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Licensing stories - Page 6

The foundation of every business often lies in the official legal documents that allow it to be approved as a company. Among these documents are licences, which define the rights of a company around a range of products or services they can sell.

Licensing is often specific to every country, state and city. Licensing is necessary in order to regulate markets and meet demands. It is also an efficient way to control markets that include dangerous products such as alcohol or rifles selling.

In the tech space, licensing can spread across both hardware and software products.
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New distie partnership for Kemp opens 'exciting new markets'

Thu, 29th Sep 2016
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Kemp Technologies partners with rhipe to offer service providers access to its cloud services, delivering optimised application delivery in the cloud.
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Gartner opinion: “You need to fire your reseller”

Mon, 26th Sep 2016
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Gartner suggests ditching resellers who fail to clarify licensing changes, an essential service spotlighted at the Dallas ITFPAM Summit.
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Developing new business models for success in the IoT

Tue, 6th Sep 2016
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It only takes a few moments of reflection to realise that with the rise of IoT, business has adapted, developed new models, & they are capitalising.
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Cloud DC signs CSP distribution deal with Citrix

Tue, 9th Aug 2016
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Cloud DC has become a global distributor for CSP Citrix licensing, while putting its Cloud Workspace in front of 10,000 Citrix partners.
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ANSYS CFD and Microsoft Azure perform best HPC scalability in the cloud

Thu, 4th Aug 2016
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One of the most common request from our customers moving their HPC workloads to the cloud is to get the ISV licensing model adapted to the Cloud.
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Microsoft Australia Partner Awards: And the finalists are...

Wed, 6th Jul 2016
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education, learning & training
Finalists for this year's Microsoft Australia Partner Awards, drawn from nearly 200 entries across 20 categories, have been announced, and they are...
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Infor financials strong as software licensing & cloud lead the way

Thu, 30th Jun 2016
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Info's fourth quarter financial results show huge growth in software license fees and cloud subscription revenue.
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BSA Report: 61% of Asia Pacific region at risk by using unlicensed software

Thu, 26th May 2016
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BSA's 2016 Global Software report: the Asia-Pacific region has the highest rate of unlicensed software use, worth $19.1 billion in commercial value.
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Aussie company fined for using unlicensed software

Wed, 18th May 2016
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software piracy
Software advocate BSA has imposed damages of $100,000 on a West Australian metal works company for using unlicensed software.
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Collaboration to enable on-demand, usage-based licensing in the cloud

Thu, 12th May 2016
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​Flexera Software recently announced they are collaborating with Microsoft Azure to enable Thinkbox Software to add more services.
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Cirrus inks $1.2 million in VMware licensing contracts

Wed, 13th Apr 2016
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virtualisation
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it automation
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Cirrus Networks has inked two VMware enterprises licensing contracts worth more than $1.2 million all up, adding to its blue chip customer line up.
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StorageCraft offers up new socket-based licensing

Tue, 15th Mar 2016
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StorageCraft has added a new 'price friendly' socket-based licensing model for its ShadowProtect SPX backup and disaster recovery offering.
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Record revenue for Rhipe as cloud licensing momentum builds

Tue, 23rd Feb 2016
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Rhipe has racked up a record half year revenue of $69.5 million, bolstered by Microsoft CSP and other new programs.
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Cloud First Licensing – boosting Microsoft's race to the cloud

Fri, 5th Feb 2016
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cloud services
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Microsoft's 'Cloud First Licensing' strategy accelerates, reshaping the tech giant's cloud race with key licensing updates.
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IoT: Creating new software vendors and need for licensing solutions

Fri, 31st Jul 2015
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The internet of things is creating new software vendors – and a need for licensing and entitlement management solutions, Gartner says.
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ESET to release v6 of its Business Endpoint products

Wed, 4th Feb 2015
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ESET is poised to unveil v6 of its Business Endpoint products, promising major upgrades and an improved ESET Remote Administrator.
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Ingram Micro wins Microsoft SPLA deal

Wed, 19th Nov 2014
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cloud services
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licensing
Ingram Micro has inked a deal with Microsoft for distribution of the services provider licence agreement (SPLA) licensing in New Zealand.
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Move over Spotify, YouTube's here

Thu, 13th Nov 2014
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digital entertainment
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google
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apple
New licensing deals means unofficial streams posted by regular users are now more likely to disappear, replaced by official uploads from labels.
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Top 12: Most dangerous things threatening networks right now…

Fri, 15th Aug 2014
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gfi software
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licensing
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passwords
From default passwords to missing patches, networks face constant threats that can easily be exploited, putting data at risk and causing potential disasters.
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Lync subscriptions game changer for SMBs

Tue, 12th Aug 2014
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Changes to licensing for Lync have made it more financially viable for smaller businesses, says Acronym's Dave Allum.