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Software Licensing and Piracy

IT asset management is 'moving out of the shadows', claims newly formed body
  • Business Software
IT asset management is 'moving out of the shadows', claims newly formed body

ITAM will be critical in helping firms cut costs during recession, according to new trade body launched today

  • 20 May 2020
Crayon adds colour to Microsoft around GDPR
  • Software Licensing and Piracy
Crayon adds colour to Microsoft around GDPR

Microsoft partner is billing its new GDPR Governance Service as a 'comprehensive GDPR management and risk mitigation solution'

  • 10 July 2017
BSA stung unlicensed UK firms for almost £1m last year
  • Software Licensing and Piracy
BSA stung unlicensed UK firms for almost £1m last year

Legalisation costs and damages clawed in by body representing Microsoft, Adobe and Autodesk rose 19 per cent in 2016, but rival body CCL dismisses the amount as a 'rounding error'

  • 19 April 2017
Would you report a customer who was non-compliant on licensing?
  • Software Licensing and Piracy
Would you report a customer who was non-compliant on licensing?

New FAST campaign encourages SAM professionals to shop customers which fall short of licence requirements - but would you?

  • 06 April 2017
FAST asks SAM community to shop customers for cash
  • Software Licensing and Piracy
FAST asks SAM community to shop customers for cash

Independent software asset management firms criticise move

  • 04 April 2017
Oracle dubbed 'big bad wolf' of software audits
  • Software Licensing and Piracy
Oracle dubbed 'big bad wolf' of software audits

Software licensing audits now take average of nearly 200 work-hours to resolve, according to Campaign for Clear Licensing research

  • 24 November 2016
VCE chief brands Oracle 'ridiculous, self-serving and non-competitive' on virtualisation
  • Software Licensing and Piracy
VCE chief brands Oracle 'ridiculous, self-serving and non-competitive' on virtualisation

Chad Sakac rants on his personal blog about Oracle's approach to virtualisation licensing

  • 19 August 2016
Unlicensed software use fell again in 2015, finds BSA
  • Software Licensing and Piracy
Unlicensed software use fell again in 2015, finds BSA

UK, EU and global rates all tumble thanks to rise of cloud, software asset management and increase in legal settlements

  • 25 May 2016
Resellers urged to shop bad pennies in FAST campaign
  • Software Licensing and Piracy
Resellers urged to shop bad pennies in FAST campaign

Sales of counterfeit software packages on eBay and Amazon a particular concern, FAST says as it launches campaign to root out rogue suppliers

  • 13 May 2016
IT firms the worst offenders for unlicensed software - BSA
  • Software Licensing and Piracy
IT firms the worst offenders for unlicensed software - BSA

Some 38 per cent of workers would be prepared to shop their employers for dabbling in illegal software, BSA-backed study finds

  • 13 April 2016
  • Software Licensing and Piracy
Microsoft's 'sales-driven' SAM tactics criticised

The software asset management engagements of Microsoft partners are making customers 'numb' to actual licensing requirements, Campaign for Clear Licensing claims

  • 16 December 2015
  • Software Licensing and Piracy
IDC predicts perpetual licensing exodus

Some vendors who try to support both a perpetual and subscription model will 'find themselves in no-man's land', says market watcher

  • 26 November 2015
  • Software Licensing and Piracy
Time to get serious about licensing

Ian Camino, EMEA license consulting services director at Insight discusses why organisations need to gain a detailed understanding of their licensing requirements or risk losing millions.

  • 11 November 2015
  • Software Licensing and Piracy
Saints or sinners?

Oracle customers who scan its code to find vulnerabilities were branded ‘sinners' by an Oracle executive. But should the vendor be encouraging the practice, asks Doug Woodburn?

  • 21 August 2015
  • Software Licensing and Piracy
Industry is shifting, says SoftwareOne as it sells stake

Global licensing specialist wants to capitalise on shift to cloud after selling 25 per cent of the firm to investment firm KKR

  • 17 August 2015
  • Software Licensing and Piracy
Oracle comes clean over removal of caustic blog

Post criticising customers and consultants for scanning its code for vulnerabilities went too far, Oracle admits

  • 11 August 2015
  • Business Software
Oracle tormentor Rimini Street wins Gartner endorsement

More firms moving to third-party maintenance options, Gartner finds, adding that practice can support business growth

  • 10 August 2015
  • Software
FAST brands election tech pledges 'lip service'

Software body broadly welcomes parties' pledges but points to 'glaring omissions' in policy plans

  • 16 April 2015
  • Software Licensing and Piracy
German user group bashes Oracle over licensing

Group representing more than 4,500 members backs Campaign for Clear Licensing's recent open letter to Larry Ellison

  • 26 February 2015
  • Software Licensing and Piracy
IDC probes piracy-malware link

IDC claims BSA-backed study represents first thorough statistical analysis of connection between unlicensed software and malware infection rates

  • 24 February 2015
  • Vendor
Vendor audit staff likened to Christian Grey

Forrester notes similarities between license management staff at software vendors and 50 Shades of Grey's eponymous antihero

  • 17 February 2015
  • Software Licensing and Piracy
FAST unveils new membership scheme to help SMBs

New scheme features five categories and aims to deliver support to smaller software developers

  • 10 February 2015
  • Software Licensing and Piracy
Knock, knock

Why software vendor audits are causing increasing misery for end users and what partners can do to help

  • 06 February 2015
  • Legal
Forever 21's licensing model dubbed 'unforgivable'

The ITAM Review attacks Forever 21's software licensing following Adobe lawsuit over copyright infringement

  • 02 February 2015
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