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Microsoft's pricing adjustment is approaching in October 2018

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The software giant Microsoft has announced a series of changes on the prices schemes that will take effect on October 1, 2018 In the announcement, they report that the motivation for this adjustment is to improve the customer experience and bring an unique offers that contribute to the digital transformation of the organizations.  The announced changes will affect a number of local and cloud products, highlighting the price increases in the Office 2019 and Windows 10 Enterprise . The price increase to take effect soon includes:        A single and consistent initial price in all programs aligned to webdirect for online services (OLS). Removal of the volume discount program and delivery of a price sheet for the recently designed customer that best describes how a customer's new price was formed. Along with programmatic price changes, the commercial prices of Office 2019 will increase by 10% compared to current prices. Windows 10 Ente...

Why are software manufacturers constantly auditing me?

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Many IT Managers have the serious error of being sure that their Management in the Technology Infrastructure of their organizations is in good condition. Even acting trusting in that they do not measure the possible consequences of not applying safe methodologies, which can originate, that the manufacturer audits it. However, the only reason why you are in audit is because the manufacturer has not reached your sales quota. During the audits, those who carry out the audits already have a number established as "goal" to audit and in this way, they structure the faults during the review. Many times they extrapolate, do not accept information, or simply ignore it. Audits are often very complex and the best way to protect the assets of your company and even your own employment is to have a consultant who looks after your rights.

Global technology expenditure for 2018

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According to recent Gartner research, global technology spending will reach US $ 3.7 billion in 2018, which would represent an increase of 4.5% compared to the previous year. The global expense in technology will reach US $ 3.7 billion in 2018, which would represent an increase of 4.5% compared to the previous year, according to a Gartner research. Organizations are expected to increase spending on enterprise application software by 2018, and a larger share of the budget will be transferred to software as a service (SAM as a Service). What is SAM as a Service? Define SAM as a Service, it is: • Make informed decisions about software acquisition, maintenance renewal and provision. • Identification and elimination of unused or infrequently used software and services. • Consolidate licenses and subscriptions, or migrate to new licensing models. • Manage compliance with the rights of use. • Governance of security and associated compliance risks. This will distribute ...