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: The TechKnowledgy BlogSoftware Licensing Trends
By Steve Cosentino
- Increased use of the vendor hosted software model. A few years ago, it seemed like the vast majority of software licensing transactions that passed across our desks were traditional software on a disk or downloaded software hosted on the servers of the customer. This year, we saw a significant increase in vendor hosted applications, often referred to as ASP or Application Service Provider
Full post as published by The TechKnowledgy Blog on February 22, 2008 (boomark / email).
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