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The arrival of the digital revolution gave us considerable flexibility and capability in both work and play. We can now integrate our smartphones with our corporate networks and work from anywhere. We can also use our personal phones as our corporate connections and still protect the network. Plus, we can use the same channels offered by our favorite brands to interact with government agencies. Failure to have a comprehensive and flexible software licensing program in place can spell major trouble for any vendor. When a portion of profits are being derived from licensing, companies need to make the structure and implementation of their software licensing programs an imperative. The alternative may result in revenue leakage, unhappy customers and operational inefficiencies that can be very difficult to recover from. Small to medium-sized businesses may skimp on their security, confident they won't become a target. It's a huge mistake: according to Verizon's Data Breach Investigation Report, 81 percent of all data breaches happen to small businesses. Hackers are aware that smaller companies seldom have the kind of robust protections in place as large enterprises, which makes them easy pickings in the eyes of cyber-criminals. CompTIA IT Industry Business Confidence Index report finds a lessening in self-confidence from the second quarter of this year. Flexera Software has unveiled a new report examining the growing need for software producers to change how their offerings are licensed and sold to better meet the needs of enterprise customers. The company's Software Licensing 2016: Seismic Shifts - Shaky Foundations report examines the transformation of the enterprise software marketplace in reaction to changing customer demands and enormous shifts in technology and application production. MIT Professor Steven Spear introduced this concept in his 2010 book The High-Velocity Edge: How Market Leaders Leverage Operational Experience to Beat the Competition. Professor Spear states that any organization can create a high-velocity culture. It's not a matter of having more people, more tools or newer technologies. Rather, the high-velocity organization works constantly to figure out how to do something faster, smarter and less costly. And that provides the IT department with the opportunity to lead the transformation of the entire organization.
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