SAP Indirect Access, The Licensing Trap Behind AB InBev's $600 Million Dispute
If your systems exchange data with SAP without anyone logging into SAP directly, there's a chance your organisation has licensing exposure it isn't yet aware of. This is known as SAP indirect access, or digital access under SAP's newer model, and for close to a decade it has been one of the most misunderstood areas of enterprise software licensing. For procurement and IT teams managing complex system landscapes, it's an easy risk to miss, simply because it doesn't show up in
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Microsoft 365 Price Increase 2026, What It Actually Costs You
The Real Price Increases The Microsoft 365 price increase that landed on July 1, 2026 touched every major plan, and the headline numbers only tell part of the story. E3 went from $36 to $39 a user a month, while E5 moved from $57 to $60. Office 365 E3 jumped 13%, from $23 to $26, which is a sharper rise than most teams budgeted for. Frontline plans took the heaviest hit, with F1 up 33% from $2.25 to $3 and F3 up 25% from $8 to $10. If your business runs on shift workers, reta
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