Software licensing compliance assessment
Elevate your software licensing compliance with our Software Licensing Compliance Assessments, covering 500+ software vendors from industry giants like Microsoft, Oracle, IBM, SAP to specialty vendors. Uncover comprehensive insights, mitigate risks, and make informed decisions, ensuring compliance, unlocking strategic benefits, and laying the foundation for further optimization of your software landscape.
Your business challenges
Software Asset Visibility Challenges
Navigating the complex landscape of changing and dynamic IT environments, coupled with complex licensing terms, poses difficulties in maintaining clear software asset visibility.
Licensing Incompliance Risks
The complexity often leads to licensing incompliance, risking audits, financial penalties, and legal issues.
Time-Intensive Management
Inefficient software asset management consumes time and resources, impacting overall operational efficiency of an organization.
Inefficient Resource Utilization
Unused and underutilized software licenses result in unnecessary expenses, and waste of resources.
Compliance Risks
Inaccurate tracking poses legal and financial risks during audits, emphasizing the need for precision
Lack of Visibility
without clear, actionable insights into software usage, strategic decision-making becomes challenging.
Overhead Costs
Manual tracking methods incur high labor costs and are prone to errors.
Strategic Misalignment
Misalignment between IT asset management and business objectives hinder organizational efficiency.
Upcoming major software vendor contract renewals
Time-consuming, frustrating, stressful, complex renewals pose risks and missed optimization opportunities.
Our Solution
Our Software Licensing Compliance Assessment provides a detailed examination of software entitlements, comparing what you are entitled to with actual deployments, ensuring efficiency and identifying areas for optimization. Uncover discrepancies between your organization's actual software usage and the purchased licenses, preventing overuse or unauthorized software usage. This assessment not only ensures compliance but also serves as a foundation for future optimization scenarios.
Our standard delivery process:
- Set scope - select the software vendors for evaluation, typically focusing on one or multiple top vendors that significantly contribute to the client's software spend.
- Set goals - identify desired outcomes, ranging from compliance risk assessments, preparation for renewals, contract negotiation, audit defense, to supporting future optimization and rationalization goals
- Execute and measure - collecting the necessary data, carrying out the analysis, continuously measuring progress to achieve goals successfully.
Your benefits and deliverables
Benefits:
- Enhanced Compliance Assurance - adherence to licensing agreements, mitigating risks associated with audits, legal implications, and potential financial penalties.
- Informed Decision-Making - comprehensive insights into your licensing compliance position, empowering strategic decisions and preventing unnecessary expenses.
- Strategic Optimization Opportunities - potential areas for optimization, unlocking strategic benefits and maximizing the value derived from software investments.
- Time Savings - streamlined processes and efficient assessments save valuable time, allowing you to focus on core business functions.
- Hassle-Free Compliance - our service ensures a stress-free approach to compliance, managing the complexities of software licensing compliance.
Deliverables:
- Comprehensive Assessment Report: A detailed analysis of your organization's licensing compliance status, providing explanations and insights.
- Risk Mitigation Recommendations: Identified strengths, weaknesses, and actionable recommendations to mitigate compliance risks.
- Potential next steps e.g. possible optimization scenarios and priorities
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