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05 November
Software Licensing Services In Ireland Explained
Educational discounts in Ireland with software licensing
services
by
SoftwareGuru
Software licensing
has become increasingly complicated in recent years due to the
variety of educational, commercial and non-profit licensing
options available.
If you are an educational institution or charity, volume
licensing agreements are processed through our Dublin-based
parent company Software Asset Management Ireland.
As a Microsoft partner, Software4Students Ireland provides
software licences that are superior to high street "student
edition" offers.
This is because Software4Students Ireland provides full
version software at academic prices, meaning that you often get
the top package.
In terms of
software licensing eligibility, our Microsoft offers are
available to students of all ages in Ireland as well as their
family members.
Therefore, any parent, grandparent or guardian can buy on behalf
of a student.
Teachers who do not meet this criteria should contact their IT
department or representative as it is likely that they are
covered for Microsoft software use at home under their
educational institution's volume licensing agreement.
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Peer Influence
In Ireland, students and families have plenty
of options when it comes to choosing where to buy cheap discount
software.
So at Software4Students Ireland we do greatly
appreciate your support and recommendations to friends.
Forums like
Boards.ie and social media sites such as
Facebook and
Twitter help spread the word about the official software
discounts available here.
Adding a link to S4S from your social media profile,
blog or website is a handy way of showing your friends how much
money they can save on software.
From University College Cork, Institute of
Technology Tallaght, to the likes of Mary Immaculate
College Limerick, educational institutions across Ireland
have linked to Software4Students because we provide trusted
software licensing services.
It's not easy being a student but at least saving 80%-90% on
official software from the likes of Microsoft, Adobe and more
means that it is easier to access cutting edge tools for
learning.
As always it comes down to choice.
It's hard to argue that free software alternatives are better
value when superior software is available here at
arguably the cheapest prices in Ireland.
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Data Security
and Privacy
Although I'm a big fan of open source software and something of
a Joomla! enthusiast, I have major concerns about the impact of
free software on data security and privacy.
For example, in November 2010 the fastest most reliable browser
on the web is probably Google Chrome.
However, as online expert
Dave
Naylor recently said on Twitter, Chrome is not far off
ticking most of the boxes in terms of being classified as
spyware.
So if you're going to jump on every free software
program that gets released simply because it's free, remember
that you'll most likely pay in another currency - that of data
privacy and security.
Why else would these companies give you a software program for
free? Do you think it's out of the goodness of their hearts?
Google's core business after all is selling advertising. Search
engine results was just the way it managed to grab the world's
attention.
The pressure to educate the next generation of students under
the burden of wholesale spending cuts means that some people
jump on anything if they hear the word "free".
It's almost as if common sense and logic are abandoned as soon
as the pied piper of advertising plays the tune.
The choice when it comes to software licensing
services must be made carefully.
We'll continue to listen to students, teachers and parents every
day and do all that we can to keep prices affordable.
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Windows 7 Upgrade visit the link now.
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Software Licensing Services In Ireland Explained