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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…
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…
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…
At first glance the idea of converting software pirates into paying customers may seem an unlikely proposition, but this webinar explains how, for many big names in the software industry, this makes a significant contribution to the bottom line.…
Nintendo has recently reported that games sales in Europe have fallen by c50% due to increased use of so called “Magicom” devices.
These devices are typically around the same size as a traditional games cartridge with a separate memory…
In a new development in the story we reported earlier in the week on Microsoft’s record breaking software piracy compensation win it now appears that Dazhong Insurance may be putting in…
