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More Industry News (continued from home page) 2010 "Understanding The Rules
Software Licensing In A Virtualized Environment,"
John Brandon, Processor Magazine, January 14,
2010 "The End of Traditional Software Licensing?
Not So Fast A Forrester prediction that enterprise software vendors will
walk away from lucrative tradition doesn't add up,"
Thomas Wailgum, CIO Magazine Blogs, January 13,
2010 "Microsoft makes it legal to rent Windows, Office worldwide,"
Mary-Jo Foley, TechRepulic (ZDNet), January 10, 2010 "Data breaches affect million state residents: credit cards, health records compromised,"
Hiawatha Bray, Boston Globe, January 3, 2010 2009 "Microsoft Taking Stock of Anti-Piracy Efforts: Microsoft uses a day in December to highlight its ongoing efforts to stop illegal reproductions,"
Scott Bekker, Redmond Channel Partner Magazine, December 10, 2009 "CIOs are more receptive than ever
to new software models -- and not
because they're trendy,"
Mary Hayes Weier, InformationWeek Magazine, October 12, 2009 "When Things Go Wrong [with your SaaS
Provider],"
Mary Hayes Weier, InformationWeek Magazine, October 26, 2009 "Making Sense of Software Licensing [Event
Recap],"
Press Release from FAST Ltd., October 13, 2009 "Defogging the Cloud,"
Anurag Shah, CXO Today, October 23, 2009. "ROI Of Software-As-A-Service,"
Forrester White Paper, Analysts are Liz Herbert and Jon Erickson,
Forrester Research, October 2009 "Elop [president of Microsoft's Business
Division] Grilled on Microsoft's Relevance [at Gartner IT Symposium],"
Herb Torrens, Redmond Magazine, October 26, 2009. Elops'
interview at the Gartner event can be viewed here.
"Court rules (again) that Vernor can sell Autodesk software,"
Larry Dignan, Cyberlaw Cases, October 1, 2009 "Forecast for Microsoft:
Partly Cloudy": Microsoft's Future, Beyond Windows 7 and
the PC,"
Larry Dignan, ZDNet Posting, October 18, 2009 "Art of the software deal can get messy:
In a series of presentations at the Gartner
IT Symposium in Orlando, analysts walked
buyers through a few negotiating tactics ...,"
Larry Dignan, ZDNet Posting, October 20, 2009 "Forecast for Microsoft: Partly Cloudy ,"
Ashlee Vance, New York Times, October 17, 2009 "Does Microsoft Complicate Its Licensing
on Purpose?," Elizabeth Montalbano, IDG News Service, October
8, 2009 "Microsoft licensing still impedes VM
mobility,"
Bridget Botelho, News Writer, SearchServerVirtualization.com, September 16, 2009 "Interview with
Michael Beare [of Microsoft],"
Jenny Schuchert, IAITAM ITAK Magazine, September2009 "Why Microsoft is sabotaging
desktop virtualization
Analysis: Microsoft's
licensing makes
VDI unaffordable,
to keep its stranglehold
on desktop Windows
licenses intact,"
Matt Prigge, InfoWorld, August 11, 2009 "The perfect storm of bad news
for VDI High deployment
costs, lack of multimedia
support, pricey Microsoft
licensing, and the
Windows 7 transition all conspire to make
the 'obvious' desktop
client alternative
not so obvious,"
Paul Venezia, InfoWorld, August 11, 2009 "Product Launch Tidal Wave:
Microsoft's ambitious product-launch schedule requires a delicate juggling act,"
Mary Jo Foley, Redmond Magazine, August 1, 2009 "Software Asset Management Makes
Sense in a Recession,"
MJ Fisher, FrontRange Solutions, July 27, 2009
"Knowledge is King for Software Licensing Negotiations,"
Walker White, VP of Technology, BDNA Corporation "Windows 7 May Not Make Its Mark Right Away,"
Kevin McLaughlin, ChannelWeb, July 23, 2009
"Forrester’s 'An Enterprise Software Licensee’s
Bill Of Rights',"
July 7, 2009 "Forrester: Sluggish
economy
prompts
software
pricing
changes,"
Chris Kanaracus, Computerworld Magazine, June 2, 2009 "Reining In IT Excess With Software Asset Management,"
Jack M. Germain, E-Commerce Times, May 28, 2009 "Recession compromises SAM abilities of firms: Organizations are in need of help from channel to deal with licensing worries,"
Kayleigh Bateman, CRN Magazine, May 26, 2009 "Investing in Saving While Technology is Necessary to Stay Ahead, It can Be Costly. Here, Cost-Cutting Tips that Won't Put you Behind,"
Lee Gimpel, AirTran Magazine, March 2009 "Beating the bootleggers: Claims over lost revenue from piracy are flawed,"
Chris Bell, Auckland, Reseller News (New Zealand), April 17, 2009 "Recession buster: five tips to lower
software maintenance fees,"
Cliff Saran, Computerworld Magazine, March 24, 2009 "Laid off workers stealing company
data," Simon Thorpe, Oracle Blog,
February 24, 2009 "7 Ways to Control SAP Spending
podcast," Jeff Greenwald, Acresso Software's
director
of
enterprise
product
management,
January 2009 "Asset Management Solution Gets
Vendors Off Your
Back," Caroline Marwitz, WindowsITPro,
January 14, 2009 "BigFix releases software asset
management system," SC Staff, SC Magazine,
January 13, 2009 "One in five directors clueless on software licensing," Warwick Ashford, Computer Weekly Magazine,
January 6, 2009 2008 "KPMG Study, Software Asset
Management: A Key to Infrastructure Optimization," KPMG,
2008 "Microsoft Extends XP Availability
For Distributors," Kevin McLaughlin, Scott Campbell, ChannelWeb,
December 19, 2008 "Demand Still Strong For Vista-XP
Downgrades," Kevin McLaughlin, ChannelWeb,
December 17, 2008 "Mozilla Fixes Security Bugs
In Firefox
Browser: Mozilla issued patches repairing security errors
in Firefox
2 and 3, but announced it plans to retire the older version
of the Web browser," Stefanie Hoffman, ChannelWeb,
December 17, 2008 "Oops! McCain Camp Sells Loaded BlackBerry," Kevin
McLaughlin, ChannelWeb, December
15, 2008 " IT Security's Next Big Threat: Young People: Generation Y user behavior could endanger security of enteprise systems, studies say ," Tim
Wilson, Information Week, November
24, 2008 "Does your generation pose an office
security risk? The Baby
Boomers, Generation X
and Generation Y each
have their own bad habits,"Joan
Goodchild (CSO Online),
November 8, 2008 "Microsoft Offers Start-ups Free Software
Tools," Michele Masterson, ChannelWeb, November
5, 2008 "Microsoft Changes Virtualization
Licensing Rules," Keith Ward,
MCP Magazine,
August 19, 2008 "Why computers fail," Robin Harris,
ZDNet Blog,
July 1, 2008 "Your Laptop's Dirty Little Secret," Bryan
Walsh,
Time Magazine,
June 30, 2008 "The Virtualization Opportunity: Going Virtual?
Stay True to Software Licensing Rules" Jeff
Kelsey,
SandHill.Com,
June 30, 2008 "Study: 637 million Google users surfing
with insecure browser," Ryan
Naraine,
ZDNet Blog,
July 1, 2008 "No reprieve: XP phase-out begins June
30," Mary-Jo
Foley,
ZDNet Blog,
June 30, 2008 "As Windows XP Deadline Looms, OEMs
Turn To Vista Downgrade Rights," Kevin McLaughlin,
CRN Magazine,
April 23, 2008 "Fast ways to cut costs: prune back underutilized
software," Amrit Williams,
SC Magazines,
May 20, 2008 "Firms 'neglecting' IT governance: Only
12 per cent of companies take technology risk seriously
enough to operate board-level oversight of their
IT resources, new research has indicated," As reported by Centennial
Software,
2008 "IDC and BSA release latest study on global
software piracy," May 20, 2008 "Survey: IT Struggling Over Security, Compliance
Issues," Jabulani Leffall, ENTNews, May 12, 2008
"The key to Windows success? It’s all
about the drivers," Blog Posting by Ed Bott, ZDNet Blogs, May 13, 2008 "Microsoft Talks Pricing On SMB, Midmarket
Servers," Kevin McLaughlin, CRN Magazine, May 13, 2008 "Judge Slaps Down Recording Industry In Copyright Suit," Jennifer Bosavage, CRN Magazine, May 1, 2008 "Software Compliance: Finding the Tools to Get Clean, Stay Clean and Save Money," John Frame, Computer Technology Review Magazine, April 28, 2008 "Fixing Windows Vista, one machine at a time," Blog
Posting by Ed Bott, ZDNet Blogs, April 21, 2008 "SPLA: A New Way To License Software: Microsoft's
Michael van Dijken explains in the Q&A," Michael
Domingo, Redmond Channel Partner, April
21, 2008 "Microsoft eyes management as key to virtualization," Elizabeth Montalbano, InfoWorld, April 22, 2008 "Microsoft Increases Small Business Financing," Paul Thurrott, Windows IT Pro (citing article from the Wall Street Journal), April 16, 2008 "Montana to pay Attachmate $920K [for license
compliance settlement]," Puget
Sound Business Journal (Seattle), April 8, 2008
"Making sense of Windows' irrational pricing and licensing," Ed Bott, ZDNet blogs, April 14, 2008 "Microsoft Exec Rages Against Vista Upgrade 'Hack'
," Kevin McLaughlin , CRN Magazine , April 14, 2008 "Traditional software licensing: Why you pay more and a look at your options," Larry Dignan, ZDNet blogs, April 11, 2008 "Microsoft: June 30 Windows XP cut-off set in stone," Mary Jo Foley, ZDNet blogs, April 3, 2008 "Apple forbids Windows users from installing
Safari for Windows," Cade Metz, Channel Register UK, March 26, 2008
"Software company says it can still resell
Microsoft licences: Discount-Licensing.com,"Channel Register,
February 29, 2008 "Electronic gadgets latest sources of computer viruses,"Associated Press, March 13, 2008 "Licence to cut down IT bills
Fast says licensing complexity can lead to significant waste
,", David Neal, IT Week, March 10, 2008 "Consumer group slams 'unfair' software licenses,"
John Oates, Channel
Register UK, February 19, 2008
"Impact of SAM on the auditor,", Arpinder Singh, KPMG, The Hindu Business Onlnie, March 6, 2008 "Microsoft Gives
8-Month Evaluation For Server 2008," Kevin McLaughlin, CRN
Magazine, February 13, 2008 "Microsoft service
desk delayed until 2010," Christina Torode, SearchWinIT,
February 11, 2008 "Remote Workers Still Living Dangerously, Cisco Study Says: False sense of security leads many users to break company policies," Tim Wilson, Dark Reading,
February 5, 2008 "Donate Your PC," TechNet Magazine,
February 2008 "Firms 'neglecting' IT
governance," IT Governance Limited,
February 7, 2008 "Cisco Study on Remote
Workers Reveals Need for Greater Diligence Toward Security," Cisco,
February 5, 2008 "No More Giving Away the
Master Key," Caroline Marwitz, Windows IT
Pro
Magazine,
February 1, 2008 "Microsoft System Center: Online
Services Help Simplify
Software Inventory," Paul Bourgeau, Microsoft
TechNet
Magazine,
January, 2008 "Microsoft Partners: UC Licensing
Too Complex," Kevin McLaughlin, CRN
Magazine,
January 31, 2008 "Symantec Report Shows IT
Risk Management Lacking," Stefanie Hoffman Galli, CRN
Magazine,
January 31, 2008 "Businesses plan for upgrades
as Windows server
software release
nears," Cliff Saran, Computer Weekly
Magazine,
January 30, 2008 "Inventory of applications
'helpful
to
CIOs'," Andy Kyte (Gartner), CIO
Magazine,
January 28, 2008 "The problem with traditional
application management
practices," Danielle Ruest and
Nelson Ruest, TechTarget,
January 28, 2008 "Security - plugging and avoiding
data leakage," Rob Bamforth (Principal Analyst, Quocirca), IT
Analysis,
January 25, 2008 "IT compliance documentation: Do
it now," Rebecca Herold, TechTarget,
January 24, 2008 "Windows change management on a
budget," Russell Olsen, TechTarget,
January 21, 2008
"Personal Devices Create a Dilemma for Corporate
IT," Stan Gibson, eWeek Magazine,
January 12, 2008 "The new Microsoft System Center:
What happened to SMS and
MOM?," Gary Olsen, TechTarget,
January 4, 2008 "Microsoft: Office 2003 SP3 Blocks
Older Files," Kevin McLaughlin, CRN Magazine,
January 3, 2008 "Microsoft Removes Licensing Restrictions
From Windows Server 2008," Kevin McLaughlin, CRN Magazine,
January 3, 2008 "Microsoft To Offer SMBs Subscription
Based Volume Licensing," Kevin McLaughlin, CRN Magazine,
January 2, 2008 2007 "Software companies struggle with user compliance: KPMG," As Reported by Martin Callinan in the Centennial Software Blog,
December 24, 2007 "Microsoft's Piracy Fight Gains Momentum
In China," Reuters,
December 21, 2007 "Standards For IT Governance
ITIL, COBIT, and ISO 17799 provide a blueprint for managing IT services," Dave
Greenfield, Information Week
Magazine,
December 8, 2007 "Microsoft Axes Vista Reduced Functionality
Mode," Kevin McLaughlin, CRN
Magazine,
December 4, 2007 "Apple QuickTime Player Vulnerability
Could Lead to Exploits," Stefanie Hoffman, CRN
Magazine,
December 3, 2007 "Microsoft Removes Windows Vista 'Kill Switch'," Thomas
Claburn, Information Week
Magazine,
December 4, 2007 "Microsoft Partners: Use Of Downgrade
Rights Is Surging," Kevin McLaughlin, CRN
Magazine,
December 3, 2007 "SAM and Core IO: A Dynamic Duo," David
Yashar, Redmond Channel Partner (RCP) Magazine,
December 2007 "Microsoft Offers Roadmap For Avoiding
Software Piracy Woes," Kevin McLaughlin, CRN
Magazine,
November 27, 2007 "Piracy Wars: What Role Should Partners Play?
Business Software Alliance targets small business," Lee Pender, Redmond
Channel Partner Magazine Blogs,
November 27, 2007 "Software Group Targets Small Business," Brian
Bergstein, AP Technology Writer, AP,
November 2007 "How the BSA Nets Piracy Suspects," Brian
Bergstein, AP Technology Writer, AP,
November 2007 "Anti-copying programs may slow piracy," Brian
Bergstein, AP Technology Writer, AP,
November 2007 "New Microsoft Program Allows Windows on Resold
PCs:
Microsoft has launched a program to help ensure sellers of refurbished PCs
will run legal copies of Windows," Elizabeth Montalbano, IDG News Service, PC
World,
November 10, 2007 "How desktop virtualization will save
your company from Generation Y," Rich Mogull, ZDNet,
November 25, 2007 "Update: Maxtor drives contain password-stealing
Trojans:
Seagate confirms infection during drive assembly, but says no indication
of spying by Chinese authorities," Gregg Keizer, ComputerWorld,
November 12, 2007 "Is my network costing me money I'm not accounting
for?," Paul Cronin, Mass High Tech,
November 16, 2007
"The Chinese Connection:
Anti-Piracy," Scott Bekker, RCP Magazine,
November 1, 2007 "Application virtualization: The
Terminal Services killer?," Danielle Ruest and Nelson Ruest, SeachWinComputing,
October 24, 2007 "To Reap Its Benefits, a Better
Understanding of IT Governance
is Needed," Salvatore Salamone, CA IT Management
Exchange, October
12, 2007 "Adobe Says Acrobat, Reader Vulnerable
To Hacks," Reuters, October
10, 2007 "Office 2007 Trial Version: Boon For
Microsoft, Bane For Partners," Kevin McLaughlin, CRN
Magazine, October
10, 2007 "Microsoft Offers Help To Software Piracy
Victims," Kevin McLaughlin, CRN Magazine, October
2, 2007 "Stealth Windows Updates Causing XP Repair
Headaches," Kevin McLaughlin, CRN Magazine,
September 27, 2007 "The Benefits of Streamlined IT
Management," Michael Steinhart, Computer Associates,
September 12, 2007 "Hard times
on the HIPAA front: A trio of ugly situations
means painful publicity for lazy or
sloppy organizations," Jon Espenschied, Computer
World Magazine, September 5, 2007 "The 8 most dangerous consumer
technologies: Companies can't
depend wholly on policy to maintain the
level of security they need," Mary Brandel, Computer
World Magazine, September 5, 2007 "Partners to Microsoft: Don't Make
Us Licensing Police," Kevin McLaughlin, CRN Magazine, August
28, 2007 "Microsoft Fixes Glitch In Anti-Piracy
Tool," Kevin McLaughlin, CRN Magazine,
August 27,
2007
"Fakes! Can you Tell the Difference!," Jill
Aitoro, CRN Magazine,
August 20,
2007
"If Not Vista Enterprise, Then What?:
Vista Enterprise Licensing Terms May Be Scaring Companies Off," Joe
Wilcox, eWeek,
August 21,
2007 "How Office Tyrants in Critical
Positions Get
Others to Grovel," Javier
C. Hernandez, Wall Street Journal,
August 21,
2007 "Microsoft Updates Triggered
Skype Service
Outage," Kevin McLaughlin, CRN Magazine,
August 20,
2007 "Microsoft Plays Catch-Up In Server Virtualization," Kevin
McLaughlin, CRN Magazine,
August 22,
2007 "Fakes: Can You Tell The Difference?,"Jill
R. Aitoro, CRN Magazine,
August 17,
2007 "Schools broaden efforts to stop piracy," Javier
C. Hernandez, The Boston Globe,
August 16,
2007 "Microsoft Helps Lower The Boom On Software
Pirate," Kevin McLaughlin, CRN Magazine,
August 10,
2007 "Broken Windows," Joe Wilcoxz, eWeek,
August 9,
2007 "PC buyers: 'Vista Capable' machines
weren't Vista capable," Cade Metz, The Register,
August 8,
2007 "Is SaaS really better than software
licensing?," Eric Esperne, Mass High Tech,
August 3,
2007 "Avoiding software
conflicts in a Windows Vista migration," Laura
E. Hunter, TechTarget
Magazine,
August 1,
2007 "Microsoft Software: Rent Me," Joe Wilcox, eWeek,
July 20, 2007 "System Center
Configuration Manager 2007: A first look," Brien
M. Posey, TechTarget
Magazine,
July 17, 2007 "Microsoft
Partners Embracing Server Virtualization," Kevin
McLaughlin, CRN
Magazine,
July 18, 2007 "Microsoft Extends its Lending
Reach," David Strom, eWeek
Magazine,
July 12, 2007 "[Kevin] Turner, [Microsoft
COO]: Microsoft
Partners Must
Adapt To Software
As A Service," Stacy Cowley, CRN
Magazine,
July 12, 2007 "Report: Companies Questioning Microsoft's
Software Assurance Program," Kevin McLaughlin, CRN,
July 9, 2007 "Are Intel Core 2 Chips a
Security Threat?," Damon Poeter and David Raikow, CRN
Magazine,
June 29, 2007 "UK firm pays biggest ever
fine over 'pirate'
software,"John Leyden, Channel Register,
June 21, 2007 "Microsoft Readies System Center Managed
Services," Kevin McLaughlin, CRN,
June 20, 2007 "SLAs and service-level management:
What does it mean for Windows managers?," Harris
Kern, SearchWinIT,
June 13,
2007 "Microsoft Backs Off Controversial Exchange
2007 Licensing Policy," Paula Rooney, CRN Magazine,
June 11,
2007 "4 Security Technologies Every IT Organization Must Have," Matt
Clapham and Todd Thompson, TechNet
Magazine, June
2007 "Exploring The Windows Firewall," Steve Riley, TechNet
Magazine, June
2007 "Managing Hardware Restrictions
via Group Policy," Jeremy Moskowitz, TechNet
Magazine, June
2007 "Inside Windows Vista User Account
Control," Mark Russinovich, TechNet
Magazine, June
2007 "IT vs Instant Messaging (IM)," Doug
Barney, Redmond
Magazine, May
2007 "Patch It Up," Joern Wettern, Redmond
Magazine, May
2007 "Virtual machine sprawl prevention:
Best practices," Anil Desai, SearchServerVirtualization.com,
May 23, 2007 "Server virtualization: Figuring out costs,
ROI and chargeback," Jan Stafford, SearchServerVirtualization.com,
May 2, 2007 "Vista Security Woes," Ryan
Naraine, PC World,
April 27, 2007 "IT Audits to Increase in 2007, According
to New Survey," Eracent, Eracent Press Release, April 23,
2007 "Citrix goes whole hog with virtual Windows," Ashlee
Vance, The Register, April 13, 2007 "Thin Clients Get Microsoft’s Approval — for
Some Users
New licenses limited to SA customers," Eric Lai, Computerworld Magazine,
April 9, 2007 "Special Report: IT Managers Take
On Compliance," SearchWinIT.com, SearchWinIT.com, April
2, 2007 "Microsoft offers new Vista enterprise licenses.
They're geared toward users with large data centers," Computerworld Magazine,
April 2, 2007 "Where Computers Go When They Die," Katherine
Boehret, WSJ,
April 14, 2007 "Windows XP to be phased out by year's end
despite customer demand," Angus Kidman, APC Mag,
April 12, 2007 "Surviving a compliance audit: Part 2 of 4," Christina
Torode, SearchWinIt.com,
April 2, 2007 "Inspector Lists Computers With Atomic Secrets
as Missing," Matt Wald, New York Times,
April 1, 2007 "Virtual worlds are real problem for employees ...
90.4 percent of 450 IT administrators polled want the ability
to block the unauthorized use of
games at work, with 60 percent calling it 'essential'," Efrain Viscarolasaga, Mass
High Tech,
March 23, 2007 "Symantec Reports Rise in Data Theft,
Data Leakage, and Targeted Attacks Leading to Hackers’ Financial
Gain," March 17, 2007 "Business intelligence firms consider on-demand
model ... Gartner is projecting that 25 percent of all new business
software will be delivered on-demand by 2011," Christopher Calnan, Mass
High Tech,
February 16, 2007 "10 Simple Steps To Ensure Software Licensing
Compliance," Benjamin Hershkowitz and Robert D. Carroll, Goodwin Proctor, February
1, 2007 "Free SAM Service Set to Ignite Social
Computing Alternative Amongst IT Communities," ClickPress,
February, 2007 "10 Key Licensing, Pricing Changes For Vista,
Office 2007," Paula Rooney, CRN Magazine,
January 18, 2007 "Does the Vista View Include Real ROI?
-- Information on IDC October 2006 Study #203482,
'Optimizing Infrastructure: The Relationship Between
IT Labor Costs and Best Practices for Managing the
Windows Desktop'," Computerworld Magazine,
January 17, 2007
"Software Asset Management Reaches Beyond
Applications," IDG Connect,
January, 2007 2006 "Exchange 2007 Drops Outlook Rights," Gregg
Keizer, Information Week Magazine,
December 29, 2006 "What You Need to Know About Microsoft’s
Antipiracy Efforts," Paul Thurrott, Windows IT Pro Magazine,
December 2006 "Half of American Business PCs Can't Run Vista," Peter
Galli, eWeek,
December 5, 2006
" How Vista Lets Microsoft Lock Users In," Cory Doctorow, CRN
Magazine,
December 5, 2006
"Private Equity Funding Driving VAR Consolidation," Joseph F. Kovar, CRN
Magazine,
December 4, 2006
"How to Protect Yourself From Fakes," Nick Tidd, CRN
Magazine,
December 4, 2006
"25 Selling Points For Vista" and " 25 Shortcomings Of Vista," Frank J. Ohlhorst, CRN
Magazine,
December 4, 2006
"Are Technology Budgets Realistic?" Robert Hertzberg, Baseline
Magazine,
November 30, 2006
"100 Things To Know About Windows Vista," Mary Hayes Weiert, Information
Week Magazine,
November 27, 2006 "The business case for Microsoft Windows
Vista," Bernie Klinder, SearchWinIt.com,
November 16, 2006 "Those IMs Aren't as Private as You Think,"Amol
Sharma and Jessica Vascellaro, WSJ,
October 4, 2006 "Microsoft Tools to Combat Vista Piracy," Peter
Galli, eWeek
Magazine,
October 4, 2006 "What Microsoft still isn’t saying
about WGA and Volume Activation 2.0," Mary Jo Foley, ZDNet,
October 4, 2006 Exposed: Dangers Of The Gray Market," Jill
R. Aitoro, VARBusiness, September 18, 2006 "Analysts: Microsoft Changes Meaning Of
'Release Candidate'," Gregg Keizer, InformationWeek
Magazine,
September 7, 2006 "Cover Your Assets: Get a grip on your networked
assets with the right asset management tool," Danielle and Nelson
Ruest, Redmond
Magazine,
September, 2006 "Web Site Owner Gets 7 Years
for Piracy," Associated Press, September 12, 2006 "Laptops (and iPods!) Banned on U.K. Flights," Thomas
Wailgum, CIO
Magazine,
August 11, 2006 "Cheap Shares Spark Software Mergers," Reuters, CRN
Magazine,
August 11, 2006 "July 2006 Survey: The Bitter Truth About
ROI," Allan Alter, CIO Insight
Magazine,
August 4, 2006 "Microsoft Gets Real About the Virtual," Ed
Scannell, Redmond
Magazine,
July 2006 "Living in a Virtual World: Virtualization
is here to stay, so make sure you're using the right tool," Don
Jones, Redmond
Magazine,
July 2006 "Laptop Lockdown Companies Start
Holding Employees
Responsible for Security
Of Portable Devices They Use for Work," M.P. McQueen
Jones, WSJ,
6/28/06 "The Dog Ate My License: Imagine that! Microsoft
doesn't eat its own dogfood," Paul DeGroot, Redmond Channel
Partner Magazine,
5/1/06 "CDW's Two-Track Mind:
CDW realigns sales force to tap customers at local level yet wants
VAR partners for local accounts. Will the real CDW please stand
up? ," Scott Campbell, CRN Magazine,
4/28/06 "Keeping Your Wits in the Candy
Store: Build or Buy -- sadly, these are the only
two among a myriad of decisions when you're looking
at software purchases
that'll be used to run your core business," MCPMag,
4/06 "Microsoft To Pull Plug On Windows
98/ME In July [2006]," CRN, 4/12/06 "Second-hand Microsoft licences take
off," ZDNet.co.uk, 4/7/06 "Sony trounces Microsoft & Nintendo
in brand trust survey,"Forrester Research, 3/06 "Security Fears Prod Many Firms
To Limit Staff Use of Web Services," Shawn Young, WSJ,
3/30/06 "Software licensing woes still dog Microsoft," John
Fontana, Network
World Magazine, 3/20/06 "Microsoft Makes Leap To Per-User ERP Pricing," Barbara
Darrow, CRN Magazine,
March 2006 "Gray Market: The Ebay Connection," Steven
Burke, CRN Magazine, March 20, 2006 "Up to Code," John
Sterlicchi, CIO Decisions Magazine,
January 2006 "Software Raids: Surviving an
Audi,
Software audits are a hassle, an embarrassment,
and can result in hefty fines and worse.
Here?s how to prepare for, and win, an
audit," Scott Braden, Redmond Channel Partner (RCP)
Magazine,
January 1, 2006 2005 "Used Software: The New Reality?: If you're
looking to save money on licenses (or make money on the ones you no longer
need), license reselling may be the answer," Scott Braden, Redmond
Magazine, 11/05 "Before You Give Away Your Old PC: Licensing
Considerations," PC
Magazine, 11/16/05 "Microsoft: End-User Licensing Tool Will Help Partners Engage," Scott Bekker, Redmond
ChannelPartner,
11/16/05 "Ballmer Promises Innovation Timetable From
Microsoft," Barbara Darrow, CRN Magazine, 10/19/05 "Users unhappy with vendors’ software licensing
programs, survey says," Linda Leung, Network World, 10/11/05 Second Annual Software Licensing Study
Shows Compliance a Major Challenge for
Enterprises," SIIA.Net, 10/10/05 "Secondhand Microsoft software goes on sale," Karen Gomm, CNET News.com, 11/10/05 EULAlyzer 1.0: Analyze license agreements for
interesting words and phrases. "7 Keys to Selling More Upgrades:
Microsoft may be its own greatest competitor, but you can convince
customers to move on to new versions. Learn how to close that
next upgrade opportunity," Rich Freeman, Redmond ChannelPartner,
11/1/05 "Seal the Deal with ROI: Proving that your solution will quickly pay for itself is crucial to landing more business. Here's how to come up with return-on-investment calculations that will help you gain customer trust and build lasting relationships," Doug Barney, Redmond ChannelPartner,
11/1/05 "Analysis: Licensing Terms Too Light on Carrot, Too Heavy on Stick," Joe McKendrick, Redmond ChannelPartner,
9/23/05 "New [Microsoft] Software Assurance Benefits
to Include 24x7 Support, Virtual PC Express," Scott Bekker, ENTNews.com,
8/16/05 "Asset management moves beyond tracking
inventory," Leon
Erlanger, InfoWorld, 8/15/05 "Software Licenses: Fight for Your Rights:
Companies want to legislate user agreements--and that's bad news for
you," Anne Kandra, PC World Magazine, 7/05 "No budget for upgrades? Microsoft can help," Margie
Semilof, SearchWin2000, 7/11/05 "Selling -- and Profiting -- from SA: While
controversial and sometimes confusing, Microsoft's Software Assurance (SA)
licensing program can be a lucrative revenue stream for your business. The
trick is learning the ins and outs and explaining them to potential clients," Doug
Barney, Redmond
ChannelPartner, 7/1/05 "Crackdown Puts Corporations Executives in Legal
Peril," Wall
Street Journal, 6/20/05 "When IT Vendors Merge: Here's how to anticipate
and respond when a major supplier is getting swallowed up," ComputerWorld,
Mary Brandel, 5/30/05 "Microsoft Pardons Users of Pirated Windows
[through June 2005]," Dan
Hong, 5/12/05 "Microsoft Simplifies the PUR Volume Licensing
Documentation," Entmag.com, Scott Bekker, 5/12/05 "Microsoft Pares Down Product-Licensing Complexities
," eWeek,
Mary Jo Foley , 5/11/05 "The BSA and SIIA Speak," Windows IT
Pro,
Adam Carheden, 4/26/05 "More on MS Terminal Server Licensing," Brian
Madden, 3/05 "Steady As She Goes For IT Spending [in 2005]," CRN,
3/21/05 "Microsoft Closes Activation Loophole [for OEM
license keys]," BetaNews,
2/24/05 "It Pays To Read License Agreements: Make
a thousand bucks by reading the EULA!" 2/05 "The Chargeback Conundrum
Chargeback systems can help you manage IT costs, but some say the price is too high.," ComputerWorld
Magazine, 2/14/05 "A New Way To Manage Vendors," CIO
Magazine, 2/1/05 "Linux, Inc.," Business Week Magazine, 1/31/05 "Chip advances blowing up software price assumptions," TechTarget, 1/31/05 "Governments
Prod Microsoft
To Slash Prices," Wall Street Journal, 1/27/05 "Microsoft: Legit Windows or no updates," CNet.com
News, 1/25/05 "IT execs divided on software cost trend:
most expect continued hikes in application maintenance, support
fees," ComputerWorld
Magazine, 1/10/05 "Multi-core Processors - Impact on Oracle Processor
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