My ZDNet colleagues Ed Bott and David Gewirtz are both fed up with Microsoft over software licensing issues, albeit for different reasons. Ed is annoyed with Microsoft over its poor communication of ...

In the rapidly evolving world of software licensing and distribution, many vendors (and therefore customers) are considering a shift from traditional customer-hosted software solutions to Software as ...

In 5 software licensing challenges in the next generation network , I noted the important role that licensing models would have in the transition to the software defined network. But there’s a deeper ...

Canada-based Thentia, which sells occupational licensing software, has launched a digital tool designed to help clients get a better grip on their regulatory responsibilities and activities. The ...

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) connotes on-demand, pay-per-use subscription schemes. However, many times, this assumption can be misleading because vendors may lock customers down to long-term, ...

Navigating technology vendors and SaaS (software as a service) agreements can be a daunting task for attorneys, especially those representing both technology providers and users. At the State Bar of ...

ServiceNow has agreed to acquire software as a service (SaaS) management company VendorHawk to help businesses licence software more cost-effectively. According to ServiceNow, vast amounts of a ...

VMware, in its ongoing quest to show Wall Street that customers aren't just buying vSphere server virtualization, last year quietly changed its accounting to boost software licensing growth numbers, ...

SaaS is licensed different ways. A common approach has been a per-seat license whereby the cost is based on a number of named users. The concurrent licensing method is based on a total number of users ...

PDFelement from Wondershare is now fully committed to the newer, more flexible multi-terminal SaaS model over traditional software licensing. VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wondershare ...