The most recent Software Licensing & Piracy articles from IT Week

VeriSign promises to ease DNS issues

Dave Bailey — 2008-06-19T12:26:00.000Z

Dave Bailey, IT Week, Thursday 19 June 2008 at 12:26:00

Two new European centres will accelerate DNS resolution

Web infrastructure services provider VeriSign has opened two new European centres which should help improve internet traffic management through faster domain name system (DNS) resolution and improve supervisors' ability to...

CIOs urged to lead by example

Phil Muncaster — 2008-05-14T16:49:00.000Z

Phil Muncaster, IT Week, Wednesday 14 May 2008 at 16:49:00

Enterprise IT leaders must show best practice in asset management, urges BSA

Anti-piracy body the Business Software Alliance has called on enterprise IT leaders to set an example of best practice in asset management, for smaller organisations to follow, in an attempt...

Licence to cut down IT bills

David Neal — 2008-03-10T00:00:00.000Z

David Neal, IT Week, Monday 10 March 2008 at 00:00:00

Fast says licensing complexity can lead to significant waste

Fast Corporate Services considers its primary task as providing educational and consulting services to end-user organisations struggling to manage their software lcences....

ISPs facing pressure over illegal downloads

David Neal — 2008-02-28T00:00:00.000Z

David Neal, IT Week, Thursday 28 February 2008 at 00:00:00

But experts say self-regulation may be more effective

Politicians in the UK have turned their attention to internet service providers (ISPs) in a bid to limit the amount of pirated material available on the internet....

Centennial offers help with SAM

Phil Muncaster — 2008-01-14T00:00:00.000Z

Phil Muncaster, IT Week, Monday 14 January 2008 at 00:00:00

New SAM Essentials offering aims to improve asset management processes

Software asset management (SAM) vendor Centennial Software has launched new resources and training programs designed to help firms implement SAM initiatives more effectively and learn best practices in software management....

Kewney: Searching for Ballmer

Guy Kewney — 2007-12-19T00:00:00.000Z

Guy Kewney, IT Week, Wednesday 19 December 2007 at 00:00:00

Guy Kewney hasn't seen Steve Ballmer in years

Here’s something you couldn’t do five years ago: go to Google News, type “Ballmer” and get “Your search – Ballmer – did not match any documents”....

Gartner predicts rough road ahead for software vendors

Rosalie Marshall — 2007-11-19T00:00:00.000Z

Rosalie Marshall, IT Week, Monday 19 November 2007 at 00:00:00

Analysts Gartner says managers will wrestle with vendors over software licensing costs

Changing dynamics in the software licensing market will give IT buyers more power when negotiating software license costs with software vendors, predicts analyst Gartner in a report....

Business Continuity Services updates licence tracking tool

Daniel Robinson — 2007-09-06T00:00:00.000Z

Daniel Robinson, IT Week, Thursday 6 September 2007 at 00:00:00

Business Continuity Services has added new features to its software licensing compliance tool

Business Continuity Services (BCS) has released an update to its Software Organiser tool for tracking licenses. It includes numerous improvements asked for by customers, plus a new dashboard feature for...

Centennial Software updates SAM tools

Phil Muncaster — 2007-09-05T00:00:00.000Z

Phil Muncaster, IT Week, Wednesday 5 September 2007 at 00:00:00

SAM.Suite is deisgned to cover the entire asset management lifecycle, says Centennial

Software asset management (SAM) tools vendor Centennial Software today launched a new offering designed to enable firms to control their software licensing more effectively, save money and reduce risk....

Experts warn licensing must evolve

James Murray — 2007-08-15T00:00:00.000Z

James Murray, IT Week, Wednesday 15 August 2007 at 00:00:00

Virtualisation challenge could add greater complexity

Oracle's recent revelation that it will find it "too complicated" to develop a licensing model that accounts for software running on virtual servers has prompted a mixed response from experts,...

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2007-08-13T00:00:00.000Z

IT Week, Monday 13 August 2007 at 00:00:00

Virtualisation pricing "too complicated" claims Oracle

James Murray — 2007-08-09T00:00:00.000Z

James Murray, IT Week, Thursday 9 August 2007 at 00:00:00

Software giant says further changes to its licensing model to account for virtual machines are unlikely

Oracle has admitted it is "too complicated" to develop a licensing model that accounts for software running on virtual servers, despite the growing adoption of virtualised environments at many large...

Teksys launches SAM managed service

James Murray — 2007-08-06T00:00:00.000Z

James Murray, IT Week, Monday 6 August 2007 at 00:00:00

New hosted service promises to provide software asset management systems without high up front costs

Just days after Dell announced it was to enter the software asset management (SAM) market with the acquisition of Asap Software, Microsoft services specialist Teksys has bolstered its own SAM...

Dell splashes out on SAM

Phil Muncaster — 2007-08-03T00:00:00.000Z

Phil Muncaster, IT Week, Friday 3 August 2007 at 00:00:00

Asap Software acquisition will help it simplify firms' IT environments, according to Dell

Dell has announced it will acquire software asset management (SAM) specialist Asap Software in a $340m deal that will extend the computing giant's capabilities to include the management of software...

The pros and cons of patents

Daniel Robinson — 2007-07-30T00:00:00.000Z

Daniel Robinson, IT Week, Monday 30 July 2007 at 00:00:00

Patents stifle innovation and drive up costs, but would the IT industry really be better off without them?

A recent news item has put patents back on the discussion agenda. According to IT web site Ars Technica, Microsoft has filed a patent in the US for an advertising...