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The article reports that electronic commerce company Amazon has been selling the antivirus software Norton Security Deluxe from software company Symantec for an amount of $20. It mentions the difference between Security Deluxe and Norton Security Premium and the performance of system resource of Norton Security.

The article reports on a case for making of security system for Chinese government to track members of the Falun Gong religious minority has been built by network manufacturer Cisco Systems Inc. It states that case is being appealed by Falun Gong practitioners which highlights risks technology companies take by selling software and hardware. It mentions that practitioners sued under Alien Tort Statute, a law against activities in the U.S. that support human rights abuses in other countries.

The article discusses customer relationship management vendor Salesforce's volume discounts for customers renewing or purchasing its full software suite early on. Topics covered include the company's Sales Cloud, Marketing Cloud and consulting services, the forthcoming five percent increase in its software-as-a-service (SaaS) contracts, and the insights of chief executive Mark Benioff about the company's pursuit to reach 10 billion dollars in annual revenue.

The article offers information on the addition of several components at the software-defined data center of computer software firm VMware. It mentions that company has updated its virtualization software including vCloud, OpenStack, and NSX. It states that the company's approach aims to obtain $21.78 billion of sales in 2015 and to add a total of $77.18 billion by 2020.

The article reports on the potential of the Perpetual User License Agreement (PULA) of technology firm Oracle Corp. to offer flat-rate pricing for unlimited use of its namesake database in perpetuity. Craig Guarente, co-founder of license management provider Palisade Compliance, stated that the development is not a rumor and the company intends to offer it to customers. The ability that PULA could give to customers to transform expenditures on Oracle enterprise software is mentioned.

The article reports on the launch of an annual subscription program by cloud computing services provider Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS) for its software products on its Marketplace in 2014. Under the scheme, customers can buy products on an annual subscription basis, which would allow them to have unlimited use of software for 12 months. The AWS Marketplace offers various product categories, including business applications, infrastructure, and developer systems.

The article reports on the revenues posted by computer firm SAP in the third quarter of 2013. Topics covered include the increase in its revenues, decline in income from software sales and profits from its cloud businesses. Also mentioned are efforts of the firm to market its HANA software, the run-rate reached by the firm and support revenues it has generated.

The article reports on the ruling of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) regarding the legality of the resale of software licenses. According to the ECJ, the exclusive right of distribution of a copy of a computer program covered by a license is terminated on its first sale, wherein it applies to software that are downloaded and bought on compact disc (CD) or digital video disc (DVD). It cites the case between Oracle and UsedSoft.