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Microsoft vows to help counterfeit software buyers
News According to figures from Microsoft, Ling had sold products for far less than the market price in all but 43 of 1,296 sales, showing that he was dealing in counterfeit or unlicensed products. Microsoft announced this week that it has forced a UK...
[May 18, 2006, 17:05]
Software-licensing costs predicted to fall
News In a research note Gartner vice president William Snyder said: "Up until now the unique nature of the software market has meant that buyers had very little negotiating power after the initial purchase of a software licence.
[November 19, 2007, 7:14]
Oracle pins hopes on hosted software
News Oracle, along with most players in the market for hosted software applications, has not been able to find a model that attracts large numbers of buyers. Analysts hope that Oracle will announce a clearer software rental strategy that will appeal to...
[June 26, 2001, 7:23]
Oracle image suffers from PeopleSoft effect
News Oracle's hostile takeover bid for PeopleSoft has fuelled negative perceptions of the software company among corporate computer buyers, which could sap demand for its products, according to a report published on Wednesday.
[September 9, 2004, 10:00]
Rivals line up to take on Office
News OpenOffice, an open-source offshoot of StarOffice, is also gaining ground, particularly among government and international buyers. We're not going after institutional buyers who feel the need for Microsoft.
[May 19, 2004, 8:55]
Portal software beats spending trend
News Companies are opening their wallets to portal software because it can improve employee productivity and, in the long run, cut costs, analysts and technology buyers said. As an added bonus, increased competition among software makers has spurred a...
[June 12, 2002, 11:57]
Is CRM getting left on the shelf?
News But the results, according to Gartner analyst Esteban Kolsky, reflect a trend many analysts have observed recently: a lot of CRM software that's sold ends up sitting idly on buyers' shelves. If some buyers never use all the software they purchased...
[March 4, 2003, 10:35]
Apple cuts Mac OS X Server licence fees
News Apple is giving buyers of its Mac OS X Server software the option of signing on for three years of unlimited access to upgrades for the same price it charges for a single, onetime upgrade. Mac server buyers can pick up the subscription at the point...
[October 14, 2002, 14:18]
Software game sales hit holiday skid
News What surprised some analysts was that the growth in sales of low-end PCs -- traditionally bought by first-time computer buyers -- didn't boost sales of game software. First-time PC buyers are traditionally big software purchasers.
[February 14, 2000, 9:59]
Will buyers write off new tablet PCs?
News Microsoft is aiming its new operating system for pen-based, "tablet" computing at the mainstream corporate market, but the first buyers are likely to be businesses with specific requirements. Dell's absence is significant in that the Austin, Texas...
[November 7, 2002, 7:57]
Microsoft slashes Windows XP price to fend off Linux
News Microsoft last week announced plans to join the budget PC project by offering a bundle containing Windows XP and its Office suite to ICT PC buyers for a mere 1,490 baht (£22), the Thai daily The Bangkok Post reported.
[June 19, 2003, 7:58]
Symantec buys Veritas
News Storage and security are top spending priorities for big business, despite a continuing trend toward cutting IT expenses, according to a recent survey of roughly 1,400 information technology buyers by Forrester.
[December 17, 2004, 9:45]
Boundless NC has limits
News Independent market research suggests that such super-terminals share many of the known drawbacks of "diskless PCs" which were sold to unwary corporate buyers in the past. Encouragement for his viewpoint, he says, comes from corporate MIS buyers...
[September 3, 1996, 16:00]
Survey: 30 percent feel 'trapped' by by IT vendors
News Walker arrives at its rankings through detailed interviews that charted buyers' feelings on everything from product quality to customer service and post-sales support. Of all the IT buyers interviewed for the report, only 44 percent said they feel...
[September 20, 2004, 16:40]
Will Web services revive Novell?
News A saving grace for the company could be the lingering indecision among technology buyers. Analysts say many buyers are sitting on the Web services sidelines until standards gel further. Novell chief executive Chris Stone sees the deal as helping...
[June 14, 2002, 21:29]
Itanium 2 shrinks to fit
News If the chip finds buyers, Intel, in tandem with server makers, will be able to snatch customers away from Sun and potentially grab the lead position in every segment of the processor market. Delayed several times, the processor found few takers...
[June 12, 2002, 14:03]
Top five PC manufacturers fail naked PC test
News ZDNet's reporters posed as undercover buyers to identify the policy of the top-five PC vendors in terms of supplying systems without an operating system, known as naked PCs. While customers find it difficult to get naked PCs, some of the vendors...
[March 16, 2007, 9:38]
Apple: Looking for a few good converts
News Salespeople, for example, poll buyers about whether they use Macs or PCs. But the company wants to understand more clearly what aspects matter most to Mac buyers. They have to be claiming the iMac is bringing buyers out of the woodwork who hadn't...
[March 27, 2002, 9:15]
General Glass Sees Sales Shine With Best-of-Breed IBM Software for SMBs
White Papers Sales reps and buyers need real-time access to product specifications and company profiles to provide better customer service and make more, informed buying decisions. By effectively managing the end-to-end business process, wholesalers such as...
[October 8, 2004, 3:00]
Software as a Service: The road ahead
White Papers Jeff Nolan, former venture capitalist at SAP Ventures, also offers valuable insight about SaaS buyers and vendors. How is the SaaS market shaping up? Once dismissed as a passing fad, Software as a Service (SaaS) is a growing force in the industry.
[June 28, 2007, 15:57]
