Stories about: BSA

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LANdesk widens view of company assets 08 February, 2010 02:35

Nearly half of businesses have had kit stolen by employees, according to survey by LANdesk. Forty-four percent of employees admit to having taken kit or intellectual property when leaving a company - with mobile phones topping the list of the most half-inched items.
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Tech firms complain about new Chinese procurement rules 11 December, 2009 07:03

Trade groups are protesting an "unprecedented" new Chinese policy that gives local IT products preference for government contracts there, arguing that the rules will actually hamper innovation in China.
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Microsoft links malware rates to pirated Windows 03 November, 2009 07:21

Microsoft today said computers in countries with high rates of software piracy are more likely to be infected by malicious code because users are leery of applying security patches.
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License audits: Preparing now can ease the pain 21 September, 2009 06:03

Oracle licensing consultant Eliot Arlo Colon still remembers the enormous global publishing company that was "so darn confident" it would breeze through an upcoming software license audit unscathed.
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Gotcha! Pursuing software pirates 15 September, 2009 08:06

You might not realize it, but two out of every 10 of your co-workers might be using pirated software, according to industry statistics. You might be, too, for that matter, particularly if you work in manufacturing or at a small or midsize company with 100 to 500 PCs. You just might not know it.
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Court fines man $210K for selling software copies 18 August, 2009 06:59

A U.S. judge has ordered a Delaware man who sold copies of software packages on an Internet auction site to pay US$210,563 in damages and court costs, the Business Software Alliance (BSA) announced Monday.
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Global PC software piracy up because of China, India 12 May, 2009 22:50

PC software piracy was on the upswing in 2008 for the second year in a row, because PC shipments grew fastest in high-piracy countries like China and India, according to a study released Tuesday by the Business Software Alliance (BSA).
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HP releases automation tools for virtual data centers 09 April, 2009 04:38

Hewlett-Packard hopes to play a bigger role in managing the virtual data center with updates to its Business Service Automation software announced on Tuesday.
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HP automates management of VMware, virtualisation systems 09 April, 2009 01:47

HP Wednesday announced updates to its business service automation suite designed to help customers cut the cost of managing virtualisation and improve service quality.
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Aussie pirates out-sail Swedes: research 06 February, 2009 15:38

More people use pirate software in Australia than in Sweden, according to a report by research firm IDC.
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European public sector open-source guidelines spark debate 26 September, 2008 07:58

Should European governments favor open-source software when they hold tenders for public contracts? Economists and policy makers appear to think so but industry giants including Microsoft argue that this would be discriminatory and are considering legal action to prevent this from happening.