Software is making a profound impact on the European economy, contributing close to €1 trillion to the EU’s GDP (including indirect and induced impacts), supporting almost 12 million high-quality, well-paying jobs and investing close to €13 billion in R&D. These are the key findings of the report, “Software: A €910 billion Catalyst for the EU Economy,” published today by BSA | The Software Alliance, incorporating data and economic impact assessment conducted by The Economist Intelligence Unit. Read more

Software is making a profound impact on the UK economy, contributing £124.8 billion to its GDP (including indirect and induced effects), supporting almost 2.6 million high-quality, well-paying jobs and investing £1.76 billion in R&D. These are the key findings of the report “Software: A €910 billion Catalyst for the EU Economy” published today by BSA | The Software Alliance, incorporating data and economic impact assessment conducted by The Economist Intelligence Unit. Read more

En 10 ans, le taux d’utilisation de logiciels sans licence en France a baissé de 13 points de pourcentage, ce qui représente la baisse la plus forte pour un pays d’Europe de l’Ouest. Mais en dépit de cette amélioration, ce score demeure quand même supérieur à la moyenne de l’Europe de l’Ouest (28%), la France étant par ailleurs le pays où le marché des logiciels illicites est le plus important en termes de valeur, avec une estimation de 1,8 milliard d’euros. Read more

Twenty-two percent of software installed on computers in the UK in 2015 was not properly licensed, a drop of two percentage points since 2013, according to the latest Global Software Survey from BSA | The Software Alliance. Read more