Cisco's enterprise agreement takes the stress out of software licensing

Tom Allen
clock • 3 min read

Cisco's been threatening to move to software for years - and it just might have taken its first steps

Today, software dominates IT. It is present in almost every part of the industry, and most IT products are sold at least partly as software. Enterprise agreements (EAs) have become part and parc...

To continue reading this article...

Join Computing

  • Unlimited access to real-time news, analysis and opinion from the technology industry
  • Receive important and breaking news in our daily newsletter
  • Be the first to hear about our events and awards programmes
  • Join live member only interviews with IT leaders at the ‘IT Lounge’; your chance to ask your burning tech questions and have them answered
  • Access to the Computing Delta hub providing market intelligence and research
  • Receive our members-only newsletter with exclusive opinion pieces from senior IT Leaders

Join now

 

Already a Computing member?

Login

You may also like
Global government networks breached in 'ArcaneDoor' espionage campaign

Hacking

Threat actors compromised networks using Cisco zero-day exploits

clock 26 April 2024 • 2 min read
Parliamentary Committee urges independent oversight of Post Office compensation scheme

Government

The institution is 'not fit' to administer the programme, it says

clock 08 March 2024 • 3 min read
The language of software licencing needs an upgrade, says Percona's Peter Zaitsev

Open Source

Third-way models are proliferating

clock 05 March 2024 • 3 min read

More on Software

The social engineering of the self: How AI chatbots manipulate our thinking

The social engineering of the self: How AI chatbots manipulate our thinking

We need structured public feedback to better understand the risks, says red teamer Rumman Chowdhury

John Leonard
clock 27 October 2023 • 4 min read
AI doesn't care what you think

AI doesn't care what you think

Want to understand hallucinations? Look at your family

Professor Peter Cochrane
clock 26 October 2023 • 3 min read
IT Essentials: The fungal IT network

IT Essentials: The fungal IT network

Shadow IT grows best in darkness and solitude

Tom Allen
clock 16 October 2023 • 2 min read