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Computacenter urges clients to act on Microsoft price shift

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VAR joins the band of partners advising customers to get up to speed on upcoming changes to volume pricing

08 Feb 2012

Microsoft volume price shift could see big rise for UK customers

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Vendor decides to align pricing to euro from 1 July as partner Softcat urges clients to act swiftly to prepare

02 Feb 2012

Speaking out against SOPA

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The US-led shake-up of online piracy laws has been met with widespread criticism. We look at why the channel needs to take notice

02 Feb 2012

BSA reacts to further Bribery Act claims

Anti-piracy body explains why so many of its cases are settled out of court, as Bribery Act queries mount

20 Jan 2012

Wikipedia protests anti-piracy law

Online encyclopaedia will go offline for 24 hours in protest at US government's proposed anti-piracy legislation

17 Jan 2012

BSA hits back at Bribery Act claims

Anti-piracy body dismisses allegations that financially rewarding people for information on software piracy is in breach of the Bribery Act

16 Jan 2012

Comet hit by Microsoft counterfeit software claims

Software giant takes legal action against retailer over unauthorised Windows software allegations

04 Jan 2012

BSA stings seating firm

Latest settlement comes hot on heels of Kaspersky Labs’ decision to leave the organisation

13 Dec 2011

UK reseller quintet collared for software offences

Microsoft announces settlements with five VARs who have admitted to illegally vending software

17 Nov 2011

Licences to kill

Too many firms are still struggling with vendor audits of their software estate and related licensing issues. Sean Robinson proposes a solution

14 Nov 2011

BSA bags insurance firm payout

Anti-piracy body nabs insurance company for alleged software licence misuse

08 Nov 2011

BSA doubles whistle-blower windfall to £20,000

Anti-piracy body marks start of new Nottingham education campaign by doubling maximum whistle-blower reward

05 Oct 2011

UK office workers unmoved by software misuse

Anti-piracy body's research reveals that most office workers turn a blind eye to software misuse

12 Sep 2011

BSA: Half of PC users acquire software illegally

New survey casts light on global attitudes to software piracy

07 Sep 2011

Released into the real world

Are Microsoft's LARs ready for the first major facelift in their ts and cs for a decade?

02 Sep 2011

BSA nabs under-licensed Belfast architect

Anti-piracy body orders firm to pay more than £30,000 for software misuse

25 Aug 2011

BSA hails UK anti-piracy pushes

Anti-piracy body claims nearly 900 firms have taken part in its regional campaigns to date

10 Aug 2011

Another BPOS outage for Microsoft

Lightning bolt reportedly affects services across Europe for seven hours as Amazon also suffers

08 Aug 2011

Piracy fight moves online

Recently launched site invites channel to join fight against online counterfeit product sales

05 Aug 2011

Vendors admonished for "questionable" licensing tactics

Oracle, SAP, Microsoft and IBM all come under fire for unfair licensing rules in Forrester report

19 Jul 2011

Oracle Platinum partners join forces

Licensing specialist Inoapps buys services-focused Teamsolve to create Oracle powerhouse

11 Jul 2011

UK ranks higher than US in SAM salary watch

Global survey reveals large disparity among pay levels for SAM and licensing experts in different countries

27 Jun 2011

FrontRange hands partners keys to SaaS portfolio

Software vendor pushes out SaaS platform to reseller base following early-adopter success

07 Jun 2011

Song wars

The anti-piracy goons win a three-year battle against a Scottish grandmother. Dave salutes their heroism

02 Jun 2011

Industry players unite for anti-piracy push

Microsoft, Amazon and Nokia are lending support to initiative aimed at tackling online piracy

16 May 2011

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