Subscriptions per user, not per device

Martin Callinan notes several software licensing trends that are likely to affect the channel this year

Martin Callinan
22 January 2014

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Last year Microsoft announced the end of support for XP as well as changes to its volume licensing model. Adobe also introduced a cloud-based subscription licensing model for businesses. This year I...

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