Opinion

Opinion

Software licensing

• SAP licensing – reassuringly expensive?

  SAP’s recent settlement with AB InBev has again put audits and licensing under the spotlight. We look at how to get the best value and avoid fines  Continue Reading

• How to make the most of your SAP licences

  There is no point in paying for something you never use – or worse, using the wrong licence. Doing the bare minimum for SAP licence management is not enough  Continue Reading

• How to achieve a healthy, balanced relationship with your ERP provider

  Observing the enterprise software market today is like observing a major relationship crisis where one side is failing to listen to the other  Continue Reading

• The high price of not understanding how automation works with existing software licences

  Businesses must check their software licences before they introduce robotic process automation or they risk breaking the rules  Continue Reading

• Open source for hybrid cloud success: Is it an open and shut case?

  Quocirca’s Clive Longbottom ponders whether enterprises need to adopt an open source-first strategy for hybrid cloud success  Continue Reading

• Beware of Oracle’s developer Trojan Horse

  The Oracle Technology Network allows developers to prototype applications for free, but there is a catch when it is time to deploy  Continue Reading

• Acquiring public sector software systems – an alternative role for GDS?

  Controlling and measuring software systems in government is notoriously difficult, so could a healthcare model offer a better alternative?  Continue Reading

• Graph databases: What are the benefits for CIOs?

  With enterprise interest in graph databases on the rise, Clive Longbottom explains why some businesses are favouring them over relational setups  Continue Reading

• A plan for managing public-sector IT costs

  The 2015 spending review is set to put further pressure on the public sector. Are there easy cuts public-sector CIOs can make?  Continue Reading

• Driving digital productivity in the UK

  There is a need for British businesses to improve their adoption of digital technologies  Continue Reading

• Time for DevOps to get out of the weeds

  Software and service providers face a battle to deliver new products, features and capabilities faster than ever  Continue Reading

• Watch out: Oracle plants $23,000 licensing booby trap in 12c upgrade

  Oracle will charge $23,000 per processor if you inadvertently switch on the in-memory database option  Continue Reading

• Buyer beware: second-hand user licences mired in uncertainty

  Despite a recent European Court of Justice ruling on the sale of used software, second user licensing remains a contentious subject  Continue Reading

• User acceptance testing needs real training, not just a short course

  In spite of its importance, user acceptance testing (UAT) is often chaotic, problematic and ineffective  Continue Reading

• The politics of software asset management

  A software asset manager's tips on convincing people they really don'y have to run the software they insist is essential.  Continue Reading