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Business Software Alliance tackles online scams
News The Business Software Alliance continues to battle distribution of counterfeit software on peer-to-peer and auction sites. The trade group served more than 48,000 'takedown' notices related to BitTorrent files in the first half of this year and...
[October 6, 2008, 14:57]
Software licensing is a serious business
News Both the SPA Anti-Piracy (a division of the Software & Information Industry Association) and the BSA (Business Software Alliance) are stepping up activities to combat software piracy. In this down-turned economy, a good software licence management...
[June 12, 2003, 14:58]
BSA teams up with IiS on SAM
News Investors in Software, a not-for-profit organisation, announced on Tuesday that it is to join forces with the Business Software Alliance to help UK companies tackle the issues around software asset management.
[June 26, 2007, 17:36]
BSA offers $1m US 'piracy' bounty
News Americans willing to report their employers for using counterfeit software will be able to claim up to $1m (£496,181) in rewards, after the Business Software Alliance announced a three-month promotional bounty.
[July 4, 2007, 15:56]
UK firm fined £250,000 over unlicensed software
News The Business Software Alliance is to receive a record out-of-court settlement from a British company which used unlicensed software. The Business Software Alliance (BSA) would not reveal details of who the perpetrator is, saying only that the...
[June 21, 2007, 17:09]
SMEs 'blind' to illegal software risks
News The UK's small businesses are blind to the risks of illegal software, and especially to the dangers posed by viruses, according to the Business Software Alliance. According to a survey of 1,800 businesses across Europe, which was commissioned by...
[April 20, 2007, 12:24]
BSA offers £10,000 bounty for software pirates
News The Business Software Alliance (BSA) is offering £10,000 reward for information that helps catch companies guilty of using counterfeit software in the UK, the organisation said Thursday. In the run up to Thursday's announcement, the BSA conducted a...
[November 3, 2000, 13:12]
New twist in fight against software piracy
News The Business Software Alliance has filed a civil suit in the Northern District of California accusing 25 individuals of swapping pirated software on a high-speed Internet Relay Chat channel called warez4cable.
[November 18, 1999, 14:10]
Row erupts over software patent directive
News At the centre of the controversy is the revelation that the "author" of a draft copy of the directive appears to be a key employee of the Business Software Alliance, a group that represents the interests of big businesses, including Microsoft.
[February 21, 2002, 16:50]
IPlanet: Software's not a dirty word
News In rolling out new versions of its commerce applications on Monday, iPlanet executives maintained that there's a great business in selling plain-old commerce infrastructure software. IDC research director Rikki Kirzner said iPlanet is well...
[December 11, 2000, 14:08]
Thousands under scrutiny as piracy ring shut down
News The operation was supported by the Business Software Alliance. Beth Scott, vice president of EMEA at the Business Software Alliance, said: "This case proves the very real threat from increasingly sophisticated piracy gangs which use the Internet to...
[June 16, 2003, 14:45]
Sun, Netscape try out online trading
News The Sun-Netscape Alliance also will announce business and technology integration with two vendors, Selectica Inc.and Trilogy Software Inc.for building applications for complex product configuration. The new Sun-Netscape Alliance this week will...
[April 27, 1999, 7:00]
McNealy makes pact with his devil
News McNealy's Sun has championed powerful Unix-based computers and its Java software for building business applications. McNealy's jibes also revealed a grudging respect -- or envy -- of the software maker's business.
[April 5, 2004, 9:20]
Open-source sales growing despite economy
News Most of the companies surveyed, including independent software vendors (ISVs) and system integrators that vary in size and business model, showed a clear increase in sales and services related to open source, with 83 percent of respondents on...
[July 28, 2008, 15:42]
IBM deals focus on servers, services
News IBM also announced an alliance with International Business Systems. In its third announcement on Wednesday, IBM said that through a new alliance with IBS it would support IBS Virtual Enterprise Supply Chain software with IBM software, servers and...
[January 23, 2002, 15:50]
Siebel, Microsoft sign .Net pact
News But as a provider of infrastructure software, such as operating systems and database management software, the software giant is also keen to gain business for its .Net generation of products. Web services is a new way to build software that has...
[October 21, 2002, 14:52]
Dell strikes a Good deal
News As previously reported, the two companies will sell Dell's servers and handheld computers alongside Good's wireless software and services under a nonexclusive alliance. Dell Computer and wireless start-up Good Technology announced on Tuesday they...
[April 30, 2003, 8:01]
Borland, BEA seal Java alliance
News Software maker Borland is hoping to extend its lead in the Java programming tools market through a closer alliance with BEA Systems. But with the new alliance, the pair are building tighter integration between their products, which will make...
[August 15, 2002, 6:27]
Shortlists for CNET tech awards unveiled
News Brands2Life and Banner — The Business Software Alliance's 'Software Cluedo' Touchpaper — Touchpaper IT Business Enterprise Software Product of the Year Google Enterprise — 'Google your business' Alliance & Leicester — Alliance & Leicester secures...
[July 7, 2006, 15:35]
US takes major step towards patent reform
News The vote prompted an avalanche of laudatory statements from major Washington-based technology trade associations — including the Software & Information Industry Association, the Business Software Alliance, the Computer & Communications Industry...
[September 10, 2007, 11:43]
