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Industry news from September

Every month we do a brief round up of headlines that grabbed our attention. Here are some of the industry highlights from September in case you missed them. 

This is a curation of news we think may be of interest to you. Livingstone is not affiliated to any of these sites.

Gartner MQ – SAM Managed Services

Livingstone is a Leader for the 4th consecutive year​

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SoftwareOne + Crayon 

Reuters reports on a possible merger between the two organisations

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Excel for Python 

Python in Excel is now generally available - provided you have the right license and machine 

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Java 23 Release

Short-term support of 6 months (Next LTS release due September 2025)​

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CockroachDB Core no longer available

Commercial Enterprise is still available

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