•   Network World Customers frustrated over Microsoft virtualization licensing
     There is no way to circumvent Microsoft licensing policies on virtual servers

•   CNN Microsoft, Czech Republic Sign Pact On Licensing And Supply
     The agreement is aimed at simplifying the enterprise software licensing process over a period of 3 to 5 years.

•   Computing Schools set to go open source
     UK schools are replacing the software licensing framework of Microsoft and other software vendors by going to open source. 

•   BCS Software piracy falls
     The BSA commented that, despite the drop in trends, there was still an ‘unacceptable’ level of British organisations flouting software licensing regulations

•   Crain’s Manchester Business Eleven firms investigated in software crackdown

Microsoft’s licensing is too complex. Six different versions of Vista was about four too many and confused the marketplace.

· National Post Four GTA businesses nabbed in anti-piracy software sting

· CNET Blogs Argentina considering going 100% open source

· Business Day Intellectual Property - Part 11

· CRN Federation to focus on business best practice

The Federation Against Software Theft (The Federation) is to shift its strategy to encourage UK firms to adopt software asset management (SAM).

· AP Salesforce.com becomes sales channel, showcase for Google software …

·       CIO SAP Raises Software Maintenance Fees for New Customers

·       eWeek Report: Subscriptions to Surge for Open-Source Licensing

·      Search CIO Gartner: Windows heavyweight champ, but no longer nimble

      ·     WTN News Beware vendor’s line in software licensing agreements

Editor’s note: This is the first of several columns that will explore IT contracting best practices. Many negotiations for software licenses or system.

      ·      Computing Software licensing models: virtualisation continues to make its …

What will this mean for software licensing models? It’s no surprise that before virtualisation it was relatively easy to keep control of business IT