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Enterprise technology coverage from BusinessTech News. Networking, storage, security, observability, and the platform decisions that shape multi-year IT budgets. Reporting on Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, CrowdStrike, Pure Storage, Arista, and the cloud-native projects (Kubernetes, Istio, OpenTelemetry) running underneath them. Analysis of pricing power, gross-margin pressure, and the competitive moves that change which vendors get renewed and which get displaced.

When Microsoft Cut Copilot Prices by up to 50%, It Attached a Usage Meter to the Deal

Microsoft will authorize 30% to 50% Copilot discounts from October, but only for customers who also accept usage-based fees. The breakeven is about 1,500 credits per seat per month.

By Scott Allan · Sep 24 · 4 min read

Enterprise Technology

When Microsoft Cut Copilot Prices by up to 50%, It Attached a Usage Meter to the Deal

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