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Software Licensing: Unloved and Undervalued, but Critical to Digital Transformation

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software licensing

Software licensing is the often-neglected ‘annoying little sibling’ of IT management. Despite the potentially serious consequences of failing to ensure an organisation’s software estate is correctly licensed, it is often seen as a tick-box exercise – rather than a strategic management process. Today, as organisations look to transform their operations digitally, software licensing has never … Read more

Microsoft SPE helps joined-up thinking

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We assess how Microsoft’s secure productive enterprise licence can help enterprises coordinate their digital transformation. The Microsoft product portfolio can enable digital transformations, but there is no reason to wait three years for your next enterprise agreement (EA) renewal before performing a thorough review of Microsoft’s role in your business technology strategy. Microsoft Secure Productive … Read more

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

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automation

Businesses must check their software licences before they introduce robotic process automation or they risk breaking the rules. This article mostly refers to the UK market. However, the principles discussed apply to any market. Robotic process automation has the potential to deliver significant cost efficiencies to many businesses, but those efficiencies could be wiped out … Read more

How Oracle tackles licensing discrepancies

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Oracle audit

Using Oracle products? Then this is an article you must read. A 2016 Paris court ruling has recently come to light, revealing the extent to which software supplier Oracle will go in licensing disputes with its customers and approved Oracle implementation partners. The Paris Court of Appeal ruling from March 2016 illustrates the tactics the supplier used against a … Read more

Microsoft drops a pay-as-you-go Azure cloud option

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Azure licensing

Starting in February, new Azure customers will be sent to Microsoft’s Cloud Solution Provider program in lieu of the MPSA-based pay-as-you-go license. Microsoft is shifting its licensing for its Azure cloud service, eliminating the pay-as-you-go option for new Azure customers using MPSA (Microsoft Products and Services Agreement) as of Feb. 1. Instead, they will be … Read more

Top tips to avoid a costly Office 365 subscription bill

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Office 365 cost

The Office 365 cloud-based productivity suite is Microsoft’s next strategic platform. This is why we thought that the article below may be of interest for you. In its latest quarterly Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing, Microsoft reported that its office commercial products and cloud services revenue had increased by 5%, thanks to Office 365 commercial … Read more

Critical software licensing pitfalls to avoid when moving to the cloud

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software licensing in the cloud

Thinking about moving to the cloud? We found an article to help you cope with the software licensing challenges and avoid paying more than you should.\ Enterprise IT data center managers have moved past a good number of obstacles and fears in order to begin running production workloads in the public cloud. Lifting and shifting … Read more

7 tools for cutting through software legalese

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software licensing terms

EULAs got your eyes swimming? Head spinning from open source licensing terminology? We found this amazing article with resources to help you get the straight dope. And if things are still unclear, you know where to reach us for professional help. Do you enjoy wading through the minutiae of software licenses, be they EULAs (end-user … Read more

What the new era in software licensing could look like

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future of software licensing

We found this article and thought it might be interesting for any enterprise that wants to plan software spend for the long haul. For most of the history of enterprise software, the model for how organisations have purchased applications has largely been the same. The perpetual license has dominated, whereby companies pay the full price of … Read more

How to minimise risk during Microsoft’s software licensing reviews

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Microsoft software audit

If you have invested a lot in Microsoft software, this article will help you prepare for a licensing review and ensure that you don’t lose any money. If you need more info or help on this topic, reach out to one of our consultants.  As with any organisation, as Microsoft approaches the end of its … Read more