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Why Your 2027 Software Budget Needs Two Raise Lines

By Alex Cojocaru | July 14, 2026

Forrester’s 2027 guides: more than 80% of leaders expect budgets up. Model list-price and usage raises on one page before the vendor names the number.

LICENSEWARE Is Now on the Proactivanet Marketplace

By Alex Cojocaru | July 10, 2026

If you run Proactivanet, your software inventory is already sitting in a database, updated, normalized,…

Two New Engineers Join LICENSEWARE

By Alex Cojocaru | July 9, 2026

We have added two engineers to the team, and between them they cover the two…

LICENSEWARE raises 800,000 euro to accelerate international expansion, in a round led by BCR Seed Starter

By Alex Cojocaru | July 8, 2026

Bucharest, 8 July 2026 LICENSEWARE, a Romanian technology company that has built a SaaS platform…

SAP Support Commitments Change Leave-and-Return Cost

By Alex Cojocaru | July 7, 2026

EC case AT.40823 binds SAP’s on-prem support rules for ten years. Reinstatement is gone. Back-maintenance is capped. The 2027 ECC clock did not move.

Microsoft’s Annual FX Write Locks Your Local Cloud List

By Alex Cojocaru | July 6, 2026

Partner Center: commercial-cloud local prices now lock once a year on 1 January 2027. Model the November guidance against the agreement you hold.

The Hidden Cost of Leaving Broadcom Without a File

By Alex Cojocaru | July 6, 2026

Allstate’s Broadcom dockets show the audit clock starts when you say you are leaving. Match leftover licenses before the notice, not after the uninstall.

UsedSoft Now Binds Your Perpetual Microsoft Surplus

By Alex Cojocaru | July 5, 2026

UK Court of Appeal left UsedSoft and volume-license subdivision standing. Count leftover perpetual Microsoft before the next EA treats it as a credit.

If You Cannot Read the AI Bill, You Have No Position

By Alex Cojocaru | July 1, 2026

KPMG’s Q2 Pulse: 29% of leaders cannot control AI operating cost at scale. Usage-based contracts need a license position, not another invoice dump.

VMware Exit Support Is a Priced Option, Not a Renewal

By Alex Cojocaru | June 29, 2026

T-Mobile’s 2023 VMware deal bought perpetual licenses plus a $5.29m support option through August 2026. Broadcom refused. Price the path before cover ends.

Why Included XenServer 9 Is Still a Bundle Cost

By Alex Cojocaru | June 28, 2026

XenServer 9 is included in CPL, UHMC, and CPC (up to 10,000 sockets). Included is not free. Cost the Citrix bundle against the VMware bill before you switch.

Italy Microsoft 365 Probe: Opt-Out Is Not Attach

By Alex Cojocaru | June 24, 2026

AGCM opened PS13129 on 26 June 2026: Copilot and Designer added, consumers auto-moved unless they opted out. No finding. Check plans that can move without a PO.

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