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Software licensing
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April 10, 2019
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Apr'19
Google slams public cloud rivals over 'mistreatment' of open source community
Google Cloud has committed to forging closer ties with the open source community, while hitting out at its competitors for not doing enough to support it
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April 03, 2019
03
Apr'19
Why you need to link licensing tools to HR
IT can be pretty good at setting up a PC for a new joiner, but what happens when someone leaves? How do you delete their cloud access?
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April 02, 2019
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Apr'19
Welsh government buys Microsoft Office 365 for teachers and pupils
The Welsh government will provide Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus across 1,521 maintained schools in Wales
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April 01, 2019
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Apr'19
Consumers still important as Dutch satnav pioneer maps B2B future
TomTom is focusing on the business-to-business sector, but its consumer base is an important part of its strategy
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March 29, 2019
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Mar'19
Middle East countries accelerate quantum computing research
Gulf countries must invest in quantum computing research to ensure they continue to to remain digital pioneers
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March 12, 2019
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Mar'19
The web turns 30: from proposal to pervasion
The web is celebrating its 30th anniversary, but can it remain true to its founder’s vision?
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February 21, 2019
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Feb'19
Redis Labs swaps out open source to protect against public clouds
While Redis remain open source, higher value modules are now covered by a commercial agreement which limits commercialisation of Redis-based products
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February 06, 2019
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Feb'19
Coders and developers: The new heroes of the network?
Cisco is moving towards a software-based future. We chatted to Susie Wee, founder and leader of Cisco developer and innovation programme, DevNet, to find out how she is helping to enable this change
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January 29, 2019
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Jan'19
Australian government turns to Rimini Street for software support
A slew of Australian government agencies have switched out SAP and Oracle maintenance contracts for third-party support services
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January 25, 2019
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Jan'19
Google petitions Supreme Court to reconsider Android Java ruling
Google’s legal chief claims Oracle’s copyright ruling on Java software interfaces will damage software development
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January 11, 2019
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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
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January 11, 2019
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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
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January 01, 2019
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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
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December 20, 2018
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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
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December 06, 2018
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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
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November 30, 2018
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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
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November 26, 2018
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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
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November 19, 2018
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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
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November 19, 2018
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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
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October 16, 2018
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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
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October 15, 2018
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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
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October 11, 2018
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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
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October 01, 2018
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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
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September 24, 2018
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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
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September 21, 2018
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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
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September 20, 2018
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Sep'18
Growing reliance on cloud will need tighter IT management
By 2022, over $1.3tn will be spent on cloud computing and related services globally, and IT leaders will need to figure out how to manage it all
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September 13, 2018
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Sep'18
Tech Nation startup programme demonstrates richness of UK fintech
A Tech Nation programme to support the UK's financial technology startups demonstrates the increasingly diverse range of business-to-business products and services available through the country's fintech community
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September 10, 2018
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Sep'18
Software maintenance contracts lack scrutiny
Paying a fifth of the original software contract value every year for support, big fixes and updates does not seem like good value for money
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September 06, 2018
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Sep'18
Arriva ITSM implementation delivers beyond expectations
Transport company replaces several tools with a single cloud-based ITSM platform
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September 05, 2018
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Sep'18
The fintech startups to watch in the UK
Tech Nation’s choice of fintech companies to back reflects the changes expected to hit financial services IT
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August 22, 2018
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Aug'18
How Imperial Brands is taking control of its software licences
Central control gives the tobacco company the data required to manage software licences and ensure it pays only for the assets it needs
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July 31, 2018
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Jul'18
Utilita Energy supplier uses cloud to rapidly scale IT service desk
Energy provider Utilita Energy puts its IT service management in the cloud to support its rapid growth
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July 20, 2018
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Jul'18
Brussels aims to become an insurtech hub
Belgian capital is calling on startups as it eyes up the huge opportunities in the insurance technology sector
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July 20, 2018
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Jul'18
Cloud sales stoke Microsoft’s strong growth
Microsoft says cloud-based Office products made a huge contribution to sales growth
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July 11, 2018
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Jul'18
Oracle’s deal with Chile should go global
UK Oracle users may eventually see the ripple effect of a court ruling in a country almost 7,500 miles away
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July 06, 2018
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Jul'18
Investment flows into Nordic startups from all directions
The Nordic tech startup scene is attracting funding from a variety of sources, with private equity firms, banks and traditional IT companies all keen to put money in
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June 13, 2018
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Jun'18
Tips on reducing IT expenditure
There is constant pressure for IT to reduce cost and do more with less. Computer Weekly explores how this is being achieved in practice
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June 12, 2018
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Jun'18
IT teams should rework supplier contracts to free up budgets
There is no money for IT to help the business to innovate digitally, so CIOs should look at how their IT teams can maximise value from existing contracts, survey shows
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June 11, 2018
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Jun'18
APAC remains a hotbed for software piracy
The Asia-Pacific region is still seeing the highest use of unlicensed software installations globally, making enterprises more susceptible to cyber attacks from malware
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June 08, 2018
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Jun'18
Medical firm puts vTax and SAN to sleep to save £30,000 with Scale
Penlon replaces HPE servers and storage and VMware virtualisation to escape the high costs of licensing, and deploys Scale Computing hyper-converged appliances at two UK datacentres
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June 07, 2018
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Jun'18
European CIOs establish committee to drive IT value in business
Technology Business Council creates a European arm to help CIOs get the best value and efficiency from their IT assets
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May 22, 2018
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May'18
IT professionals distrust their main suppliers, survey shows
IT providers are restricting the ability of businesses to innovate, with many IT pros feeling that suppliers deliver poor value, especially on upgrades, a Cogeco Peer 1 survey reveals
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April 26, 2018
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Apr'18
ServiceNow buys into SaaS licensing to drive digitisation
The cloud-based service management company has extended its reach in IT asset management to help businesses optimise cloud subscriptions
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April 10, 2018
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Apr'18
SAP bids to modernise indirect licensing with new pricing model
SAP has announced a new pricing model for indirect licensing scenarios that has been welcomed by user groups, who are still pressing for reassurance that they won’t pay more
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March 21, 2018
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Mar'18
AB InBev settles out of court in $600m SAP licensing dispute
SEC filing reveals that brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev has come to an agreement with SAP over the ERP provider's under-licensing claim
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March 19, 2018
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Mar'18
Big 10 open source companies give users a licence reprieve
With the roll-out of GNU GPL 3.0 open source licensing, the industry is expecting discrepancies, and hopes an open discussion will help to debug it
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March 05, 2018
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Mar'18
How to improve SAP ROI with smart licensing
A recent study suggested most SAP projects have a 50% chance of failure. The risk of having incorrect SAP licensing could be far higher
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March 05, 2018
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Mar'18
Hershey’s outsources SAP roll-out to Accenture
US chocolate maker has signed up Accenture to support its SAP Hana S/4 implementation
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March 05, 2018
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Mar'18
Yorkshire Building Society implements cloud banking platform
Yorkshire Building Society is using a cloud-based banking platform built on Salesforce.com to automate manual tasks
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February 12, 2018
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Feb'18
French technology startups are forging ahead – but how?
France has sprung to the forefront of the international tech startup scene. How has this happened, and what's next for French tech firms?