ZDNET's key takeaways Per-seat software licenses may soon be obsolete.Most software will soon be purchased by agents.Prepare ...

It can be a juggling act to curb unnecessary costs on additional software licences while ensuring there are enough licences for all users. IT departments will often procure more seats than they ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--The business of selling software is due for an extreme makeover, industry executives said at the SoftSummit conference here. The trouble, they said, is the industry's rigid focus ...

In a statement released today, CEO Dan Herbatschek emphasized that organizations must quickly adapt their digital strategies, procurement practices, and data architecture to remain competitive.

The issue of compliance is forever on the minds of IT executives, and even more so in the last 10 years, due to increased audit activities by software vendors, complex licensing rules and the ...

While many software vendors run software license audits on customers, there are some key differences customers should be mindful of when it comes to IBM, according to a new report from advisory firm ...

Otherwise new hardware trends will push costs up over 50 per cent… Emerging trends in IT hardware could force software licensing costs up by more than 50 per cent over the next year unless businesses ...

The 3rd European Competition Barometer from cloud providers highlights escalating problems with Broadcom. SAP's licensing ...

Microsoft has created a special software licence for Windows 98 and Windows 2000 that allows charities and schools to use second-hand PCs without breaking the company's end user licence rules. As ...