My ZDNet colleagues Ed Bott and David Gewirtz are both fed up with Microsoft over software licensing issues, albeit for different reasons. Ed is annoyed with Microsoft over its poor communication of ...

SaaS is licensed different ways. A common approach has been a per-seat license whereby the cost is based on a number of named users. The concurrent licensing method is based on a total number of users ...

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) connotes on-demand, pay-per-use subscription schemes. However, many times, this assumption can be misleading because vendors may lock customers down to long-term, ...

In 5 software licensing challenges in the next generation network , I noted the important role that licensing models would have in the transition to the software defined network. But there’s a deeper ...

In the rapidly evolving world of software licensing and distribution, many vendors (and therefore customers) are considering a shift from traditional customer-hosted software solutions to Software as ...

This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter’s approach. Software as a Service (SaaS) ...

Predicting and purchasing just the right number of licenses for mission-critical, enterprise-wide cloud-based software such as your CRMs or other SaaS tools is the quintessential Goldilocks problem.

ServiceNow has agreed to acquire software as a service (SaaS) management company VendorHawk to help businesses licence software more cost-effectively. According to ServiceNow, vast amounts of a ...

Adobe will provide $145 million in its products to a variety of Army, Air Force and other defense customers via a software as a service offering. A new contract win for Adobe and its partners is ...

TYSONS, Va.—Alarm.com reported financial results for its fourth quarter and full year ending Dec. 31, 2020, showing strong increases in SaaS, license and total revenue for 4Q and the full fiscal year ...