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Excellence in Licensing

Softcat first pioneered the concept of licensing to the SME and corporate sector some 12 years ago, and to this day our foremost core competency still remains the cost effective provision of software licensing in volume.

There are a lot of ways of purchasing software – preinstalled on new equipment as OEM entitlements; fully packaged product, low volume transactional agreements and higher volume forecast based agreements. Software is available with or without maintenance, and “maintenance” can mean a lot of different things to different people. You can buy licences outright, buy various classifications of upgrades or subscribe to (or rent) your licences, on agreements that could be regional or global and could have additional price concessions in exchange for organisation wide adoption. You can also elect to have your applications hosted, sometimes by a manufacturer and sometimes by a third party, with payment made either outright or based on usage.

So effectively there are lots of ways to consume software, with subtle but important differences in the way in which individual manufacturers’ position and offer their products.

In order to successfully advise customers about the best way to buy software in volume there’s a lot to know. Softcat holds the highest accreditations with the world’s major software manufacturers to supply and support their products. Our experience has taught us that the two most valuable aspects of the software licensing service that we provide are accuracy and speed, especially in a marketplace where the only constant is change.

Our volume licensing service is delivered by intelligent and experienced account managers, supported in house by product specialists who are there to provide an even greater depth of knowledge and understanding on the products and the various innovative ways that they can be consumed to provide the maximum return on your investment. Whilst we hold the highest accreditation with all the leading software vendors this list in not exhaustive, and we have a great deal of experience in sourcing more unusual software products to fill all market and technology niches.

Some recent accolades:

• Adobe Corporate Licensing Partner of the Year
• Oracle Partner of the Year
• Sophos - SME Business Partner of the Year & Outstanding Individual Contribution by our Product Specialist
• CA - XOsoft Partner of the Year
• Microsoft SAM Programme Partner of the Year and Licensing Solutions Partner of the Year Finalist