How to improve SAP ROI with smart licensing
A recent study suggested most SAP projects have a 50% chance of failure. The risk of having incorrect SAP licensing could be far higher. The implementation of SAP is a...
SAP turns to prepay and iOS to mobilize SAP Cloud Platform usage
SAP unveiled a new consumption-based commercial model for its platform-as-a-service offering at Mobile World Congress. It’s been over two decades since the first mobile phone networks introduced pay-as-you-go (prepaid) services;...
How to negotiate a Cisco Enterprise Agreement that works for you
Cisco Enterprise agreements can provide long-term benefits and savings, but they must be scrutinized carefully case-by-case to see if they make sense. Cisco Enterprise Agreements (“EAs”) are becoming an increasingly...
Open-source pitfalls: Understand the license before you commit
Open-source software is great, but proceed with caution. Done well, and with a properly thought-out strategy, it can be a powerful arsenal in your toolset. But done wrong, it can be a security...
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. It appears that suppliers are unrelentingly pushing...
Software Licensing Types Explained
Wisegeek explains software licensing as a type of contract which exists between the person of company who produces a type of software, and the end user, or person who purchases or downloads...
Software Licensing: Unloved and Undervalued, but Critical to Digital Transformation
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...
Microsoft SPE helps joined-up thinking
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...
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. This article mostly refers to the UK market. However, the principles discussed...
How Oracle tackles licensing discrepancies
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...