Software Strategies provides a focused range of e-Infrastructure strategies, technologies, economics and directions research and analysis services for three communities of customers:

• Enterprise IT Users - Directors, managers, and senior staff from IT and business in enterprise IT user firms.
• Enterprise e-Infrastructure Vendors - Directors, managers, and senior staff from enterprise IT vendors.
• Business and Technology Press and Media - Editors, journalists, and freelancers from the technology and business press and media.

We focus our Research and Analysis specifically on the core e-Infrastructure for enterprise computing. Over the last several years, we have served dozens of the leading Enterprise Vendors, hundreds of Enterprise Users, and also hosted and worked closely with many influential Media Organisations.

Our Web site is organised with these three communities in mind, and for maximum benefit, we recommend that you Register with us under the most appropriate community for your needs.

The "Public View" of our Web site - which is available to you when you first visit us - provides only a small subset of the extensive Products and Services offered by Software Strategies. For example, you can see our Events but you cannot enrol for individual Events. Likewise you can view on-line an illustrative example of a White Paper we have written, but cannot download it, nor access our valuable library of other White Papers.

A summary of the advantages of registration for each community of customers are:

Press and Media Services

Copyright
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Disclaimer
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No liability can be accepted by Software Strategies, its directors or employees for any loss occasioned to any person or entity acting or failing to act as a result of anything contained in or omitted from the content of this web site, or our conclusions as stated.

The materials are provided "as is" without any express or implied warranty of any kind including warranties of merchantability, non infringement of Software Strategies intellectual property, or fitness for any particular purpose. In no event shall Software Strategies or its suppliers be liable for any damages whatsoever (including, without limitation, damages for loss of profits, business interruption, loss of information) arising out of the use of or inability to use the materials, even if Software Strategies has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Because some jurisdictions prohibit the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, the Above limitation may not apply to you. Software Strategies and its suppliers further do not warrant the accuracy or completeness of the information, text, graphics, links or other items contained within these materials. Software Strategies may make changes to these materials, or to the products described therein, at any time without notice. Software Strategies makes no commitment to update the Materials.

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• Digital damage both direct and indirect, any consequential loss arising as well as specific exclusion of liability for loss of data, revenues and business contracts:

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  ii. Software Strategies excludes any warranty as to the quality of any software downloaded on request or automatically by executable code and exclude warranty for its fitness for purpose.

  iii. The Web site controller is not liable for any damage caused by software on code attached to its software.

• Negligent misstatement to the viewer or any third party:

  i. This disclaimer includes disclaimer of responsibility for damages for misstatement.

  ii. Web site or forum postings do not indicate any assumption of responsibility to the viewer or reader.

  iii. The wording or graphics on the site or any postings are not provided for any specific or generally described purpose

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