Tag: Microsoft licensing

Licensing Loopholes allows XP to Remain OS of Choice
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Ever since Vista’s launch, there has been a great swell of protest and resistance, from both enterprise IT to the average consumer, to installation of the operating system. The good news is that many computer manufacturers: Dell, HP and Lenovo have found a licensing loophole that allows Windows XP to be used as the operating system. Under the Windows Vista licensing terms, XP is provided free under the terms of a downgrade license for select versions of the operating system. […]

Redmond’s Reader Survey finds Microsoft Licensing Confusing to Most
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Interesting study from Redmond Magazine’s current issue – they put together a reader’s survey on initial feelings towards Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and most importantly, Microsoft software licensing. Most interesting to us at Miro, a majority of readers said they planned to migrate to the new Windows Server in the near-term which means – keep an eye out for your Microsoft licensing, make sure everything is in order for the migration – avoid an audit at all costs! Another […]

Are consultants needed to negotiate enterprise software licensing?
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Of course we’re going to say yes as Miro Consulting helps negotiate Oracle software licensing (and Microsoft too!).  But, we’ll try to be a bit more methodical about why you should hire an outside pro to help with license negotiation and software asset management. Remember that having a C-level executive – the CIO – devoted solely to IT is relatively new for businesses.  The last 7 or 8 years has seen an explosion of CIO titles.  But, nevertheless, the CIO […]

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