Winston Churchill is famously quoted as saying, “A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” But the British PM never had to deal with Microsoft licensing.

Info-Tech Research Group is pretty much stating the obvious when it notes that Microsoft licensing is a complicated, unpleasant necessity that is made additionally difficult as it changes with new releases of software.

The challenge for CIOs and IT departments is they are frequently asked to reduce capital and operating expenses wherever possible during tough economic times, it notes, and as one of the top five expense items in most enterprise software budgets, Microsoft licensing is a primary target for cost reduction.

The firm does makes recommendations for enterprises that are fairly common sense..

SOURCE: itworldcanada.com