As someone who follows the software licensing market and who is also partial to the odd pint of Stella Artois, I have been following the AB InBev versus SAP case with considerable interest.

SAP customers for years have said the company’s pricing is too complex. In October 2012, then co-CEO Jim Hagemann Snabe told IDG News Service the company had heard customers’ concerns and was working ...

Summary: Hot on the heels of SAP's major licensing and audit announcements, a group of analysts and influencers found ourselves in New York City with the chance to press the issue in person. Here's my ...

SAP customers are still concerned about the licensing costs of the migration from R/3 to mySAP Business Suite despite a recent meeting with the vendor to address their fears. The ERP specialist ...

Imminent licensing changes for SAP customers should start with consistent product names and further improvement by the vendor to answer questions, according to a user group representative. The German ...

SAP customers have made it no secret they believe the vendor’s software licensing and pricing is far too complex, and a top company leader recently made a public pledge that things are changing for ...

SAP’s named-user licensing fees apply even to related applications that only offer users indirect visibility of SAP data, a U.K. judge ruled Thursday in a case pitting SAP against Diageo, the ...

SAP users have been crying out for greater flexibility over terms and conditions for a long time. The supplier appears to be heeding their calls. More movement from SAP over the vexed question of ...

Last month, SAP released a streamlined Digital Access Adoption Program, intended to clarify (and reduce costs for) its indirect access licensing. The release followed SAP’s introduction of ...