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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

The increasing use of SaaS in the workplace places extra pressure on those responsible for managing and optimizing it. Read our white paper and discover how SaaS license management can cut costs, ...

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) ...

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 ...

A graduate student in Europe doing a thesis on software licensing, bless his heart, writes to inquire about examples from one of my recent blogs on a tango between SaaS and open source. He asks: "I ...