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Salesforce.com plans social networking for business
News The company is hoping that employees who have not traditionally used its technology will also find benefits of using Chatter, therefore licences can be bought for a Chatter Edition that includes Chatter, Salesforce... [19 Nov 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Virtualisation
News Software licences are inherently ambiguous and virtualisation can make them even more complex due to it becoming less clear at what points the software is accessed. So I get to put on a funky headset and walk around a... [11 Nov 2009]
Why CIOs are saying yes to open source software
News While open source is often touted as a cost-saving option for CIOs (especially ones with CFOs unwilling to sign off on expensive proprietary software licences), several CIOs on the jury warned that the costs of migrating... [28 Oct 2009]
Steve Ballmer on Microsoft software 'gotchas'
News Ballmer was speaking at a Windows 7 event in London yesterday, where a customer questioned the CEO on his views about making software licences simpler - eliciting a round of applause. I don't anticipate a big round of... [06 Oct 2009]
Matt Mullenweg
AS Profile Texas-born Mullenweg founded Automattic in 2005 and is seen by some as one of the most influential people on the web due to the work his company has done to produce highly regarded open source blogging applications, many of which are... [29 Sep 2009]
Are your software licences up to date - and does your CFO know?
News Businesses found to have too few licences for the technology they are using could be liable to fines, while those with more licences than software are spending more money than they need to. Needless to... [04 Sep 2009]
YouTube wants a slice of the feature film pie
News YouTube wants to offer movie rentals and is in talks with several top film studios about obtaining licences to stream feature films on a rental basis. YouTube is discussing the service with Sony Pictures, Lions Gate... [03 Sep 2009]
£50,000: The cost of unlicensed software for four businesses
News Software industry body the Business Software Alliance (BSA) took action against the four companies who were unable to produce licences for all the software installed on their PCs. The companies, which included a... [18 Aug 2009]
What made Microsoft open up to Linux? Ask Novell
News Microsoft said it made sense to release the code under version 2 of the GPL, even though Microsoft has been critical of the GPL and used other open-source licences for most of the code it has made freely available in the... [22 Jul 2009]
Microsoft dishes out code for inclusion in Linux
News Although Microsoft has released open-source code in the past, the company has generally favoured licences other than the GPL. Microsoft announced yesterday it is contributing thousands of lines of code for inclusion in... [21 Jul 2009]
'Post Office workers can't spot ID card fraudsters'
News The Department for Transport (DfT) advised the committee that it was becoming increasingly difficult for Post Office staff to spot high quality fake passports that were being used for over the counter checks when applying for driving... [08 Jul 2009]
Microsoft wants to be teacher's pet with new software deal
News As a result, some schools ended up paying licences for software they didn't use or need. Some UK schools may now be able to get a better deal on Microsoft software following the introduction of a new licensing pilot. [08 Jul 2009]
Acpo: Police should go open source
News Microsoft develops open source code under its CodePlex project, and distributes it under Microsoft Public License, one of Microsoft's OSI-certified open-source licences. Police data systems should be based on open-source... [24 Jun 2009]
£6 broadband tax to fund fibre for all
News A combination of government investment, commercial tender and extension or change to existing mobile licences will be used to deliver universal service, according to Carter, who said that many of the homes currently... [16 Jun 2009]
Bangalore bashing: Recession gets nasty
Comment Ivontu has not sold any licences to Western customers so far. The latest symptom of the worldwide recession? The West becoming hostile towards Indian outsourcing hubs such as Bangalore, says Saritha Rai. [28 May 2009]
