14Aug
What If I Discover Unlicensed IBM Software on My Servers?
Software license compliance is a task that typically requires constant vigilance. Despite a CIO’s best efforts, it is almost inevitable that software will be deployed on a company’s computers at some point without having the...
13Aug
Don’t Short-Sheet the Internal Analysis in an IBM Audit
One of the most critical steps of any business faces in any software audit is conducting an internal analysis of deployments to entitlements, preferably before any audit data is shared with the auditors. That internal...
12Aug
When an Audit is Not an Audit, Think Twice About Participating
In the software licensing world, all audits are not created equal. On one hand are the “true,” contractual audits. Here, the applicable license agreement gives the software publisher the right, usually upon notice and sometimes...
7Aug
Software Audit Risks – What Are the Chances Your Company will be Next?
There is a set of related questions our software-audit clients frequently ask us that boil down to variations on one or more of the following: Why am I being audited? What if anything did I...
2Aug
Don’t Take Your NDA for Granted During Software Audits
Many businesses expend far too little effort in securing appropriate non-disclosure agreements during software audits. Some businesses even wholly overlook NDAs during the audit process, believing that they have no leverage to demand reasonable protections...
1Aug
Top Three Revisions to Request in Software License Audit Clauses
Large companies that invest heavily in software licensing are familiar with the extremely one-sided nature of most software license audit clauses. It is a pleasant surprise when such clauses do not give software publishers rights...
