Business owners and even lawyers often repeat the same mistakes when they have to deal with tech contracts. Negotiating software and IT contracts isn’t a breeze. Poor negotiating will have you paying more than you should and ending up either more or fewer licenses than you need. If you can avoid these five mistakes when … Read more
Searching for cloud or software vendors can prove to be a lot more difficult than you initially estimated. There are a plenty of vendors who can provide you with business software. This makes negotiating software license agreements even harder. How do you choose the best one? We believe this list of questions can help you … Read more
Larry Ellison founded Oracle, a technology giant in 1977. Ever since then, the company has successfully managed to develop a good reputation for its software licensing agreements. Oracle customers can now enjoy a revolutionary new flat-price ‘Perpetual User License Agreement’ (PULA). However, not everyone received PULA happily. There are voices who say it’s very complicated … Read more
For better and more efficient productivity in your organization, choosing Microsoft Office 365 is the wisest decision. Numerous benefits come along Office 365: high-end results, superior output and easy collaboration between team members. Office 365 for enterprise can yield countless benefits. But, as it happens with any software, you can go even further if you … Read more
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. A survey of 150 IT professionals has highlighted distrust of IT suppliers, with many IT professionals believing their IT provider has curbed their ability to use … Read more
The cloud-based service management company has extended its reach in IT asset management to help businesses optimise cloud subscriptions. ServiceNow has agreed to acquire software as a service (SaaS) management company VendorHawk to help businesses licence software more cost-effectively. According to ServiceNow, vast amounts of a company’s IT budget is being lost due to under-utilised software. … Read more
Following the high-profile legal cases against brewers Diageo and Anheuser-Busch InBev, SAP has brought some clarity over indirect access to its core ERP system. In April 2018, SAP made the first big step in shifting its customers away from traditional licensing to a consumption model. This new digital access licensing aims to clarify SAP’s position regarding … Read more
Cisco’s Tetration-V and Tetration-SaaS give businesses interested in the security-analytics platform the option of a cloud service or software that runs on virtual appliances. Cisco has added new cloud and virtual deployment options for customers looking to buy into its Tetration Analytics security system. Cisco’s Tetration system gathers information from hardware and software sensors and … Read more
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. SAP has announced a new way to price the indirect licensing of its software – which has received a qualified welcome from the SAP User Group … Read more
With more and more enterprises becoming involved in software development with their vendors, a growing concern has emerged over who owns that intellectual property. Microsoft will let customers share intellectual property developed in partnership with the company. The move aligns with what analysts expect will be a growing concern for IT, with more and more … Read more
