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Software licensing

• May 19, 2015 19 May'15

  Canonical offers SaaS pricing for on-site VMs and storage

  Open source supplier Canonical has introduced software as a service pricing for on-premise storage in a move that could change the way traditional software is licensed

• May 13, 2015 13 May'15

  Standard Chartered moves 90,000 staff to Jive

  Standard Chartered bank is using software from Jive to support collaboration between 90,000 employees in 70 countries

• May 06, 2015 06 May'15

  EMC courts developers with open-source storage software push

  Storage giant wants to make it easier for developers to get hold of its software and accelerate app development times

• April 23, 2015 23 Apr'15

  Gartner: Enterprises opt for open-source and cloud middleware alternatives

  Gartner has reported a bigger focus on subscription-based licensing and open-source platforms in the middleware market

• April 17, 2015 17 Apr'15

  Payments firm Monitise puts application programming interfaces in cloud to provide services

  Monitise puts its application programming interfaces (APIs) in the cloud for banks and payment firms to use its technology in their services

• March 30, 2015 30 Mar'15

  Major software companies bamboozle local authorities with audits

  Software companies are resorting to audits and complex licensing in a bid to make more money from existing public sector customers

• February 25, 2015 25 Feb'15

  To partition or not to partition Oracle

  Oracle licence contracts are unclear on soft partitioning so CIOs need to get to the licence negotiation table to extract the best deal

• February 23, 2015 23 Feb'15

  Ordnance Survey announces open data innovation project

  Ordnance Survey marked International Open Data Day by announcing plans to launch an open data digital map

• January 27, 2015 27 Jan'15

  Your digital projects are doomed to failure, warns Cisco

  At Cisco Live! In Milan, Cisco set out the challenges of going digital, with many projects doomed to fail unless businesses embrace ‘Fast IT’

• January 07, 2015 07 Jan'15

  Oracle will lose out unless it changes its software licensing

  In an open letter, Campaign for Clear Licensing highlights the risk to Oracle’s future earnings due to aggressive licensing

• November 19, 2014 19 Nov'14

  Case study: North Wales Fire and Rescue Service secures email for public sector collaboration

  The North Wales Fire and Rescue Service (NWFRS) has secured its information exchange with Egress Switch encryption

• November 12, 2014 12 Nov'14

  How to deal with the next software renewal call from the big four suppliers

  IT departments are being subjected to ruthless tactics by software sales teams when they renegotiate contracts with the big four suppliers

• November 11, 2014 11 Nov'14

  Qantas puts Oracle ERP in the cloud with Tata Consultancy Services

  Airline Qantas signs IT outsourcing services firm TCS to upgrade its Oracle ERP platform and move it into the cloud

• November 05, 2014 05 Nov'14

  Government open standards - the curious case of Microsoft and the minister

  What role, if any, did science minister David Willetts take in helping Microsoft try to overturn government IT policy?

• November 04, 2014 04 Nov'14

  Airbus interview: research, innovation and the future of aviation

  IT plays a substantial role in creating the aircraft of the future, with research and innovation at the core of the Airbus business strategy