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Siebel Fine-tunes Subscription Software
News Siebel Systems released version 6 of its subscription software on Tuesday, adding features for banking, medical, computer and car companies. Siebel introduced the subscription service about a year ago with IBM, which houses and maintains the...
[January 12, 2005, 15:25]
Real Takes Charge In Subscription Software
News The software, called RBN Managed Subscription Service, lets content producers create their own subscription services. Instead, it has focused its efforts on RealOne, a subscription video service that partners with major content providers such as...
[April 10, 2002, 7:31]
Leading German Publisher Optimizes Ordering And Subscription Management Using Software From The SAP For Media Solution Portfolio
White Papers And that's why the company uses software from the SAP for Media solution portfolio. The Haufe Media Group, one of Germany's leading specialist publishers in the fields of economics, law, and taxation.
[April 5, 2006, 0:00]
Microsoft Sued Over Upgrade Programme
News A New Zealand company has filed a complaint against Microsoft, alleging that a subscription-like software-licensing programme violates that country's laws. Under Software Assurance, licensees effectively purchase a two-year software subscription...
[April 9, 2002, 9:15]
Macromedia Pushes Subscription Plan
News Macromedia on Monday will announce a new software-by-subscription programme along with an upgrade to its MX line of products. The company's new subscription service, Macromedia DevNet, will come in two flavours.
[February 10, 2003, 8:13]
AIM Buddies Come At A Cost
News America Online has released a test version of its popular instant messaging software that expands subscription-only features, the company has confirmed. The company will charge $9.95 (£5.41) for a yearly subscription or $1.95 a month to access...
[August 16, 2004, 15:50]
VMware Launches Developer Programme
News VMware, a pioneer in software that lets computers run multiple operating systems simultaneously, plans to unveil a subscription plan Monday to grant developers cheaper and easier access to the company's products.
[June 6, 2005, 14:25]
SAP Heading Along Pay-as-you-go Route?
News The German company, which specialises in business-efficiency programs, is getting ready to launch a service similar to those offered by subscription software companies Salesforce.com and RightNow Technologies.
[October 27, 2004, 8:50]
Sun Rents Out StarOffice
News Sun Microsystems plans to sell Japanese customers a subscription version of its StarOffice productivity software, Sun executives announced on Thursday. Peter Ulander, a desktop products manager for Sun, said Sourcenext's subscription program offers...
[January 16, 2004, 7:25]
GameShadow Automates PC Game Patches
News Software developer Aardwork has launched a subscription-based patch management service for PC gamers. A one-year GameShadow subscription costs £19.99. Aardwork is a software partner of Microsoft, which is itself in the process of updating its own...
[August 6, 2003, 14:40]
Swap This! EMusic Takes On Napster
News Music subscription site EMusic.com has begun using software it claims can spot any of its 140,000 songs that are being traded illegally by Napster users. Ric Dube, an analyst with Webnoize, called the move a precursor to a possible lawsuit that...
[November 22, 2000, 8:29]
RealNetworks Unveils Latest Mac Beta
News RealNetworks took another gradual step in launching its streaming media subscription service on the Macintosh. SuperPass' availability comes 10 months after RealNetworks originally launched the multimedia subscription service, which features audio...
[October 9, 2002, 12:15]
Anconia RocketSales
Downloads It s the only desktop software with both live tracking, a live subscription manager, and WYSIWYG HTML editing. Version 3.5.48 adds opt-in subscription manager, and newer Microsoft Office look. RocketSales mass e-mail software turbocharges your...
[February 24, 2006, 9:32]
Red Hat May Divide JBoss
News In an effort to increase revenue from its JBoss server software, Red Hat is contemplating splitting the product into two versions — a free, unsupported product and a subscription-based supported one. While RHEL's underlying source code is freely...
[November 17, 2006, 7:53]
Microsoft Blinded By HailStorm
News Microsoft's HailStorm initiative has been described as everything from a weapon aimed at America Online to a crucial component of the software giant's move to a subscription-based business model. HailStorm and .Net also are crucial to Microsoft's...
[August 31, 2001, 8:10]
Microsoft: Streaming Office 'infringes Licence'
News Microsoft has said that the internet service provider Fasthosts, which has started offering a subscription-based version of Microsoft Office 2007, is infringing on the software giant's licence regulations — but Fasthosts has denied this claim.
[February 8, 2008, 14:59]
MusicMatch Unveils New Jukebox-to-go
News The San Diego, California-based company introduced MusicMatch version 7.5, free and subscription-based software for listening to music via the Web. Additional features include advanced music tagging and labelling for digital audio files in the...
[November 7, 2002, 8:20]
Sun To Match Red Hat Pricing Model
News Under the plan, a company will pay for Solaris based on a per-employee subscription rate, Jonathan Schwartz, head of Sun's software group, said in an interview on Tuesday. Particulars could range from its Java Enterprise System server software...
[April 1, 2004, 8:50]
Microsoft Releases Subscription Outlook
News Microsoft said on Wednesday that it's ready to start offering a paid-subscription version of its Outlook email program, marking the first time the software giant has made a component of Office available as a subscription service.
[January 20, 2005, 7:35]
Testers Get Their Hands On OneCare
News Selected software testers are getting a look at OneCare Live, Microsoft's subscription antivirus and anti-spyware service. Pricing for OneCare has not been announced, but Microsoft has said that the final package will be offered as a subscription...
[July 21, 2005, 9:25]
