Although this is more cost effective for its customers, cloud-based Office software will cost Microsoft more when compared to supplying software that is installed on the computers and servers of customers.
Software pirates cost Android developers serious money, according to a study released Thursday.
Building on the successful TSS library, it offers a comprehensive solution with complementary licensed software and cost-effective development tools.
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John Sankus Jr of Philadelphia expressed regret in federal court on Friday for his role in operating software ring DrinkOrDie, which US authorities believe has cost the software industry billions of dollars each year in sales.
Yet a question remains over Microsoft's promise to give rival software-makers some cost-free, additional access to its software protocols.
He also sees potential for gross margin expansion, on higher software sales and cost benefits from new products.
Most existing GIS, or geographical information services, sell on-site proprietary software packages that cost anywhere from a few hundred dollars to several million dollars.
Everything is low cost software, etc.
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This is a company whose primary business is the provisioning of a global virtual cellular network for primarily corporate clients to offer deeply discounted voice and data GSM services through the use of specially engineered SIM cards and an intricate supporting infrastructure and software for least cost routing and simplified phone number schemes.
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But banks are reluctant to overhaul this legacy software owing to the cost and complexity involved.
India's fundamental attraction has not changed since it first drew software developers: fantastic cost savings.
The sales process essentially happens as the customer tries out the software, at no cost to Alfresco.
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Mobile computing, the falling cost of software creation and distribution and smart computing algorithms are already here.
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In fact, the cost of software-driven machines is driving manufacturing down, as our strange rise in productivity during a recession suggests.
So when software breaks it can cost businesses millions of dollars due to news-making catastrophes, regulatory investigations or even a major product update or recall.
The economics of the vaccine industry, he points out, are much like those of software: the marginal cost of each new product is very small.
Simplified user interfaces mean customers are able to develop an application within minutes using a broad range of tools and demonstration software, with minimal cost and effort.
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Every year Fiserv produces software, but rather than expense that cost against earnings, the company declares the software as an asset and amortizes it over time.
Compare the cost of keeping and maintaining hardware and software for test platforms locally, and the cost of leveraging PaaS for testing.
Organizations are rapidly shifting away from hard to use, one-size-fits-all (at very high cost) enterprise software applications and large data centers.
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Third, we need more responsive storage system software that provides the lowest cost (and hopefully lower overall power load) for an application.
The cost of updating software is also "fairly small", the Bank says.
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Strolling down the aisle of a trade show in the area of metal fabrication, I chatted with the owner of a cost-accounting software company.
While the regular IT industry catered to the global needs of cost-effective software and business processing, mobiles served the communication needs of average Indian citizens.
"Hyperscale companies architect their infrastructure with bare bones servers and open source software that scales-out cost-effectively in the hundreds and thousands, " said David Floyer, Wikibon Chief Technology Officer.
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People familiar with the investigation said that the team found that for at least two years, Autonomy booked sales of low-margin hardware products as software and would label the cost of that hardware as marketing or other expenses, which made products appear faster growing and more profitable than they really were.
The Wall Street Journal previously reported that Microsoft also is planning price breaks for its Windows and Office software as part of a strategy to spur lower-cost touch-screen devices enabled by its Windows software.
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