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For Sourcing & Vendor Management Professionals

Report:Evaluating Microsoft's Software Assurance

Are You Making The Most Of The Benefits On Offer?

Whether acquired via the Microsoft Select Plus agreement or Enterprise Agreement (EA), many organizations have signed up to the Microsoft Software Assurance (SA) program, but time and again we find...

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For Sourcing & Vendor Management Professionals

Report:Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Licensing Changes — What You Need To Know

Repackaging And The Move From Per-Processor To Per-Core Licensing Will Affect The Way Your Organization Uses SQL Server

Microsoft's recent announcements will affect the way your organization licenses its SQL Server product and what you have to pay to use it. To prepare for these changes, sourcing and vendor management...

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For Sourcing & Vendor Management Professionals

Report:How To Negotiate A Better Microsoft Office 365 Deal

Concentrate On Who You Are Buying For And How You Want To Buy

As many businesses are now evaluating moving their Microsoft Office applications online and into the cloud as a way of reducing infrastructure and staffing costs, sourcing and vendor management (SVM)...

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For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

Report:Six Steps To Negotiating A Better BI Deal

Use Forrester's Approach To Help You Get More For Your Money

Many business intelligence (BI) vendors do not publish list prices. Some do not even provide list prices under NDA to their customers and prospects. Plus, BI pricing and licensing models differ...

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For Sourcing & Vendor Management Professionals

Report:Consider These Five Criteria When Choosing A Microsoft Volume Licensing Program

Key Factors When Evaluating Enterprise Agreements Against Alternatives

Selecting the right Microsoft volume licensing program is a major decision for IT sourcing and vendor management executives and it gets more complicated every year. This report analyzes the key...

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For Sourcing & Vendor Management Professionals

Report:Five New Microsoft Licensing Twists That Every IT Buyer Should Know

Buyers May Need To Refine Their Microsoft Licensing And Adoption Strategies

Forrester has studied Microsoft's recent pricing and licensing changes and found several that could have profound implications for enterprise IT departments, including price increases and repackaging...

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For Sourcing & Vendor Management Professionals

Report:Take A Fresh Look At Microsoft's Subscription Program

Recent Price Cuts Could Make It Sourcing Managers' Best Licensing Option

Many enterprises are considering upgrading to new Microsoft products, but they lack the capital budget and are worried about the double impact of software depreciation and Software Assurance (SA) on...

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For CIO Professionals

Report:VMware Is The New Microsoft (And Why Virtualisation Is Neither Free Nor Cheap)

While VMware is increasingly viewed as the de facto choice in server virtualization for the enterprise, Hydrasight notes that VMware's ascendancy shares many similar characteristics to the rise of...

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