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Software licensing

• October 31, 2013 31 Oct'13

  Software licensing: SAP terms and conditions are not above European law

  The district court of Hamburg has ruled against SAP over its case against a German second-user software reseller

• September 19, 2013 19 Sep'13

  Software licences drive Oracle revenue, but hardware takes a hit

  A drop in hardware sales dragged down Oracle’s revenue in its Q1 financial results, but software revenue increased

• August 23, 2013 23 Aug'13

  SAP user groups welcome 'partial termination' licensing changes

  SAP customers can now partially terminate licenses and will not be required to pay maintenance on unused licenses

• May 23, 2013 23 May'13

  Interview: Government CTO Liam Maxwell

  Government CTO Liam Maxwell has driven Whitehall’s IT agenda for years, previously as deputy government CIO and director of ICT futures

• May 08, 2013 08 May'13

  Adobe moves to cloud-based subscription model

  Adobe has announced that it is to introduce a cloud-based subscription model for popular applications, including Photoshop

• April 19, 2013 19 Apr'13

  Microsoft reports strong quarterly results for all divisions

  Microsoft reported profit of $6bn for the past quarter, up 17% from a year ago, despite a mixed response to Windows 8 and a decline in PC sales

• April 18, 2013 18 Apr'13

  IT rationalisation must be combined with layoffs for long-term savings

  Long-term IT cost reduction requires more than just server consolidation and cuts to software licences, says Gartner

• January 08, 2013 08 Jan'13

  Are software audits good for your health?

  The Business Software Alliance's claim that 90% of all audit letters sent in 2012 were the result of tips from whistle-blowers is a wake-up call to CIOs

• January 07, 2013 07 Jan'13

  Barclays' Linux programme not a snub to suppliers

  Barclays says it is not snubbing any supplier by developing a private cloud infrastructure and using Linux to cut software development costs by 90%.

• December 18, 2012 18 Dec'12

  Mott MacDonald rolls out Microsoft software globally

  Engineering firm Mott MacDonald is rolling out Microsoft products globally over the next year as it moves towards a Microsoft-centric business strategy

• December 07, 2012 07 Dec'12

  Citrix buys corporate MDM tool company Zenprise

  Citrix has bought mobile device management (MDM) company Zenprise for an undisclosed sum to boost its corporate mobile tools portfolio

• October 31, 2012 31 Oct'12

  Government dips toe in water for single ERP

  The government is to test the feasibility of moving to a single enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform across Whitehall

• October 10, 2012 10 Oct'12

  Case study: End of BMC sponsorship a blessing for Toyota Motorsport IT

  Toyota Motorsport went to the market for a new ITSM system when a sponsorship deal with BMC came to an end, and has been reaping the benefits ever since

• September 11, 2012 11 Sep'12

  Ten killer questions for choosing an HR IT system

  Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) chose a cloud-based HR system, to manage its 3,700 disparate global staff, on the basis of 10 killer questions

• June 25, 2012 25 Jun'12

  Government slashes SAP and Microsoft spend by £150m

  The government expects to slash licence and maintenance spend with Microsoft and SAP up to £150m by 2015, via a framework renegotiation.

• June 19, 2012 19 Jun'12

  Oracle reports strong profit growth

  Oracle reported an 8% increase in profits on a 1% increase in sales for the fourth quarter of its 2012 financial year

• June 06, 2012 06 Jun'12

  Microsoft publishes its response to government open standards consultation

  Microsoft has become the first major IT supplier to publish its submission to the government's consultation on the use of open standards.

• June 01, 2012 01 Jun'12

  Microsoft softens July licence blow

  Microsoft has lowered the price hike planned for July, but businesses still face paying up to 25% more for their software.

• May 21, 2012 21 May'12

  Global software piracy increasing rapidly, study shows

  Global software piracy is increasing rapidly in the absence of any effective deterrence, a survey has revealed.

• May 03, 2012 03 May'12

  European copyright ruling good for IT innovation, say lawyers

  The top European court's ruling on copyright is good news for innovation, say lawyers

• April 18, 2012 18 Apr'12

  Government unaware how much it pays for e-mail services

  Government departments do not know how much they are spending on e-mail services, according to research by Computer Weekly.

• March 26, 2012 26 Mar'12

  BSA fines Coverteam UK £6,000 for unlicensed Microsoft and Adobe software

  The BSA has fined power conversion company Converteam UK £6,000 for using unlicensed copies of Microsoft and Adobe software

• March 05, 2012 05 Mar'12

  NHS trusts to be freed from CSC contract commitments

  The Department of Health has proposed a deal with CSC to release trusts in the National Programme for IT from their contractual obligations to use software from the troubled supplier.

• February 19, 2012 19 Feb'12

  Government launches CloudStore and names G-Cloud suppliers

  The government has launched its CloudStore, a catalogue of 1,700 cloud-based, pre-approved IT services now available for the public sector to buy.

• February 10, 2012 10 Feb'12

  Government takes on proprietary software lobby in open standards battle

  The government wants to push through open standards against vested interests keen to maintain the dominance of proprietary systems.

• January 30, 2012 30 Jan'12

  Oracle and SAP worst for government ERP cost differences

  Oracle and SAP have been singled out as having the most inconsistent prices for ERP systems across government departments.

• July 14, 2010 14 Jul'10

  Government scraps £80m Microsoft licensing deal with NHS

  The government has scrapped the long-running NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) enterprise agreement (EA) software licensing deal with Microsoft after deciding there was no business case or budget to renew it.

• March 20, 2007 20 Mar'07

  Symantec says fixing licensing portal top priority

  Company officials say help is on the way as fallout continues from the merger of Symantec and Veritas ordering systems last November.