The days of having to make a capital purchase for software are gone.  Vendors such as Microsoft and Citrix have in place programmes that allow for the month to month "rental" of applications where you only have to pay for the "actual" amount of usage of that application - not the number of installed copies in any monthly period.

Any organisation with a variable level of application usage through seasonal changes to workforce, project work, asset acquistion or divestment stands to make real savings in the cost of software licensing using such programmes as Microsoft SPLA or Citrix CSP.

The Microsolve licensing team are able to accurately evaluate your current licensing environment and prepare a statement of recommendation showing the likely cost savings that will be realised both in the short and medium terms.

For many organisations the savings of such software rental really come into their own with the release of new software versions.