Resale Second-hand SoftwAre's License for Enterprises

Informations projet

RESSALE

N° de convention de subvention: 719836

DOI

10.3030/719836

Projet clôturé

Date de signature de la CE 10 Mars 2016

Date de début 1 Avril 2016

Date de fin 30 Septembre 2016

Financé au titre de

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Europe In A Changing World - Inclusive, Innovative And Reflective Societies

Coût total

€ 71 429,00

Contribution de l’UE

€ 50 000,00

Coordonné par

SOFTCORNER
France

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - RESSALE (Resale Second-hand SoftwAre's License for Enterprises)

Période du rapport: 2016-04-01 au 2016-09-30

Résumé du contexte et des objectifs généraux du projet

Context
Softcorner is a European successful start-up created in February 2014, which developed the first European marketplace of second-hand software licenses. Softcorner has created a disruptive business-model offering middle-sized and big companies the opportunity to value (i.e price and resale) their unused software licences.
We offer to companies a very large panel of second-hand standard software products from all main publishers (e.g. Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, SAP, Symantec, Autodesk, etc.) 30% to 80% cheaper than their initial values.
This business is legal since the European Court of Justice legalised resale of software unused licences on the secondary market in all EU countries on July 3rd 2012. The ECoJ wanted to generate a new opportunity for European firms by reducing their software budget.

Travail effectué depuis le début du projet jusqu’à la fin de la période considérée dans le rapport et principaux résultats atteints jusqu’à présent

Objectives
Our main objectives were to create two new innovative products and services for our clients and European ecosystem:
1/ The creation of an internal trading system for major accounts willing to exchange their unused licences (over-licensing) between their various branches, agencies, etc.
2/ The creation of the first quotation system in order to become the second-hand software licences global pricing reference.

Progrès au-delà de l’état des connaissances et impact potentiel prévu (y compris l’impact socio-économique et les conséquences sociétales plus larges du projet jusqu’à présent)

Main results
During the program duration, Softcorner developed a new marketplace with innovative features. This new platform is the basics of the internal trading system for major accounts.
Moreover, Softcorner reached the result to create the 1st quotation & pricing system (the “QUOTUS”, QUOTation for Used Software) for the 2nd hand software market. Now we have the unique database and automatic quotation system for all professional software licences.

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