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Softcat wins the double at Sophos partner conference
Softcat has won two major awards – Partner of the Year and Corporate Reseller of the Year – at the EMEA Partner Connections 2012 conference hosted by Sophos, the developer of security software and hardware, at the Grand Hotel Princesa Sofia in Barcelona.
Softcat shortlisted for three MicroScope ACEs
Softcat has made the shortlist for three of this year’s MicroScope Awards for Channel Excellence (ACEs), which celebrate the best-performing organisations in the IT channel.
Microsoft to increase UK pricing by an average of 29%
Now is a good time for thousands of UK-based organisations to review their options for buying and renewing Microsoft product licenses, says IT provider Softcat. Microsoft today announced that in two months’ time, on 1 July 2012, it will increase the UK prices of all of its products by an average of 29%. The change will affect corporate and government customers, but not customers in the education sector.
Adobe Launch Creative Suite 6
Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced the ultimate toolkit for design, Web and video professionals with the unveiling of the Adobe Creative Suite 6 product line and Adobe Creative Cloud - a powerful new releases of 14 CS6 applications and four Creative Suites.
Softcat to supply software to another 200+ public sector organisations
The Pro5 public sector buying consortium has selected Softcat, alongside just eight other suppliers, to provide software and associated services to over 200 local authorities and other affiliated public sector organisations in the UK.
Windows 8 Preview launched
Microsoft Corp. today announced the availability of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview — the next milestone of the Windows operating system. This latest preview will be made available for download starting today
Last chance for Adobe CS2 licensees to upgrade
Commercial and government organisations using Adobe CS2 have one final opportunity to upgrade to CS5.5, the latest version of Creative Suite, before losing their eligibility for future upgrades. Softcat anticipates that many of its customers using Adobe CS2 will take action now to secure ‘upgrade pricing’ for future versions of the graphic design, video editing, and web development software.
Microsoft announce changes to UK pricing
Microsoft has made an important announcement regarding forthcoming changes in pricing policy that will effect all volume licensing customers within the EU and EFTA area. Beginning on 1st July 2012, prices charged will be aligned to Euro pricing at the prevailing exchange rate. Due to sustained currency differences, some EU/EFTA countries will see changes to non-euro pricing as we establish greater price consistency across Europe. Based on prevailing currency rates, we anticipate price adjustments for the British Pound on 1st July 2012, across all volume licensing programmes
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Microsoft announces new licensing model
Microsoft confirms the new licensing model for System Center 2012, the latest release of Microsoft’s portfolio of management products; expected to be available from April.
Changes to SQL Server Licensing revealed
With the forthcoming release of SQL 2012 due the first half of 2012, Softcat has produced a detailed FAQ outlining the licensing changes which could impact the majority of users.