SharePoint Timeouts and Uploading Large Files

By default, SharePoint has a maximum file size related to file uploads. The default setting is 50 MB. In most cases this limit is sufficient, but you can change this in cases where you need to increase the limit. The option, called Maximum Upload Size, is set in Central Administration > Application Management > Web Application General Settings. Continue Reading

Longview Advisors Adds Extended Session for CIC 09

Intel, Microsoft, Lenovo, Razorleaf to host in-depth workshop on mobility technology

Loveland, CO March 16, 2009 – Longview Advisors, organizers of the annual Collaboration & Interoperability Conference and Exhibition (CIC), today announced an additional event to its 2009 agenda, “The Latest in Mobility Technology.” Hosted by Intel, Microsoft, Lenovo and Razorleaf, the post-conference workshop will give CIC attendees an in-depth look at emerging mobile computing capabilities.
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Rightsizing Your Licensing

When making an investment in a business system, most people’s primary concern is the up-front cost of the software license, however, there are a number of additional factors that are also very important in the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), such as training, implementation, hardware, and staffing and administration. Nonetheless, the most obvious system-related cost is the price of the software license, whether a one-time charge, an annual fee, or a subscription. As such, system owners are eternally seeking ways to maximize the benefit gained for the software license fees paid.
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High-Availability Licensing for LUM

In today’s global economy, businesses are increasingly using existing resources in new ways to increase productivity while maintaining or lowering costs. Recently, one of our clients was very successful in accomplishing this. This organization realized that technical personnel are one of its most important assets, but keeping these folks licensed and properly equipped is a significant expenditure. Rather than cutting costs by forgoing licenses for some of its technical personnel, this international company decided to implement the best “follow the sun” approach for technical licensing without breaching any of its license agreements.
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Global Licensing

Until today, your company had operations only in North America. Suddenly, there is an urgent project to start up an operation in China, India or the U.K. The CIO comes to you and says, “We’re working on getting the infrastructure configured and deployed, you need to start working on buying additional licenses of your software for installation on that infrastructure.” You begin to sweat.
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New Year, New Licenses

The beginning of the year is as good a time as any to perform mundane, but critical, tasks like verifying your license renewal date and making sure that you won’t experience any interruptions to your business as a result of expired licenses. For ENOVIA SmarTeam, RepliWeb (ENOVIA SmarTeam multi-site file replication), or EPDM/PDMWE users, follow the guidelines below to verify your licenses are up to date.
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What Kinds of Licensing Options Exist?

If you’ve been working with software tools very long, you are probably very familiar with the licensing schemas that your vendors have available for their products, but different software niches approach licensing very differently. For those not in IT, or without a history of working with a wide variety of software, we’ve compiled a list of the most common licensing schemas we see in the market today:
Named User: The license is tied to a specific person, regardless of their location when accessing the system. Named user licenses are frequently tied to an account name or login.
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