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Microsoft revamps Software Assurance

New features to the oft-criticised software assurance programme include extended training days, 24×7 support for small businesses... Read more

14 March, 2006 by Colin Barker

Microsoft sued over upgrade programme

...programme violates that country's laws. The complaint claims that Microsoft's Software Assurance programme allows the software giant to take "advantage of its market... Read more

9 April, 2002 by Joe Wilcox and Michael Kanellos

Attention switches to Microsoft's licensing programme

...of its older Upgrade Advantage licensing program to switch to the newer Software Assurance programme. Microsoft has said the renewal rate will likely be low... Read more

22 July, 2004 by Ina Fried

Microsoft shakes up Software Assurance

...giving exclusive access to programs like Vista Enterprise Edition give Microsoft's Software Assurance programme a much-needed boost Read more

15 September, 2005 by Karen Gomm

Microsoft 'must do better' on software assurance

IT directors, analysts and resellers are united: Microsoft's Software Assurance programme must be improved. Will Thursday's announcement go far enough... Read more

13 September, 2005 by Karen Gomm
Red Hat CEO talks virtualisation, Linux and the cloud

Red Hat CEO talks virtualisation, Linux and the cloud

...to get stuff [into the Linux kernel] upstream. We also offer a software assurance programme for our users. All of those things — we make it... Read more

20 October, 2008 by Alex Serpo

Microsoft makes more virtualisation-licensing tweaks

...year, provided the computer in question is also part of Microsoft's Software Assurance programme. These changes, according to Microsoft's Scott Woodgate, are being... Read more

4 September, 2008 by Ina Fried

Software Assurance lacked confidence from the first

...2002, ZDNet UK reported critical analysis of the introduction of Microsoft's Software Assurance programme. It remains controversial. Three years on, our initial conclusions bear... Read more

16 September, 2005 by Leader

Will Longhorn be worth the pain?

...reflects the importance that Microsoft attaches to companies signing up to its Software Assurance programme — a three-year software maintenance scheme by which mid-sized... Read more

18 March, 2005 by Cath Everett

Microsoft extends software assurance to disasters

...The software maker said that starting from 1 June, businesses in its Software Assurance programme will be able to make a duplicate copy for each... Read more

20 May, 2004 by Ina Fried

Microsoft points the way to licence support

...more considerate. Microsoft simplified its licensing programme in 2002 by introducing the Software Assurance programme. This effectively allows companies to rent their software without having... Read more

14 May, 2004 by Munir Kotadia

Microsoft's subscription-like charges cost more

The subscription-like licensing model introduced by Microsoft has resulted in 60 percent of its customers paying more for the same products Read more

21 March, 2003 by Joe Wilcox

UK Government backs open source

...full price when they upgrade, or pay an annual fee under the Software Assurance programme for the right to upgrade. Microsoft, which remains the only... Read more

23 July, 2002 by Matt Loney

Licensing programme angers MS customers

...they will lose out on discounts and product-support agreements. With this "Software Assurance" programme, Microsoft intended to make its revenue stream more predictable by... Read more

10 May, 2002 by Joe Wilcox

The Bloor Perspective: Cisco cheer, Microsoft licensing and IBM wrestling with Oracle

...simpler and to offer users more choice by bringing in a new 'software assurance' programme to replace existing one-shot upgrade offerings with a small... Read more

13 May, 2002 by Bloor Research

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