Objective European companies currently spend up to 6% of their total revenues in Information Technologies which represents €32B,among which €6B / year of licenses are not used due to over-licensing. As companies still favour perpetual licensing, licencemanagement has become a growing challenge for Chief Information Officers: switching costs are very prohibitive, licences’contractual frameworks significantly increased IT budget and versioning drives companies to over-buy even when they donot need new functionalities. The EU market of software unused licences' resale used to be very restrictive and fragmentedfrom one country to another until the European Court of Justice legalised it in the whole EU with its judgement of July 3,2012. From then on, second-hand software assets management has become a golden new opportunity for companies’ ITbudgets optimization.Softcorner’s aim with the RESSALE project is to develop automatic processes so as to create an internal trading system forcompanies willing to exchange their unused licences alongside with the first quotation system in order to become thesecond-hand software licences global pricing reference.The feasibility study will clarify:- the shape of the internal trade centre first version offering back-office and users interface.- the commercial feasibility at the European and global levels by defining the business model and its pricing policy- the most appropriate legal framework facilitating deals with major European accountsSoftcorner is a French successful start-up created in 2014, which developed the 1st European marketplace of second-handsoftware licenses. The company has created a disruptive business model offering middle-sized and big companies theopportunity to value (i.e. price and resale) their unused software licences. Softcorner offers companies a very large panel ofsecond-hand standard software from all main publishers (e.g. Microsoft, IBM, etc.) 30% to 80% cheaper than their initialvalues. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwarenatural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdatabasessocial scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementbusiness modelsnatural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystems Programme(s) H2020-EU.3.6. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Europe In A Changing World - Inclusive, Innovative And Reflective Societies Main Programme H2020-EU.2.3.1. - Mainstreaming SME support, especially through a dedicated instrument Topic(s) INSO-10-2015-1 - SME business model innovation Call for proposal H2020-SMEInst-2014-2015 See other projects for this call Sub call H2020-SMEINST-1-2015 Funding Scheme SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1 Coordinator SOFTCORNER Net EU contribution € 50 000,00 Address 44 RUE CAUCHY 94110 ARCUEIL France See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Val-de-Marne Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 71 429,00
