As the global economy teeters somewhere between stagnation and recession, many companies are placing a renewed focus on cost management. Tech leaders, who hold significant portfolios of assets and ...

For most businesses, fully understanding their software usage and working out the number of software licences they own as well as calculating when they expire or need renewing is a constant source of ...

Federal agencies are missing out on cost savings and making too many duplicative purchases when it comes to IT and cyber-related investments, according to a new Government Accountability Office report ...

The House passed a bipartisan proposal with new transparency requirements for government software spending on Wednesday. Dubbed the Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets — ...

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Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. In their work discussing the history of software licensing, intellectual property scholars Michael L. Rustad and Maria Vittoria Onufrio ...

Two of Microsoft's oldest and biggest partners are hooking up in a deal that could be the latest sign of how cloud computing is forcing tough business decisions. SoftwareONE, a $3.3 billion solution ...

BOSTON, Jan. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- r4, a defense tech startup with $1 million in seed funding, emerged from stealth today with a solution that simplifies the procurement and management of ...

For companies that build equipment like CNC machines or lasercutters, it’s tempting to use open-source software in a lot of areas. After all, it’s stable, featureful, and has typically passed the test ...

It’s time to truly understand (…and uncover) the challenges and strategies for navigating subscription changes in virtual desktop licensing. It’s unsurprising to see legacy providers shifting their ...

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The cloud hasn't done away with software licensing problems. Neither Office nor Windows 10 is actually free, for example, and you can end up in court for using Photoshop and WinZip without a license.