Vendor audit staff likened to Christian Grey

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

Analyst Forrester has compared aggressive software sales staff to Fifty Shades of Grey's eponymous protagonist after accusing them of trying to exploit grey areas in licensing rules to claw cash fr...

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