software assurance open value
Equipment Supplier Uses Integrated IT Environment to Boost Employee Productivity
White Paper Microsoft Software Assurance provides extra IT support for the two-person IT department plus additional training and software home-use options for staff, which generated productivity... [20 Feb 2008]
Manufacturer Saves IT Costs With Integrated Environment and Volume Licensing
White Paper UTECO used Software Assurance to upgrade to the 2007 Microsoft Office system at no extra cost. UTECO standardized on the Microsoft server product portfolio, acquired with a Microsoft... [11 Jan 2008]
Momentum Webcast: Determining the Value of Software Assurance Renewal for Your Organization (Level 100)
White Paper This webcast is designed for growing and mid-sized organizations that have a Microsoft Software Assurance (SA) agreement through the Open Business, Open... [28 Aug 2007]
CIO Jury: Microsoft licensing slammed by UK IT chiefs
News UK IT chiefs have slammed Microsoft over the cost of signing up to the Software Assurance (SA) licensing model, and accused the Redmond giant of wanting to "have its cake and eat it and charge customers... [21 Sep 2005]
Open source gets down to business
Comment James Bottomley, CTO of Steeleye, says: "What customers are buying is our assurance that we stand behind it because we developed the source code. One thing about offerings like Novell's is that you start losing the... [12 Jul 2005]
Next SQL Server database and Visual Studio.Net delayed
News Microsoft's Rizzo countered that the company's volume licensing programme, called Software Assurance, delivers a lot of value to customers beyond planned product upgrades, including... [11 Mar 2004]
Microsoft’s direct approach saves businesses money
News Upgrade costs under Select and Open Agreements rose with Software Assurance, the controversial licensing policy launched in 2001, which eliminated upgrade discounts. Ballmer and other... [18 Jun 2003]
Thinking of Microsoft alternatives? Would a discount dissuade you?
News Under Open Value, smaller businesses can sign up for Software Assurance and spread payments out over a three-year period. Because of the licensing terms for these... [27 Nov 2002]
John Lamb's Week: Microsoft users are revolting
Comment With the only alternative to Software Assurance being to buy a full licence every time you want to upgrade, companies that don't want every new bit of software are convinced they'll end... [01 Oct 2001]
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