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Shadow IT: When Employees Become Bounty Hunters

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Michael O’Dwyer, ipswitch, 4/11/16 Human error is responsible for more than half of all security breaches as of last year, making employees the biggest cyber threat of all. Shadow IT, on the other hand, is the deliberate installation of software that is not authorized by IT.

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Negotiating Software Contracts: The Three Riskiest Provisions

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Stephen F. Pinson, The Licensing Journal, March 2016 Software and service contracts come with many potential risks, and businesses should be mindful when initiating a new contract or a renewal. It’s considered a best business practice to negotiate the terms in a software or service contract before agreeing to the initial terms a vendor provides…

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Law firm warns of Oracle’s licensing ‘traps’

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Katherine Noyes, ComputerWorld, 10/13/15 Oracle’s aggressive licensing practices have gained it considerable notoriety over the years, and on Tuesday, a Texas law firm specializing in technology issued a warning urging enterprises to beware.

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How To Survive A Software Licensing Audit

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Lisa Morgan, InformationWeek, 1/1/16 Enterprise IT organizations face software audits as a matter of doing business with large technology vendors. What’s the best approach to dealing with them? Here’s a look at what you should and shouldn’t do when you get that software licensing audit notice.

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Software Licensing Audits: Is Your Company Prepared?

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Lisa Morgan, InformationWeek, 12/31/15 Software licensing audits can cause minor annoyance or excruciating pain, depending on their scope and how ready your enterprise is for the disruption and expense. We take a look at trends in software licensing audits and the ways they impact your IT organization and your business.