The Tech Contracts Handbook: Cloud Computing Agreements, Software Licenses, and Other IT Contracts for Lawyers and Businesspeople, Third Edition

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This is the best book on the contract terms and guidance on when and how to use the terms.

With the advent of cloud computing came new ways of selling software services. These new distribution models require a new way of thinking about the terms in our subscription agreements. Dave Tollen has a knack for teaching these nuances in an easy to understand way. This guide comes highly recommended for all software executives.

Useful and up to date. The clause examples are great!

This book is a fabulous resource for in-house counsel and contract managers. The book is well organized so you can quickly find helpful information about almost any type of clause in a technology contract. I often turn to this book when I am reviewing a contract or writing one myself. Highly recommended!

David Tollen writes, guides, informs, and leads as strongly in this book as he does as practicing technology contracts expert. This is a must read for anyone who is serious about playing a role in technology deal making. The world of contracts and partnering between tech firms and their customers has evolved massively over the last 15 years - and Tollen’s book helps innovators win where it matters.

So far, this seems like a good reference book. Unfortunately, I went to look up "insurance" provisions, and found that the Index abruptly ends with the letter "d" at "data, customer…derived, 118" on page 366. Printing error? Good indexes are important for a reference book.

As a non-lawyer I have found this book very helpful. What it does well is cover all the key sections you may want in a IT contract with drafting options and some explanation of key concepts, pros-cons, and 'why'. It's a great book to have alongside you as an aide memoire even though just about any contract you do is likely to have much more sophisticated/detailed drafting. It's written in an American legal style and law as you'd expect but the 'why' is the same for England and Wales law and in my opinion the drafting can transfer with a few stylistic changes.

Useful and simple guide to understand IT contracts.

Great book for clearing concepts

A crisp, no-nonsense guide to the deals that drive the digital world—Tollen turns complex clauses into clear strategies for building trust in tech transactions.