slow news week"

Edition #77 | "Slow news week"

Welcome, as always, to this week's edition of our SAMplicity Recap newsletter - your one stop shop for the biggest talking points of the past seven days from the SAM and wider IT industries.

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In this edition:

➡️ A strangely slow news cycle last week, but we start with an announcement from Flexera - who have a new SaaS management platform being introduced into their product range.

➡️ Turn it off and on again - Microsoft take an unprecedented step of switching off one companies paid for services after an EU request.

➡️ What are the three critical calls for IT leaders for the rest of 2025? Find out in this weeks knowledge base guide.

➡️ And the CISPE move on from Microsoft to tackle Broadcom 's takeover of VMware .


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➡️ Flexera targets Shadow IT with release of new SaaS management solution

A combination of Flexera and Snow Software - A Flexera Company 's management platforms unified into one, the release aims to rein in growing costs for SaaS applications.

🔗 https://easysam.co.uk/news/flexera-targets-shadow-it-with-release-of-new-saas-management-solution/


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➡️ Welcome to a new world of risk: where services are cut off without notice

Microsoft last week cut off (and then restored) all paid-for services of Indian energy company Nayara Energy at the request of the EU.

🔗 https://easysam.co.uk/news/welcome-to-a-new-world-of-risk-where-services-are-cut-off-without-notice/


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➡️ Audit costs, licensing chaos and FinOps: 3 critical calls to action for IT leaders in 2025

Turn audit anxiety into a strategic advantage with some of the latest trends and actionable insights - protecting your budget and unlocking IT value.

🔗 https://easysam.co.uk/knowledge-base/audit-costs-licensing-chaos-and-finops-3-critical-calls-to-action-for-it-leaders-in-2025/


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➡️ CISPE seeks to annul Broadcom’s VMware takeover

The cloud infrastructure group claims that the European regulator has ‘under-estimated the risk of the deal'.

🔗 https://easysam.co.uk/news/cispe-seeks-to-annul-broadcoms-vmware-takeover/


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