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How Oracle tackles licensing discrepancies
Computer Weekly
APRIL 19, 2017
The recent publication of court filings from a licence dispute case shows a catalogue of underhanded techniques the supplier used following an audit
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Treading softly around SAP license compliance
IT Toolbox
NOVEMBER 4, 2017
I have written before on the challenges presented by licensing indirect SAP use and despite the launch of a new mechanism to check compliance this area still represents and area of concern for SAP customers
Can you work around SAP indirect access software licensing?
Computer Weekly
MARCH 7, 2017
The SAP legal case against Diageo highlights the seemingly arbitrary rules governing software licensing
Software Licensing Troubles But Don’t Trouble SCCM Admins
Anoop
FEBRUARY 6, 2018
I’m not a licensing expert, and the license documents are successfully able to confuse me more whenever I try to understand it. I have seen people are trying to resolve Software licensing troubles with SCCM inventory. I don’t believe that SCCM can provide a software licensing insights. The post Software Licensing Troubles But Don’t Trouble SCCM Admins appeared first on SCCM Intune Real World Enterprise Experience Blog.
Fountainhead: Only in Silicon Valley: License Plate Sightings in the.
Fountainhead
FEBRUARY 6, 2013
Only in Silicon Valley: License Plate Sightings in the Field. Only in Silicon Valley: License Plate Sightings in. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Fountainhead. Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Wednesday, February 6, 2013.
Microsoft sells 1,500 mobile patents to Xiaomi in licensing deal
Computer Weekly
JUNE 1, 2016
Sale of mobile patent portfolio comes alongside software licensing agreement and may herald Xiaomi’s expansion into Europe and the US, say analysts
Why we love licensing
ComputerWorld IT Management
FEBRUARY 9, 2017
Flashback a decade or two, to the days when one big database vendor is constantly changing its licensing -- and customers keep figuring out how to beat it, according to this IT pilot fish. Every time the vendor came up with some way to maximize profits, someone came up with a way to bypass it legally and minimize licensing costs," fish says. "So Our local sales team took us out to lunch at a local fancy hamburger joint to explain how the new licensing scheme would work.
SAP and customers still in cockpit of debate about indirect licensing
Computer Weekly
DECEMBER 1, 2017
SAP and the UK & Ireland SAP user group have been thrashing out the topic of indirect licensing in 2017. Is there an amicable settlement in sight
NGA and DigitalGlobe Release Powerful Application To Community Under Open Source License
CTOvision
JANUARY 13, 2015
license. By Bob Gourley. Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”. ? Margaret Mead.
IBM Licenses ARM For Networking Chips
Data Center Knowledge
OCTOBER 25, 2013
ARM secures new processor licensing agreements with IBM and Chinese semiconductor provider Spreadtrum to continue its worldwide growth in network and communications markets. IBM Networking arm spreadtrum
Confused yet? Clouds crib from enterprise licenses
David Linthicum
JANUARY 29, 2016
Two recent stories at InfoWorld got me thinking about how much enterprise pricing approaches are being infused into the cloud -- approaches that are much like the familiar enterprise software pricing of the 1990s. These pricing models are clearly aimed at the enterprise, not at the small-business market that made cloud what it is today. And they bring the same pros and cons of those traditional software licences.
Why company directors need to focus on software licensing small print
Computer Weekly
JULY 18, 2017
Heads of businesses risk breaching the Companies Act, fines, or a possible jail sentence if they fail to take software licensing risks into account
Why License Software as a Service For Your Business?
Data Center Knowledge
NOVEMBER 24, 2016
By 2019, more than 30 percent of the 100 largest vendors' new software investments will have shifted from cloud-first to cloud-only. Read More. Industry Perspectives
Sapphire 2017: McDermott declares SAP indirect licensing policy change
Computer Weekly
MAY 17, 2017
At SAP’s annual Sapphire Now conference in Orlando, Florida, CEO Bill McDermott rules out of court charging for static read access in third-party systems
Watch those SAP license counts or you may be over the barrel
IT Toolbox
MAY 7, 2017
Yet another SAP customer hits the spotlight as a license violation case begins
SAP’s Customers’ CIOs Face Some Urgent Crucial Decisions
Forrester IT
APRIL 10, 2018
The CIOs of SAP customers need to pay close attention to the vendor’s announcement earlier today with details on how it intends to modernize its software licensing model.
Indirect Usage and the challenge of licensing
IT Toolbox
JUNE 13, 2016
Software companies like SAP must defend their license revenue. The expertise and forces they bring to bear in the overall process of assessing Indirect usage should not be underestimated
High Court rules for SAP, against Diageo in indirect licensing case
Computer Weekly
FEBRUARY 17, 2017
Judge rejects Diageo’s submission that SAP PI is a “gatekeeper” licence for gaining access to the SAP suite of applications and database
Microsoft Invests in Foursquare, Google and Cisco Cross-License Patents
Data Center Knowledge
FEBRUARY 6, 2014
Microsoft invests $15 million in Foursquare and licenses location data, and Google and Cisco agree to a broad cross-licensing agreement to avoid unnecessary patent lawsuits. Cisco Google Microsoft foursquare
Linus Torvalds on Early Linux History, GPL License and Money
Data Center Knowledge
AUGUST 23, 2016
Linux creator answers questions about the history of the Linux kernel, what made the OS different and why he used the GNU GPL license Read More. Shared
Angry about Oracle licensing? The cloud lets you change the game
David Linthicum
JANUARY 13, 2015
Fears that it will lock in and abuse customers via burdensome licensing arrangements, as it is often accused of doing for its enterprise software, could lock Oracle out of the growing cloud computing market. So says the Campaign for Clear Licensing , a Belgian nonprofit advocacy group that conducted a survey showing that enterprises consider their relationship with Oracle to be " hostile." Can enterprises trust Oracle to avoid vendor lock-in for its cloud offerings?
Understanding Windows Server 2012 R2 Licensing
CanITPro
SEPTEMBER 18, 2014
Windows Server 2012 R2 Anthony Bartolo Licensing Windows Server Microsoft introduced Windows Server 2012 R2 as the “Gateway to the Cloud.”
Cubic Transportation licenses TfL’s contactless payment system
Computer Weekly
JULY 13, 2016
Cubic Transportation plans to use London's payments system to develop contactless solutions for transport around the world
Oregon School Licenses Dome Data Center Design to Startup
Data Center Knowledge
JUNE 5, 2017
By using natural convection, the university eliminated lots of cooling equipment and reduced energy use Read More. Design Power and Cooling Startups
Critical software licensing pitfalls to avoid when moving to the cloud
Tech Republic Data Center
AUGUST 18, 2017
When starting on your cloud migration journey, pricing competition and license portability should be paid close attention to
Cloud-based Licensing Proving to be Unbelievably Cheaper Than On-Prem
IT Toolbox
NOVEMBER 16, 2017
The reality is that if you want to install and run your applications on-premise, software developers do not want your business because they can see the difference in the costs of support for on-premise customers vs cloud-based
My take on open source licenses
SPF13
JULY 20, 2010
Open Source licensing can be a confusing and daunting task. Most developers simply adopt licenses of other popular projects. I wanted to shed some light on the most popular licenses and provide some guidance on which one should be used and when. BSD & MIT Both licenses are very similar. They are very liberal and allow for sub-licensing meaning that any derived works may be released under a different (commercial or otherwise) license
Open Compute Gets Down to Business, With New License and Certifications
Data Center Knowledge
FEBRUARY 3, 2014
As it continues to grow, The Open Compute Project is moving closer to a tipping point that creates lasting change in how IT equipment is built and sold. This raises a new set of questions: Can the revolution give birth to successful businesses? Open Compute
Cobalt Gets License to Host Online Gambling Apps in Las Vegas Data Center
Data Center Knowledge
SEPTEMBER 4, 2014
Formerly relegated to offshore hosting, online gambling is a huge potential boost for Las Vegas data centers. Read More. colocation Las Vegas Regulation
Red Hat Enables Linux Licenses to Migrate to Google Compute Engine
Data Center Knowledge
APRIL 10, 2014
Red Hat enables its customers to migrate Linux subscriptions to Google Compute Engine, Citrix integrates NetScaler as a remote services blade for Cisco Nexus 7000 switches and Verizon launches a Secure Cloud Interconnect service. Read More. Cisco Equinix Google Verizon citrix red hat
How an Oracle win over Google could set the software industry back to the licensing age
Tech Republic Cloud
MAY 20, 2016
The future of software is about APIs and the cloud, not licensing Oracle thinks it wants to squeeze Google for Java copyright infringement, but it shouldn't.
Don't believe the hype, AGPL open source licensing is toxic and unpopular
10 Things
SEPTEMBER 5, 2017
Despite Black Duck's attempts to hype the AGPL, there are very good reasons to believe it's not the ideal open source license
NSA Releases A New Technology to Open Source Community
CTOvision
NOVEMBER 26, 2014
Analysis Big Data CTO Cyber Security DoD and IC News Apache Accumulo Apache License Apache Software Foundation National Security Agency NoSQL Open Source By Bob Gourley.
Google and Hortonworks Team Up: HDP Now Part of Google Cloud
CTOvision
FEBRUARY 20, 2015
Big Data Companies Cloud Computing Companies CTO Ambari Apache Apache Ambari Apache Hadoop Apache License bdutil Big Data cloud GitHub Google Google Cloud Google Compute Engine Google Storage Hadoop Hortonworks MapR Open Source By Charles Hall. Hortonworks'' Hadoop Data Platform (HDP) is now a supported feature on Google Cloud.
Microsoft’s Big Bang: Everything CRM and ERP On One Platform
Forrester IT
JULY 8, 2016
Software licensing. Application Development CRM Customer Relationship Management ERP Microsoft Microsoft Office 365 SFA Software licensingThis week Microsoft announced a new offering (available in the Fall): Microsoft Dynamics 365. Sound familiar? It should. Office 365, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, and Microsoft Dynamics AX all come to mind, and this was not done by mistake.
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