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Software licensing

• January 11, 2019 11 Jan'19

  AWS pushes MongoDB compatible alternative as licences change

  They probably didn't see that coming... MongoDB's switch to server-side licensing may have backfired, as AWS launches an API-compatible version

• January 11, 2019 11 Jan'19

  Microsoft takes community approach to artificial intelligence in Sweden

  Microsoft is making increasing use of artificial intelligence in Sweden as it shares experiences with the development community

• January 01, 2019 01 Jan'19

  SAP user group’s Cooper: Indirect licensing progress welcome but slow

  SAP UK&I User Group chair Paul Cooper on the state of play between SAP and users: sanguine about end of ECC6; S/4 adoption growth steady, indirect licensing still an issue; and C/4 remains unknown

• December 20, 2018 20 Dec'18

  Microsoft raises cloud prices for Australian enterprise customers

  Despite the price hike, Microsoft claims its Azure service remains competitively priced, with opportunities for additional savings

• December 06, 2018 06 Dec'18

  Asean firms dive into microservices for competitive edge

  While microservices has become a buzzword linked with digital transformation, it is no magic bullet for development woes

• November 30, 2018 30 Nov'18

  How to manage software auditor independence

  A recent report has shown that the Big Four audit firms often work for the major software providers to conduct software licence audits

• November 26, 2018 26 Nov'18

  Questions raised over Big Four auditors' licence independence

  The very firms responsible for statutory audits are also being hired by software providers to conduct software licence audits, leading to questions raised in the industry about conflicts of interest

• November 19, 2018 19 Nov'18

  Microsoft forces price hike on budget-constrained councils

  The October 2018 price hike for Microsoft Office 2019 will badly affect local governments, leading Socitm to urge Microsoft to reconsider

• November 19, 2018 19 Nov'18

  Office 365 users locked out by authentication failure

  Multifactor authentication aims to protect users’ security, but many woke up this morning to find they could no longer access Microsoft 365

• October 16, 2018 16 Oct'18

  There is more to fintech than meets the eye

  Financial technology goes way beyond the flashy apps facing consumers and into the depths of the back office

• October 15, 2018 15 Oct'18

  Should you pay or should you go for free open source software?

  Open source software is free, but many businesses are happy to pay for support. This model tends not to scale well, however, making wider deployment expensive. We weigh up the options

• October 11, 2018 11 Oct'18

  Dropping commercial open source lowers PaaS costs at Fidelity

  Investment company Fidelity has created an on-premise PaaS for its in-house developer teams using the open source Cloud Foundry platform

• October 01, 2018 01 Oct'18

  Keeping Commvault on its toes in ASEAN

  Backup and data protection software supplier is going after mid-sized companies and renewing its focus on partners to make deeper inroads in Southeast Asia

• September 24, 2018 24 Sep'18

  Fair trade software on the agenda but Dutch businesses not ready to buy it

  There is already free trade chocolate and coffee on supermarket shelves, but two Dutch tech entrepreneurs are trying to add free trade software to the mix

• September 21, 2018 21 Sep'18

  Foreshadow mitigation obscures licensing impact

  Performance of virtual machines could be severely affected by the workaround for Intel’s latest processor flaw. To compensate, more processors will be needed