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Software License: The authorization to use software. Most software is licensed rather than sold, which means purchasers are never the actual owners of the software, although they may be able to...; Full Software License Definition >>

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Oracle's first quarter allays worries: Oracle reported first quarter earnings that topped expectations as new software licenses were in line with estimates. Revenue, however, was light. In a statement Thursday, Oracle said it reported earnings of $1.1 billion, or 21 cents a share preview. Excluding charges, Oracle reported earnings of $1.5 billion,...; Tags: Software, Revenue, Oracle Corp., Software License, Earnings, Software License Revenue, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-09-18
KeyedAccess for Microsoft Access (zip): KeyedAccess is an add-on module for Microsoft Access that handles product key/unlock code validation, giving developers the ability to create secure trial versions of their applications, or to enforce monthly or yearly software license renewal. Only a key provided by the application developer will fit the unique lock that KeyedAccess...; Tags: Software, Microsoft Access, Software License, Microsoft Corp., KeyedAccess, Tools & Techniques, Management; Software downloads 2008-08-04
Oracle's Q4 results analysis: Oracle's Q4 earnings call has just finished.Â According to Safra Catz, Oracle CFO, the company delivered the company's highest operating margin at 41% for the quarter with software license updates and product support exceeding $10 billion for the year. By the numbers for the quarter: Â New software...; Tags: Software, Oracle Corp., Software License, Analysis, Tools & Techniques, Cloud Computing, Management, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-06-25
Small School Districts Gain Big Buying Power With School Agreement for Consortium: To train students to achieve technology proficiency, Rhode Island Public Schools must acquire the latest software. In response, smaller school districts in the state formed the Rhode Island Society of Technology Educators RISTE and, with the help of TechTeam Government Solutions, set up a School Agreement with Microsoft to qualify...; Tags: Software, Software License, Agreement, Microsoft Corp., Tools & Techniques, Management; Case studies 2008-03-21
Product Key Explorer (exe): Product Key Explorer displays product keys for Windows, MS Office, SQL, Exchange Server and over 500 other software products installed on your network computers. The software retrieves product keys from network computers and allows to protect your company from having pirated software on your network. With this software you will...; Tags: Software, Software Product, Software License, Product Key, Tools & Techniques, Management; Software downloads 2008-01-15

Asigra Case Study: DFA Law: Asigra's Televaulting software is provided to DFA Law by Smartways through its TouchPoint service. The combination of agentless software and disk-based backup across a WAN attacks both the "Hard" and "Soft" costs associated with conventional tape backup, including software license fees, media and drive maintenance, offsite storage, and the staffing...; Tags: Software, Software License, Asigra, Backups, Tools & Techniques, Management; Case studies 2007-07-31
Does the Software License Fee Matter?: Recently, I described the need to consider implementation costs when calculating enterprise software ROI. Implementation costs are a major variable in the ROI equation, since service expenses are often unpredictable. Non-license costs almost always represent a substantially larger expense than the initial license, so the impact on ROI can be...; Tags: Peachtree Software, Software License, ROI, So,what, Roi/Tco, Tools & Techniques, Enterprise Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Management, Software, Michael Krigsman; Blog posts 2007-07-23
Software License Manager (exe): A safe and secure way to store important information about your applications. Information such as serial numbers, software information, vendor information, license information, and billing information. Version 1.1 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.; Tags: Software, Software License, Information, Tools & Techniques, Management; Software downloads 2007-02-25
Calculating Your Bandwidth and Software License Needs for Flash Media Server 2: Flash Media Server 2 provides a very powerful development environment that enables a person to deliver compelling, interactive audio and video applications. These applications can be as simple as a one-to-many streamed video or as complex as a many-to-many video conferencing system. Because of this, determining the number of users...; Tags: Software, Adobe Systems Inc., Bandwidth, Media Server, Software License, Video, Flash Media Server 2, Corporate Communications, Tools & Techniques, Marketing, Management; White papers 2007-01-19
E-Licensing With Adobe License Manager: A Better Way to Manage Tour Adobe Software Licenses: Managing software licenses is a necessary part of any operation, but organizations lack the breadth of tools to realize this capability. Software Asset Management SAM solutions are outstanding for tracking applications, versions, and patches. But they are unable to solve the manual challenge of reconciling the number of users with...; Tags: Software, Adobe Systems Inc., License Management, Software License, Tools & Techniques, Management; White papers 2006-09-01
Best Practices for Selecting & Implementing Software License Management: To fully realise the benefits gained from implementing a license management solution, careful consideration must be given to the planning, design, fulfilment, use and administration phases of the license lifecycle. This whitepaper from SafeNet outlines the best practices for successfully selecting and implementing a license management solution.; Tags: Software, License Management, Software License, Best Practice, SafeNet Inc.; White papers 2006-07-12
Configuring Intel NetStructure Host Media Processing Software Licenses: Provisioning resources according to a software model allows far more flexibility than provisioning with hardware boards, each of which has a fixed set of resources. Understanding the types of resources required and the rules for combining them makes configuring licenses for Intel NetStructure Host Media Processing HMP Software far less...; Tags: Software, Board, Media, Software License, Intel Corp., Corporate Governance, Tools & Techniques, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management; White papers 2006-06-01
KeyRing (zip): KeyRing is a freeware Windows application that manages software licenses for the workplace. KeyRing allows you to add, remove, and trade software licenses among employees and computers, for an unlimited number of software applications. It consists of a stand alone database that will hold all your license keys, and a...; Tags: Software, Software License, Blackwave Studios, KeyRing, Tools & Techniques, Management; Software downloads 2006-03-31
Calculating Tour Software License Needs for the Macromedia Flash Media Server 2: Macromedia Flash Media Server provides a powerful development environment that enables a person to deliver compelling, interactive audio and video applications. These applications can be as simple as a one-to-many streamed video or as complex as a many-to-many video conferencing system. Because of this, determining the number of users that...; Tags: Software, Adobe Systems Inc., Software License, Macromedia Inc., Video, Macromedia Flash, Macromedia Flash Media Server, Corporate Communications, Tools & Techniques, Marketing, Management; White papers 2005-11-10
Siebel's software license sales drop: Siebel's software license sales dropSiebelSiebel has had a large problem in utilzation with it's users. It is actually just a CPA number crunchers product. It has little or no facility for salespeople, other than recording where they think they are.Siebel is also inflexible. If a corporation has...; Tags: software, Siebel Systems Inc., software license sale, software license; Discussion threads 2005-07-27
Software License Management: Reduce IT Costs With Dynamic License Management, Compliance Tracking, Software Metering, and Usage Analysis: ManageSoft is a dynamic software license management and usage metering solution for fixed and mobile devices anywhere in the world. ManageSoft IT Business Intelligence extends these powerful real-time capabilities to also provide trend analysis over time, cost analysis, and detailed software usage analysis, with graphical reporting, intelligent license utilization forecasts,...; Tags: Software, Information Technology, Compliance, License Management, Software License, ManageSoft Corp., Analysis, ManageSoft IT Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Management; White papers 2005-04-01
Indemnification Becomes Open Source’s Nightmare and Microsoft’s Blessing: Download this free Yankee Group Report to read about software license indemnification and how it can help your company mitigate the threat of lawsuits related to intellectual property rights, copyright infringement, theft of trade secrets, or patent infringement. Discover why organizations using free, open source software are at far greater...; Tags: Software, Indemnification, Software License, Microsoft Corp., Asset Management, Intellectual Property, Open Source, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Research & Development; White papers 2005-04-01
The Importance of Managing Software Licenses: Software licensing is an often overlooked risk in financial institutions. The financial and reputation risk associated with improper management of software licenses is on par with disclosure of GLBA protected data. With the current regulator focus on Security and GLBA compliance, the actual risk of loss due to inadequate software...; Tags: Software, Software License, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, Tools & Techniques, Regulations, Management, Government; White papers 2005-04-01
Renegotiate software license deals now: Research company Gartner is advising businesses to start renegotiating their existing contracts now, as trends in IT hardware could force software licensing costs up by more than 50 percent over the next year. Gartner claims that the move to multicore-chip architectures, virtual machines and utility computing threatens existing capacity-based, or...; Tags: Gartner Inc.; Blog posts 2004-11-23
Gartner: Re-negotiate software license deals now: Gartner: Re-negotiate software license deals nowHmm../me waits for the "Microsloth" comments..This will be a strong argument for free software ...Before long multiprocessor systems and clusters will become common in business. These systems will be designed to reconfigure dynamically on the fly, with resources allocated first to one set of...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., software, Linux, IBM Corp., Gartner Inc., software license; Discussion threads 2004-11-23