Free ICT Europe (FIE) is lobbying the EU started around choice for software maintenance. Approximately 200 IT solution providers and outsourcers have joined FIU. Meanwhile FIE Daniel Dalton of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) held a roundtable meeting.
ICT systems Users often substantial investments in IT systems and software, but have not the full rights to accompany the property, said FIU. Restrictive practices such as the use of the intellectual property rights of Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) to limit choices and deliberately complicated software contract / license rules by providing software publishers, restricted the freedom of companies and consumers their suppliers of product select, and support and maintenance, resulting in higher costs for European businesses, thinks FIU.
Rimini
FIU wants customers legally more choice have which party let them maintain their software and hardware. Major IT vendors such as Oracle, IBM and HP want to do it yourself, but there are more and more third-party services such as Rimini Street and Origina entered the market. This leads to litigation as between Oracle and Rimini. Started before FIU Campaign for Clear Licensing (CCL), which aims to increase transparency in major software vendors.
The software maintenance business is annually worth many billions of dollars. That includes hardware maintenance for data centers
By:. Witold Kepinski
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