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Microsoft Open License V. Open Volume (and Deeper Discounts)
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An Open License from Microsoft is a good choice if your company is just starting to work with Microsoft and you only need five licenses.  There is a mandatory two-year commitment, but the flexibility of the “pay as you go” licensing model gives start-ups or emerging companies room to grow without having to overpay for licenses you don’t use, upfront. Open Volume- provides deeper discounts when purchasing larger amounts of licenses. In order to qualify for volume licensing, you must […]

Microsoft Office SaaS?
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Microsoft announced plans to release a free, advertising-supported service that would allow users to access versions of its Office applications through a standard web browser. Google offers their own services for $50 per year, as does IBM with their Lotus Symphony. Corporate customers will have the option of buying the service through a subscription or software licensing plan although pricing has not yet been determined. Caveat – the online versions won’t include all of the features of the traditional software […]

No More SLP?
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Microsoft has pulled the rug out from underneath their Software Licensing and Protection (SLP) Services Product. In the new age of bloggers and social media, how they thought they would keep this a secret is beyond me! A ZDNet reader sent in a tip after clicking on the link to purchase the product from Microsoft and got the following message: “We appreciate your interest in SLP Services, however we are currently not taking any new orders at this time. Current […]

Microsoft to WaMu – Pay Up!
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Even Microsoft is worried about getting their bills paid these days. The company, who negotiated a $40 million software licensing agreement with WaMu back in 2007, has asked to be kept informed of the company’s bankruptcy filing in an attempt to make good on the contracts. Along with dozens of other vendors, Microsoft is hoping to get paid, but it’s likely they will not in this case. Even Microsoft is hurting – I even heard that Bill Gates himself has […]

Piracy Hurts Everyone
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Software piracy is not just about downloading illegal software, getting it “for free” from a friend or installing counterfeit software. It’s more than that. Piracy is about stealing intellectual property. And, software licensing at the enterprise level – though called “compliance” – is a form of piracy. Though in the case of enterprise software, it’s more than likely that the non-compliance is not deliberate. This Microsoft video is overly dramatic, but well done.

Select Plus is officially here!
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It seems like forever – but in late August we blogged about Microsoft’s new volume licensing plan – Select Plus and..drum roll please…its finally here! Beginning today, enterprises can take advantage of the new licensing plan which does not require organizations to estimate in advance how many licenses they will need each year – which can be a big advantage for companies that are contionually changing. Select Plus also gives customers the option of buying Software Assurance but requires a […]

Oh Microsoft…
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Microsoft is certainly seen as one of the top 3 software companies (right up there with Adobe, Oracle and SAP).  But, unlike most other software, they have a monopoly on the market with products that perform “good enough” for most users to get by.  Now, I know that the department of justice said that Microsoft doesn’t have a monopoly, but then how do you explain how Microsoft Office is deployed in nearly every PC and laptop sold in the U.S.? […]

Microsoft Shifting Licensing Policy
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There are a lot of rumors circulating this week about Microsoft changing their licensing policy from one where virtual machine is tied to hardware only to a model that compliments the mobility of virtual machines. Glad to see that they are rethinking its business model to keep up with virtualization. The current policy requires customers to reassign software licenses for Windows Server 2003, SQL Server 2005 and Exchange Server 2007.  The code would need to physically move to a different server.  […]

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