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Software licensing
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February 19, 2016
19
Feb'16
Vision Direct rewrites enterprise applications using Mendix cloud-based platform
Eyecare company has used the Mendix application platform as a service to create new apps to support the business
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January 20, 2016
20
Jan'16
Mars court filings reveal extent of Oracle licence probe
Court documents have revealed just how far Oracle will go to extract cash from some of its larger customers
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January 06, 2016
06
Jan'16
Forrester predicts boom time for software
Cloud, Saas and business analytics set to drive up demand for software
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January 04, 2016
04
Jan'16
Software asset management at risk from SQL Server blind spot
Lack of adequate software asset management tools is leaving IT departments in the dark over Microsoft licensing, says the Campaign for Clear Licensing
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November 26, 2015
26
Nov'15
How to offset Oracle costs when preparing a move to the cloud
Savvy IT departments can mix and match support contracts as they negotiate with Oracle on a Fusion upgrade
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November 24, 2015
24
Nov'15
G-Cloud suppliers hit out at government IT pricing deal with Huddle
Whitehall procurement chiefs respond to claims preferential pricing deal with Huddle goes against G-Cloud ethos
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November 11, 2015
11
Nov'15
How to avoid being chained to an enterprise software licence
CIOs will need to ringfence spending with their existing enterprise IT suppliers to liberate capital for other business initiatives
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November 05, 2015
05
Nov'15
Free software gains ground in the Italian public administration
Italy's Ministry of Defence is pioneering the use of open-source office productivity tools with the migration of 150,000 PCs to LibreOffice
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October 22, 2015
22
Oct'15
New Zealand beauty firm moves business onto Netsuite
New Zealand based beauty product supplier The Beauty Collective talks to Computer Weekly about its transformation to business software in the cloud
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October 13, 2015
13
Oct'15
Enterprise software contracts stifle digital business initiatives
Two software licensing groups have joined forces to put pressure on the European Commission to investigate leading software companies
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October 08, 2015
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Oct'15
Take part in the Computer Weekly Technology Industry Survey 2016
Share your views in Computer Weekly’s annual Technology Industry Survey, which provides an insight into the trends, challenges and aspirations of today’s IT professionals
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October 08, 2015
08
Oct'15
Taunton and Somerset NHS goes live with open-source electronic patient records
Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust the first to go live with the openMAXIMS open-source electronic patient record system (EPR) in a landmark deal
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September 11, 2015
11
Sep'15
Financial services watchdog wastes money on Oracle licences
The Financial Conduct Authority admits it has fallen victim to the complex nature of software licensing that dogs companies in the sector it serves
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September 11, 2015
11
Sep'15
Case study: French delivery company Chronopost looks to NoSQL for big data challenge
French delivery company Chronopost is using open-source NoSQL systems to improve services and customer retention
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September 02, 2015
02
Sep'15
Top technology companies develop royalty-free media formats
Amazon, Cisco, Google, Intel, Microsoft, Mozilla and Netflix have joined forces to develop fast, interoperable and royalty-free online media formats
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August 10, 2015
10
Aug'15
Business process automation fills people gap in Australia and New Zealand
Business process automation technology is more about helping businesses in Australia and New Zealand overcome staff shortages, than about cutting costs.
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July 31, 2015
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Jul'15
Interview: CCS director Sarah Hurrell on improving government technology purchasing
The government's procurement agency has plenty of critics, but its technology lead insists that IT and digital purchasing is improving fast
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July 28, 2015
28
Jul'15
IoT device makers stand to lose out on software licensing revenues, warns Gartner
Gartner claims many IoT device manufacturers could lose out on recurring revenues by failing to safeguard their software investments
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July 21, 2015
21
Jul'15
CIOs need to reboot supplier relationships
IT leaders need to rethink the balance of spending between maintaining traditional suppliers and introducing innovative new providers
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July 21, 2015
21
Jul'15
Software audits cut government IT bill by £85m in 2014/15
Annual accounts for the government purchasing agency show at least £220m in technology related savings
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July 07, 2015
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Jul'15
Microsoft Azure price hike to hit cloud users in the Eurozone from 1 August
The on-going economic instability affecting Europe could prompt further price increases from Microsoft and others, analysts warn
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June 30, 2015
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Jun'15
Top suppliers as UK software and services market approaches £50bn
The top five software and IT services firms in the UK are Capita, HP, IBM, Capgemini and Accenture, according to the latest figures from TechMarketView
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June 18, 2015
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Jun'15
Oracle sets sights on cloud cash cow in shift from perpetual licensing
Oracle reports Q4 operating income of $4bn on revenues of $10.7bn as it turns from software licensing towards 'stunningly profitable' cloud business
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May 19, 2015
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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
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May 13, 2015
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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
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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
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April 23, 2015
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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
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April 17, 2015
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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
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March 30, 2015
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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
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February 25, 2015
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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
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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
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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’
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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
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November 19, 2014
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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November 03, 2014
03
Nov'14
Users warned over 'aggressive' Oracle software licensing tactics
Oracle has been slammed by a new report for its lack of transparency and aggressive sales practices
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October 31, 2014
31
Oct'14
Microsoft threatened MPs over open-standards policy, claims advisor
Microsoft told MPs it would cut investment if they supported plans for open standards, says former Cameron advisor
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October 28, 2014
28
Oct'14
Government replaces Becta education IT procurement framework
Government seeks up to 20 suppliers to form a £300m procurement framework for ICT services to public-sector education organisations
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October 20, 2014
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Oct'14
SAP grows cloud revenue by 45%
SAP’s revenue from cloud services has grown 45% year-on-year
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September 29, 2014
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Sep'14
Case study: Deutsche Post DHL develops software contract templates to reduce costs
Deutsche Post DHL has created contract templates to manage software costs. Computer Weekly speaks to the people leading the initiative
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September 16, 2014
16
Sep'14
Microsoft pitches new Dynamics CRM 2015 as ‘one cloud for all’
Microsoft is making its Dynamics CRM 2015 available next quarter along with updates to its Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online services
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September 15, 2014
15
Sep'14
Why AWS is being held back in the public sector
Public sector is a fast growing area of the Amazon Web Services cloud business. Yet it is often not seen as a first choice in government
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August 20, 2014
20
Aug'14
Stuck between a rock and a hard place: How to renegotiate software contracts
As a ruling against support provider Rimini Street demonstrates, suppliers can and will exploit any doubt in a software contract
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August 13, 2014
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Aug'14
Home Office pours £3.8m into shared service for biometric cards
The Home Office has awarded a £3.8m contract to Thales for a service to support the production of Biometric Residence Permit cards
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July 28, 2014
28
Jul'14
Oracle in-memory option creates licensing pain and audit risk
A former Oracle employee has highlighted a major issue in the way the new Oracle Database 12c Release 12.1.0.2 is licensed
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July 25, 2014
25
Jul'14
Bank of America: When software relationships turn sour
Tibco has filed a lawsuit alleging the Merrill Lynch division of Bank of America illegally used $300m of its software for a major IT project
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July 24, 2014
24
Jul'14
Citrix SaaS revenue rises 12% while overall revenue grows 7% YoY
Citrix has reported a 7% revenue increase in its second quarter of fiscal year 2014 . But it reported double-digit revenue growth in SaaS