Industry News
NHS trust fined for underlicensing
A £13,000 penalty has been paid by Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, after the NHS foundation trust was found to have underlicensed a software package.

Design agency hit by £44,000 costs after being caught out by BSA
In it's fight against the use of unlicensed software the Business Software Alliance never seems to take much of a breather between cases and it's latest settlement has landed a London design agency with a £44,000 bill.

CSI Redmond: How Microsoft Tracks Down Pirates
Each new iteration of Microsoft software also marks a new chapter in the ongoing cat-and-mouse game between software counterfeiters and Microsoft's own enforcement team.

Government Says Data Estimating Piracy Losses is Unsubstantiated
A yearlong study on the effects of piracy and counterfeiting on the U.S. economy has led the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to this conclusion: it's difficult, if not impossible, to quantify the economy-wide impact.

Unlicensed software cost European businesses over $16 million
Unlicensed software has cost European businesses over $16 million in 2009 as a result of legal action by the Business Software Alliance (BSA).

Third Of Brits Happy To Use Pirated Software
Pirated software is becoming institutionalised, according to Microsoft, despite obvious security risks to the enterprise

Take control with software asset management
For most, software asset management (SAM) starts with the aim of establishing an organisation's software licence compliance status

35 countries could be monitored for piracy
Copyright holders in the US have called for 35 countries to be put on a watch list for piracy and counterfeit activities and have singled out 10 for priority action.

Shop the boss and make £10,000
IT staff made redundant or snubbed for a pay rise are taking revenge by spilling the beans on piracy

Licensing in virtual systems still making us ill
Confusion reigns in the world of the blind

Fasthosts reveals half of web designers work with unlicensed software
Fasthosts Internet Ltd, a leading web hosting provider, has released new research which reveals that a large number of web professionals are using unlicensed or pirated software to create websites.

Are you sure you're not a pirate?
It is alarmingly easy for an IT leader to unwittingly exceed the scope of a software licence, and the chances of being caught out have never been greater.

Software audits rise as recession bites vendors
Companies saw an increase in licence auditing last year, as the recession prompted software vendors to crack down on compliance, according to analysis firm Forrester.

BSA nabs first unlicensed user of 2010
The Business Software Alliance (BSA) has caught up with a West Midlands-based firm discovered allegedly using unlicensed Microsoft and Adobe software

BreakAway settles piracy complaint
Gaming software developer BreakAway has agreed to pay $75 000 to settle a complaint by the Business Software Alliance that it was using unlicensed copies of Adobe and Microsoft products

$540,000 Judgment Awarded in Software Counterfeiting Case
BSA award one of the largest to date

Microsoft takes resellers caught with fake software to court
Microsoft Qatar has filed criminal complaints against re-sellers here caught with pirated software during a recent crackdown

BSA doubles whistleblower reward
£20,000 reward now on offer for London workers who shop their bosses

Court fines man $210,000 for selling software copies
A U.S. judge has ordered a Delaware man who sold copies of software packages on an Internet auction site to pay $210,563 in damages and court costs

BSA catches unlicensed quartet
Industry software body takes legal action against four manufacturing companies

EasySAM News
For effective SAM - fix the disconnect between IT and Finance
 Ask many organisations and they will say they already ‘do’ Software Asset Management (SAM). A recent study undertaken in the UK stated that SAM was the biggest single area of technology adoption in 2007.

FrontRange Centennial License Manager™ 3.0
License Manager 3.0 introduces a number of important features designed to help organizations manage their software licenses more effectively than ever

DeviceWall wins prestigious award
Info Security Products Guide Names Centennial DeviceWall Winner of the "2008 Tomorrow's Technology Today" Award

Centennial Discovery 8.0 - General Availability - 19th September 2008
Centennial have announced that Centennial Discovery 8.0, the first new version since the acquisition of Centennial Software by FrontRange Solutions in April 2008, will be available from Friday 19th September 2008.

Centennial Software announces SAM Essentials update
Centennial have announced a new version of SAM Essentials, the complete workflow and process map for an end-to-end software asset management (SAM) project.

DeviceWall wins key award
Info Security Products Guide has named Centennial Software's DeviceWall a winner of the "2008 Tomorrow's Technology Today" award

Practical Advice on Planning for a Vista Migration
Centennial Software has released this guide on preparing for a migration to the Windows Vista operating system

Netaphor introduces user tracking with new version of SiteAudit
SiteAudit version 2.0 is the industry’s first fleet management tool to track both printer and user data without agents, allowing organizations to completely assess and manage the printing environment.

SAM Survey 2008
EasySAM polled IT managers and professionals to understand current SAM practices. Click here to access to full report.

Centennial License Manager 2.1 Now Shipping
Enhancements confirm License Manager's place as most intuitive SAM tool

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