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May 31 2011   10:24AM GMT

Duncan Jones on licensing and maintenance trends



Posted by: Barney Beal
license audits, software licenses, support

I caught up with Duncan Jones at the Forrester IT Forum in Las Vegas this week. Jones recently published some research on trends in software licensing and maintenance.

In this video, he discusses why he sees some flexibility on the part of software vendors, what companies need to consider as they move applications to the cloud and mobile devices when it comes to their existing software contracts and his plans for a software “tea party.”

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