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How to mitigate software licensing surprises

CIO Business Intelligence

It’s unsurprising to see legacy providers shifting their business models from perpetual software licensing to subscription-based pricing. This past year has been rife with complaints over a substantial licensing change by Citrix after it was acquired by private equity firms and merged with TIBCO Software.

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Restricted Source Licensing Is Here

Forrester IT

Major software companies employ teams of full-time workers to write and contribute code to open source projects. Open source has taken the enterprise by storm. What was once seen as risky code, developed in suburban basements, has taken on new life. Even end user companies such as Netflix, Lyft, Capital One, etc.,

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Finding meaningful savings in software licensing renegotiations

Tech Republic

Renegotiating and consolidating software contracts might seem like a low-value administrative activity, but there could be millions of dollars in annual savings with minimal impact on end users. The post Finding meaningful savings in software licensing renegotiations appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Report: Nearly half of software licenses are unused, wasting $44M+ per month

Tech Republic

Only 5% of IT leader respondents to a Nexthink survey have complete visibility into the software licenses their organization uses. The post Report: Nearly half of software licenses are unused, wasting $44M+ per month appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Microsoft faces new antitrust complaint over cloud software licensing in Europe

CIO Business Intelligence

Changes Microsoft made to its cloud licensing of Windows and application software to “make bringing workloads and licenses to partners’ clouds easier,” the company says, have drawn the ire of those cloud partners, some of whom have jointly filed an antitrust complaint in the European Union.

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Microsoft in talks over cloud licensing complaint in the EU

CIO Business Intelligence

Microsoft is in talks with Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe (CISPE) to settle the trade body’s complaint about its cloud software licensing practices in the European Union (EU). The European cloud firms had called this a restrictive cloud licensing policy.

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The Huge Cost of Goliath’s Software Licensing Model for Enterprises

KineticData

The Huge Cost of Goliath’s Software Licensing Model for Enterprises. He’s a familiar leader of IT service management software. Have you met Goliath? His suite of applications includes solutions for incident management, change management, asset management, and others.