Software licences can easily trip up organisations, putting them at risk of compliance action. Speaking to Computer Weekly, senior software asset management consultant Rory Canavan warned that, in ...

Software licence agreements are extremely common, particularly in the start-up world. If you’re reading this on a PC or mobile device, you will have entered into an end user licence agreement (EULA) ...

Virtualisation sets a number of software-licensing traps for the unwary, but they can largely be avoided through some sensible precautions, says Manek Dubash. IBM was embarrassed after it launched its ...

Microsoft's business software has permeated organisations all over the world in recent decades, with many a workforce being totally reliant on the platforms produced by Redmond's famous old firm. It's ...

Does software have copyright? Even more specifically, is the Internet free inspite of software copyright? Are software programming languages free of cost? How does copyright apply to software? A ...

The essential protection of software stems from intellectual property rights, primarily copyright. When the UK left the European Union (EU), at a superficial level nothing changed because the essence ...

"Vendor software audit" – those three words are guaranteed to make any IT manager nervous. Because once you have Microsoft, Oracle, or any other large software provider on the phone asking you to ...

Many organisations can cut spending on software by as much as 30% by implementing three software licence optimisation best practices, according to Gartner. The keys to reducing software licence ...

Software and IT services renewals present a minefield of risk, making expert support crucial for avoiding massive overspend and unexpected penalties. So says Leon Steyn, CEO of boutique IT sourcing ...

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 ...