http://www.itworld.com/taxonomy/term/840/all xx http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/67723/pc-software-piracy-hit-illinois-economy-hard The BSA estimates that the Illinois economy lost the equivalent of 5,646 jobs due to PC software piracy. Trident Contract Management and Aspera GmbH offer suggestions on how companies can reduce software piracy through software asset management (SAM). http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/67723/pc-software-piracy-hit-illinois-economy-hard#comments IT management/strategy News asset management licensing piracy Mon, 11 May 2009 11:43:19 -0400 kcweinberg 67723 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/software/67555/save-money-alternative-software-licenses Buying subscriptions in bulk, choosing used licenses, or selling full licenses when they are no longer needed are options you'll want to keep in mind, especially if you're scaling temporary workers. http://www.itworld.com/software/67555/save-money-alternative-software-licenses#comments Small business Software Opinion licensing software licensing Wed, 06 May 2009 20:38:24 -0400 ITworld staff 67555 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/crm/67421/oracle-temporarily-trims-support-fees-older-software Feeling pressure from recession-hit customers and rivals, Oracle Corp. Monday said it will give small, short-term discounts to enterprises that stick with aging versions of its software. http://www.itworld.com/crm/67421/oracle-temporarily-trims-support-fees-older-software#comments CRM Software News database ERP licensing Oracle Mon, 04 May 2009 20:23:08 -0400 ITworld staff 67421 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/66538/money-saving-it-tips-any-company-can-do Pare down hardware, software, power and other costs http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/66538/money-saving-it-tips-any-company-can-do#comments Hardware IT management/strategy Networking Server and data center Small business Software Storage Tip energy licensing telephony Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:33:32 -0400 nrichmond 66538 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/business/66354/oracle-not-budging-maintenance-fees Oracle is offering customers license discounts, but don't expect any breaks on maintenance, experts say. http://www.itworld.com/business/66354/oracle-not-budging-maintenance-fees#comments Business Software News licensing Oracle Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:28:38 -0400 ITworld staff 66354 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/personal-tech/63304/blu-ray-disc-licensing-gets-cheaper-and-easier Panasonic, Philips, and Sony have joined forces to create a consolidated process for licensing the formats in Blu-ray Disc products. http://www.itworld.com/personal-tech/63304/blu-ray-disc-licensing-gets-cheaper-and-easier#comments Personal tech Opinion blu ray licensing Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:09:38 -0500 ITworld staff 63304 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/62095/virtual-savings-yay-or-nay Virtualization has become one of the biggest trends in IT in the last eighteen months, with Gartner predicting it to be the single most important technology for IT Departments by 2010. As more and more organizations hop on the Virtualization bandwagon, the question that should be asked: Does virtualization really lead to significant cost savings? http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/62095/virtual-savings-yay-or-nay#comments IT management/strategy Server and data center Virtualization Opinion licensing Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:16:59 -0500 ScottR 62095 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/software/61048/effective-sam-fix-disconnect-between-it-and-finance Ask many organisations and they will say they already ‘do’ Software Asset Management (SAM). A recent study undertaken in the UK stated that SAM was the biggest single area of technology adoption in 2007. http://www.itworld.com/software/61048/effective-sam-fix-disconnect-between-it-and-finance#comments Software Opinion license compliance licensing SAM Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:25:50 -0500 mjfisher 61048 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/legal/60479/nine-inch-nails-first-open-source-band Throughout his 20+ year career as the man behind industrial-rock act Nine Inch Nails, Trent Reznor has been no stranger to the ways of Creative Commons and digital distribution. In fact, he's let fans tinker with his musical creations as far back as the 1999 release of his two-disc album, "The Fragile," two years before the sharing and remixing licensing arrangements of the non-profit organization Creative Commons even existed. http://www.itworld.com/legal/60479/nine-inch-nails-first-open-source-band#comments Legal Tech & society Opinion licensing music Nine Inch Nails Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:11:11 -0500 ITworld staff 60479 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/saas/58854/are-saas-recession-killing-perpetual-software-licenses Even Microsoft, the most visible champion of perpetual licensing, is starting to embrace subscription models as it adds more Web-based services. But experts say there are plenty of reasons why perpetual licenses, while unfashionable, are nowhere close to being on the way out in the enterprise. http://www.itworld.com/saas/58854/are-saas-recession-killing-perpetual-software-licenses#comments SaaS Feature licensing Microsoft Access Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:46:57 -0500 ITworld staff 58854 at http://www.itworld.com