EGUIDE:
Will software licensing continue to be a battleground for suppliers and users, or can new, mature relationships between the two sides be forged in the digital crucible of contemporary on-demand, pay as you go software?
EGUIDE:
In this e-guide, we shine the light on the world of enterprise software licenses. We discover how the pendulum of power is swinging towards to the consumer and why many CIOs are prepared to walk away and re-implement a system using another provider's software rather than put up with aggressive licensing stances.
EZINE:
The Nordic countries are pace-setters when it comes to digital transformation and although there is a wealth of IT talent in the region, it seems it is not enough.
PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT:
This presentation transcript reveals best practices for license management. Find out how you can leverage ITIL to recover costs and discover guidelines for negotiating license agreements.
EZINE:
In this week's Computer Weekly, we find out how the Caterham F1 team has used virtualisation in its trackside technology to help race performance. We analyse how growing competition in the cloud market is affecting Amazon Web Services' dominant position. And we look at an emerging datacentre technology - silicon photonics. Read the issue now.
CASE STUDY:
In response to deepening budget challenges, Orange County Public Schools (OCPS) sought to reduce IT related expenses. OCPS conducted a study to compare the total cost of ownership (TCO) of different productivity suite software alternatives, in particular the 2007 Microsoft® Office system and open source software (OSS) alternatives..
WHITE PAPER:
FlexNet Manager for SAP Business Suite optimizes the SAP system measurement and checks for potential license savings. By checking the usage of each individual license, it determines whether the correct license type was purchased for a given user and whether enough licenses are available. This removes the guess work and optimizes license allocation.
WHITE PAPER:
This report compares the costs and compression, automation, workload management, and optimization capabilities of DB2 Advanced Enterprise Server Edition (AESE) versus Oracle Database 11g. It also emphasizes the importance of performance management tooling as a means of lowering total cost of ownership (TCO).
WHITE PAPER:
This white paper explores the top 10 reasons why most software vendors and high-tech manufacturers choose to buy a COTS software licensing and entitlement management solution.
