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Save Money with Volume Software Licensing for Your Small Business

Can your business save money with volume licensing? If your company runs a single software title on five or more different computers, it's certainly possible, and it does not hurt to ask. All the

big manufacturers — Microsoft, Symantec, Sun, and others — offer volume licensing, either directly or through value-added resellers. Even Amazon.com now facilitates volume licensing sales through a third-party vendor.

So before you write a check for multiple copies of the same software title, ask around and see if the vendor or an authorized reseller offers volume licensing. They may say no, but you will never know until you try. And who knows? You may be pleasantly surprised and wind up with some extra money in your pocket.

To find software vendors and value-added resellers, visit the Computers & Software section of the AllBusiness.com Business Directory.

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