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Software licensing

Tips on reducing unnecessary cloud service costs

As IT departments prepare their 2019 budgets, we assess how to avoid paying too much for cloud services Continue Reading
How SAP’s digital access licence influences your ERP strategy

Following the high-profile legal cases against brewers Diageo and Anheuser-Busch InBev, SAP has brought some clarity over indirect access to its core ERP system Continue Reading
From consumers to contributors: The evolution of open source in the enterprise

The use of open source software is commonplace in enterprises, but many organisations are still reluctant to contribute their own code, despite the benefits it can bring Continue Reading
Microsoft SPE helps joined-up thinking

We assess how Microsoft’s secure productive enterprise licence can help enterprises coordinate their digital transformation Continue Reading
DevOps practitioners open up about enterprise adoption challenges

Ahead of next week’s DevOps Enterprise Summit in London, practitioners have warned enterprises to stop thinking of DevOps as something only Silicon Valley firms and startups can do successfully Continue Reading

Can you work around SAP indirect access software licensing?

The SAP legal case against Diageo highlights the seemingly arbitrary rules governing software licensing Continue Reading
Software asset management maturity in the age of SaaS

For asset tracking, software as a service is no different from any other type of software licensing – but the process of software asset management needs adapting Continue Reading
How to beat Oracle licence audits

An eight-step guide to tame the Oracle auditors. Don't take the bait... Continue Reading
Automation and acceleration the Asian aspiration

Storage infrastructures within Asean organisations are changing to support technologies designed to speed up, automate and centralize. Continue Reading
CIOs say SaaS compliance is a two-way street

We’ll ensure we don’t break contract terms, but providers must better meet our needs in terms of simplicity and flexibility, say IT bosses Continue Reading
Tackling compliance issues in software as a service

There remain a number of compliance issues with Saas, none of which have a common, single fix Continue Reading

Metropolis Studios runs music business expansion on FileMaker

Metropolis Studios has turned to FileMaker 14 to run the functional and creative sides of its business, replacing SAP Continue Reading
What ingredients go into the successful app store?

An enterprise app store should provide the controlled availability of apps for employees.We look at what is available for organisations to use Continue Reading
Software asset management is key to datacentre planning

An ordered approach to managing software and hardware assets is essential to maximising your datacentre Continue Reading
Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Trust secures government backing for £6m IT modernisation programme

CIO interview: Joanna Smith, CIO. Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust Continue Reading