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Combating the unintentional software pirate
Is the United Kingdom a nation of accidental pirates? The findings of the 2010 Business Software Alliance (BSA) Global Software Piracy Study released earlier this year searches for the answer. More than £1.6 billion worth of illegal software was inst... Opinion
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Adobe axes staff in digital media restructure
Adobe is axing 750 staff across the US and Europe as it restructures its business to focus on the digital media and marketing but reassured investors that it is still on track to deliver a strong performance in its fourth fiscal quarter. The softwar... News
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FAST uncovers user ignorance over Government IP strategy
The government is failing to get its message about its attempts to protect intellectual property out to the market with most IT decision makers unaware of its strategy. A survey carried out by the Federation Against Software Theft (FAST) has reveale... News
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Calyx software acquisition strategy to live on at m-hance
Mark Thompson, CEO at m-hance, a new software firm formed last week from the integration of seven businesses, has said the firm will look to continue its predecessor Calyx Software's acquisition strategy, asrevealed in June. The new firm, which is st... News
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Centrix Software expands distribution with SDG appointment
To take advantage of a ground swell towards virtualisation and desktop transformation as users move towards Windows 7 Centrix Software has expanded its distribution line-up. The virtualisation specialist has added Specialist Distribution Group (SDG)... News
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Stoke insurance firm latest to settle up with BSA
The Business Software Alliance (BSA) has snared a Stoke-based insurance firm in its legal net as part of its ongoing drive to crack down on those outfits using unlicensed software. Autonet Insurance Services Limited has settled with the BSA after be... News
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FAST opens up SAM, compliance training programme
Software Asset Management (SAM) and compliance specialist FAST Ltd has opened up a number of its courses to non-customers in an attempt to boost awareness of SAM standards and best practice frameworks across the public and private sectors. The move c... News
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In-depth: Selling services for social success
Nobody can now dispute that social networking is well-established in the workplace; at Salesforce.com's Cloudforce conference in September, a survey of 150 CEOs revealed 73% said social networks were important to build brands, while 68% believed they... Feature
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In-depth: The social side of CRM
Social CRM enables firms to monitor and interact with their followers more effectively than ever before, writes Billy MacInnes. Where is customer relationship management (CRM) going next? It's a simple question and, judging by the responses from peop... Feature
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Trustmarque strengthens SAM capabilities
Trustmarque has added a former NHS and Bytes software asset management specialist to beef up its activities in the enterprise end of the SAM market. Andréa Perrot joins the VAR as solutions manager - enterprise software assert management brin... News