Contrary to what you may believe, purchasing software rarely means you own it. In reality, the software most often still belongs to the company or developer and what you purchase is a software license ...

It's hard to believe that some of the most profitable software companies in the world--Oracle, Microsoft and SAP--are sitting on a licensing model that is untenable in the long run and will ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. A bipartisan group of House lawmakers are trying again to pass a proposal meant to rein in the costs of the government’s software ...

Every day we hear how the network is changing. Virtualization, Cloud, Software-defined Networking, the Internet of Things — it’s clear big transformational change is happening. The technical aspects ...

Competition Appeal Tribunal to decide if multibillion-pound overcharging case can go to trial Stop us if you've heard this ...

The free software movement has come a long way in forty years. We want to take a moment to thank the people and projects who have helped bring us to this point, and ask for your support in the decades ...

Matt Baxter-Reyonolds: I think another way to look at this argument is that there's a presumption that is makes "more sense" to pay for software on a subscription basis as opposed to buying or leasing ...

Analysts say the shift offers stability, but embedded usage caps ensure vendors keep control Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff last ...

Hate reading software licenses? Not knowing the language might have something to do with it. Here’s a quick glossary No two licenses are the same. even licenses for the same application can vary ...

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