Microsoft has revamped its Software Assurance licensing program in response to customer feedback that the scheme was too expensive, complex and restrictive. On Thursday the software supplier unveiled ...

Microsoft Corp. is planning several major changes to beef up features of Software Assurance, the company’s maintenance and upgrade program that has been criticized for its expense and slow follow-up ...

Microsoft’s new licensing scheme, Software Assurance, may have caused controversy among technology buyers, but has taken the software giant’s finances into rude health. For the company’s third quarter ...

Doha, Qatar –Microsoft has become the first global cloud provider in Qatar to receive the National Information Assurance Certification issued by the National Cyber Security Agency, confirming ...

IT procurement managers are finding that Microsoft Corp.’s Software Assurance maintenance program may not save them money as hoped, according to a survey by Forrester Research Inc. The Microsoft ...

In a report published Monday, Forrester said that uncertainty over the timetable for Microsoft software releases, and the headaches involved with upgrading to new software versions, has many ...

Forrester research recently released a study that analyzed 63 customers of Microsoft's Software Assurance (SA) program, which provides continual updates to new versions of a large number of Microsoft ...

One problem that the delays to Windows Vista and Microsoft Office 2007 have created is what happens to Software Assurance customers. By purchasing a Software Assurance plan, a company is given certain ...