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The foundation of every business often lies in the official legal documents that allow it to be approved as a company. Among these documents are licences, which define the rights of a company around a range of products or services they can sell.

Licensing is often specific to every country, state and city. Licensing is necessary in order to regulate markets and meet demands. It is also an efficient way to control markets that include dangerous products such as alcohol or rifles selling.

In the tech space, licensing can spread across both hardware and software products.
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ANZ consumers using less unlicensed software - but those who do are at risk of a breach

Wed, 6th Jun 2018
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ANZ consumers are reducing their use of unlicensed software, yet those who continue are exposing themselves to severe malware risks, as per BSA's survey.
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Court rules retail chain must pay employees for all hours worked

Mon, 14th May 2018
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Smiths City Group had been refusing to pay employees for the 'optional' pre-work meeting for years, but has finally been called out in court.
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Canalys says SECaaS growing rapidly, while vendors struggle to keep up

Fri, 23rd Mar 2018
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Security-as-a-Service offerings surged in 2017 according to Canalys, but vendors like Symantec struggle to meet unpredictable investor expectations.
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BlackBerry aims to secure IoT devices

Thu, 8th Mar 2018
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BlackBerry inks a deal with Punkt Tronics AG to integrate its cybersecurity technology into IoT devices, aiming to secure home and enterprise networks.
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Interview: New NZ Cisco distributor as Cisco Spark kicks off locally

Mon, 4th Sep 2017
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A licensing agreement with Spark NZ means Cisco Spark can finally launch locally - with Spark subsidiary Telegistics the exclusive distributor.
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Ivanti acquires asset management company - ninth in five years

Thu, 13th Apr 2017
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Ivanti bolsters its asset management suite, seizing Concorde for its ninth takeover in a quest to simplify corporate IT complexity.
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Ivanti is 'transforming the way we understand the data centre'

Mon, 13th Feb 2017
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The license optimiser helps asset managers understand even the most complicated server-based enterprise software.
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Developing new business models for success in the IoT

Tue, 6th Sep 2016
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It only takes a few moments of reflection to realise that with the rise of IoT, business has adapted, developed new models, & they are capitalising.
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Microsoft Australia Partner Awards: And the finalists are...

Wed, 6th Jul 2016
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Finalists for this year's Microsoft Australia Partner Awards, drawn from nearly 200 entries across 20 categories, have been announced, and they are...
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NetApp SolidFire offers scalable software licensing for data centers

Tue, 7th Jun 2016
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NetApp Solidfire's FlashForward Capacity Licensing aims to streamline software licensing management for data centers.
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BSA Report: 61% of Asia Pacific region at risk by using unlicensed software

Thu, 26th May 2016
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BSA's 2016 Global Software report: the Asia-Pacific region has the highest rate of unlicensed software use, worth $19.1 billion in commercial value.
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Collaboration to enable on-demand, usage-based licensing in the cloud

Thu, 12th May 2016
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​Flexera Software recently announced they are collaborating with Microsoft Azure to enable Thinkbox Software to add more services.
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IoT: Creating new software vendors and need for licensing solutions

Fri, 31st Jul 2015
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The internet of things is creating new software vendors – and a need for licensing and entitlement management solutions, Gartner says.
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ESET to release v6 of its Business Endpoint products

Wed, 4th Feb 2015
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ESET is poised to unveil v6 of its Business Endpoint products, promising major upgrades and an improved ESET Remote Administrator.
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Ingram Micro wins Microsoft SPLA deal

Wed, 19th Nov 2014
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Ingram Micro has inked a deal with Microsoft for distribution of the services provider licence agreement (SPLA) licensing in New Zealand.
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Move over Spotify, YouTube's here

Thu, 13th Nov 2014
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New licensing deals means unofficial streams posted by regular users are now more likely to disappear, replaced by official uploads from labels.
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Top 12: Most dangerous things threatening networks right now…

Fri, 15th Aug 2014
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From default passwords to missing patches, networks face constant threats that can easily be exploited, putting data at risk and causing potential disasters.
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Lync subscriptions game changer for SMBs

Tue, 12th Aug 2014
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Changes to licensing for Lync have made it more financially viable for smaller businesses, says Acronym's Dave Allum.
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Microsoft signs Android patent deal with Motorola Solutions

Wed, 23rd Apr 2014
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Microsoft has signed a patent licensing agreement with Motorola Solutions for worldwide coverage of its patent portfolio.
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Is Apple crushing Microsoft with software deal…?

Thu, 24th Oct 2013
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Apple's new strategy of free software could pressure Microsoft to lower its prices, a shift driven by hardware subsidies.