Who is Software Contract Solutions?
As companies grow, they hire entire teams to handle marketing, sales, legal, human resources; the list goes on. So why leave a complex issue like software licensing and compliance up...
4 Tips to Maximize Savings on Your Next IT Renewal
Do you have a catalog of licenses that have been purchased over a period of years? The systems they support have been growing and changing and it is no longer...
Projected Rise in IT Spending Increases the Need for Managed Services
Businesses are focusing on multi-year projects in 2022, as companies move away from 2020’s turnkey technology projects and 2021 efforts to fix and pad the technology stack. For the first...
4 questions that get the answers you need from IT vendors
It’s hard to set priorities for buying IT technology when vendors poorly explain what they do, how they do it, and what the concrete benefits are. Asking them these four...
Microsoft plots price hikes for most Office, Microsoft 365 subscriptions
The increases, which could be as high as 25%, are slated to take place March 1, 2022 and will affect most enterprise and business plans. Microsoft has unveiled plans to...
Microsoft details Windows 365 virtual desktop prices: $20 to $162 a month
Now that Microsoft has spelled out how much its desktop-as-a-service will cost, businesses can calculate whether it’s better to go virtual, or stick with traditional PCs. Microsoft this week launched...
Microsoft previews perpetual license Office LTSC to enterprises
Microsoft has released to corporate customers a preview of its next pay-once, perpetual license version of Office: the tongue-twistingly named Office LTSC Professional Plus 2021. Microsoft last week released to...
Coronavirus raises the software audit stakes
IT asset managers say they are receiving more requests from software publishers to check for license discrepancies. A recent poll conducted by the ITAM Review found that IT departments continue...
Tips on breaking free from long-term IT contracts
Far-reaching, multi-year contracts are less popular these days, but IT departments often find the renewal date is still years away. Brightman has now published a blueprint from these discussions, which...
IT vendors offer new financing options for cash-strapped enterprises
Cisco, Dell, HPE, and Nutanix craft payment deferrals, lower initial payments and trade-in deals as short-term sweeteners for businesses that need new gear but whose budgets are pinched by COVID-19....