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Its easy to think of software licensing and copy protection as little more than “insurance”: a part of the business that is necessary to protect against misfortune – but doesn’t really add much to the bottom line when things…
Microsoft CEO Steve Balmer said this week that though around 20% of the world’s computers will be bought in China this year, China will probably account for only 1% of Microsoft revenue.
This, Balmer says, is due to the…
Avistar is a leader
in the desktop visual communications market. The company was founded…
In a new report out this month the IDC examines that market for the “media tablet” and claims that the this new category of device will quickly become a consumer “must have” gadget. The report (and…
Many ISV start ups looking at software licensing and copy protection issues are 
tempted by wrapper solutions. There are 3 main reasons for this:
- Wrappers are cheap
- Wrappers are easy to deploy
- You don’t need access to
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Most organizations probably think they have a pretty good handle on what software license agreements they have signed up to, but closer inspection may reveal significant gaps in corporate knowledge of what software licensing terms and conditions have been…
Whether you are in the process of selecting your first Software Licensing Solution or looking to change supplier there are a number of issues that should be taken into account when selecting a vendor.
Resilience
There are few experiences…
An interesting post by Forrester’s Andrew Bartels offers 2 very encouraging messages for those involved in publishing licensed software.
Firstly, Bartels reports the recovery of licensed software revenues in QT. SAP…
This case study shows how NIK Software dealt with 3 key software licensing challenges, which many ISV’s will recognise.
NIK Software Inc is a privately held US company that…
This may sound like a very obvious question, but for anyone new to the field it is important to understand exactly what software licensing, and a software license agreement, are.
A Software License is a contract of agreement between…
