Indirect access: SAP offers a new way to pay

SAP is inviting customers to pay for its software per record created when they access it indirectly through third-party apps and services, and not per named user as it does today. It’s also promising to build a wall between its sales and license auditing departments, so that customers don’t feel threatened during commercial negotiations. […

IT’s worst addictions (and how to cure them)

Everybody has bad habits, but sometimes they can turn into compulsions. While technology addiction is a real thing, especially for teenagers, IT pros have their own monkeys on their backs. Whether you’re an infrastructure junkie or a Slack head, chasing the data dragon or mesmerized by the blinking lights on your network operations center dashboard,…