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Two thirds of CIOs agree MS volume pricing is good value



Despite scrutiny into the real value of Microsoft’s three-year licensing deals, a recent panel of CIOs voted that Microsoft’s volume licensing agreements are good value for money. For some, the flexibility of the deals is critical, for others the additional services available swung the deal.

However, some CIOs are still critical of the vendor’s licensing, claiming that recent version enhancements from Microsoft have not been worth the pain of upgrading. Another call came for Microsoft and other leading vendors to standardize their licensing practices, making it easy for end users to understand different schemes.

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