THE ORIGINA BLOG

The Endless Resource Cost of IT Maintenance

Know The Threats That May Lurk Within Your IBM Product

EU Court of Justice says licensee can decompile software to fix bugs

Security Patches: The Whole Strategy or Only Part of It?

A Peek Behind the Curtain at an IBM Software Contract

IBM® software contracts lock businesses into long-term deals, but do they always have what's best in mind for the client?

The IBM and HCL deal – and What it Means for Software Support

IBM® sold seven legacy applications to HCL, transferring software support along with it. How does this impact companies?

IBM/HCL - What Happens Now?

On Tuesday 28th of May, Origina's CEO, Tomas O'Leary and Martin Thompson from the ITAM Review hosted a webinar in relation to IBM selling a large proportion of their legacy software portfolio to HCL.

What Will I Lose/Gain by Choosing Third-Party IBM Software Support?

A lower cost third party IBM software support provider must have to cut corners somewhere. Or do they?

Maintenance Fees as a Disruptive Force

Software support and maintenance fees are one of 8 disruptive forces needed to be managed to avoid a huge rise in IT Asset costs according to Gartner.

Software Contracts - This is What Stockholm Syndrome Feels Like!

Businesses are suffering, conditioned by software contracts vendors to believe they have absolutely no choice but to accept audits, annual charge uplifts.

How to Reduce IBM Support Costs Using Third-Party Support

Although IT budgets have been increasingly over the past few years, CIOs are expected to make that cash stretch further than ever before.

5 Reasons Why IBM Clients Switch to Origina

A big part of what we advocate for Origina is the promotion of choice by campaigning against lock-in practices that dominate the software industry. Read our blog to learn why clients switch to Origina.