it manager software licensing
Is the UK an open source laggard?
News Secondly, the high licensing and training costs for Microsoft Office will push us to evaluate alternative options. Mike Buck, architecture manager, Yorkshire Water CIOs are split on the controversial issue of adopting more open source software in... [21 Jul 2008]
Major Pharmaceuticals Firm Cuts Software Deployment Time by 73 Percent, Boosts Control
White Paper The solution has helped Mega Pharma to cut the time for major software deployments by 73 percent, as well as to reduce the costs of software licensing and the time and expense of helpdesk operations. That way, according to the company, is Microsoft... [26 Apr 2008]
Heavy Truck Maker Cuts Software Distribution Time and Cost, Enables Secure Vendor Access
White Paper The company expects to cut software licensing costs, improve planning for major deployments, and roll out applications to users in just 15 minutes. It's in the process of doing all that and more with the help of Microsoft System Center... [26 Apr 2008]
Leeds completes 'painless' Windows XP upgrade
Case Study The council now also has complete visibility of its IT estate, enabling Wright to budget for and carry out software asset management in a much more efficient manner and to monitor its software licensing. [28 Mar 2008]
Publisher purges thousands of unlicensed fonts
Case Study It wasn't the case that staff didn't care about font licensing. Roy Smith, information systems manager at Faber, said rogue fonts had built up over time as demand for a wide range of fonts within the design department grew. [22 Feb 2008]
Microsoft still bullish about Windows Vista
News Haigh said Vista has also played a major role in a 27 per cent increase in volume licensing agreements globally. Mike Haigh, UK Windows Product Marketing Manager told silicon.com: "We're feeling quite good about it. [29 Nov 2007]
DVLA ups contact centre performance
News The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has extended its relationship with networking company Avaya with the purchase of £250,000 of priority call routing software. DVLA telecoms manager Simon Mogford said: "The system has also allowed us to... [06 Nov 2007]
Businesses cool on software as a service
News Software as a service (SaaS) remains a low priority for businesses despite the hype and the potential for more variable licensing costs. Kevin Fitzpatrick, CIO of Sodexho UK, said SaaS is a "very viable alternative" to traditional software licensing. [18 Sep 2007]
FSF slams Microsoft OOXML standards vote tactics
News The FSFE argues this could lock governments into perpetual licensing relationships with Microsoft, as documents need to be kept in perpetuity. Tom Robertson, general manager for interoperability and standards at Microsoft, said: "Open XML is... [31 Aug 2007]
Microsoft to mash-up its web services strategy
News The twist here is you could pay or dive into their marketplace and let them sell ads for you and use the revenue sharing to pay for the technology licensing. If third-party companies that build mash-ups with Microsoft websites exceed one million... [30 Apr 2007]
Microsoft signs patent pact with Samsung
News David Kaefer, Microsoft's general manager of intellectual-property licensing, said: "This is kind of a theme we expect people will see in future patent cross-licences that Microsoft reaches. As part of an ongoing effort to secure more patent cross... [19 Apr 2007]
Adobe License Manager
White Paper It will be integrated into all of Adobe's best-selling desktop applications and suites sold through volume licensing plans as new versions are introduced for both Windows and Macintosh. Adobe License Manager (ALM) is an embedded e-license... [06 Mar 2007]
Deploying Cisco License Manager in Isolated Networks
White Paper It automates the licensing workflows associated with fulfillment and accelerates deployment of licenses in customer networks. Cisco License Manager is a lightweight GUI-based application for managing Cisco IOS Software activation and licenses for... [22 Feb 2007]
Microsoft customers get licensing help
News Ram Dhaliwal, licensing programme manager at Microsoft UK, said better licence management can yield cost savings of up to 30 per cent for customers who struggle to manage their software assets and are over-licensed. [21 Feb 2007]
Microsoft launches licensing crackdown
News According to Ram Dhaliwal, licensing programme manager for Microsoft UK, the process will involve sending out questionnaires to all Microsoft's mid-range customers that are not part of one of Microsoft's licensing schemes and that are of a certain... [30 Jan 2007]
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