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One of the most asked questions that we, at The ITAM Review, get asked is “How can I prevent being audited?”. The answer is always the same – you can’t. The best thing any organisation can do is being ‘audit ready’. Being ‘audit ready’ requires a proactive SAM estate,...
Establishing a SAM framework can take a mammoth effort In the final process of the month, we have a process that is all too often missed but can be as vital as the audit and reconciliation process itself, and that is the SAM Process Review Process. Establishing a SAM framework can...
Audit response best practice recommends a Single Point of Contact (SPOC) [Not to be confused with SPOCK!]In today’s IT world, software publishers are constantly looking at alternative streams of income and protecting their intellectual property. There are a handful of methods...
Audits don’t have to be a headache This article has been contributed by Christof Beaupoil, President and Co-founder, Aspera Technologies Inc. Software compliance audits are always an inconvenience for the affected companies, especially when it comes to time and money. In conjunction...
Bernhard Boehler Ahead of the IAITAM Spring Conference taking place in Las Vegas, April 28 – May 1, I interviewed Bernhard Boehler, Co-founder and CEO at Aspera, about his presentation “Audit Defense – What Every CIO Should Know”. In just a few words, tell us what it...
Updated 25th April 2014 – The first version of the Code of Conduct is now live here: http://www.clearlicensing.org/audit-code-conduct/ This code of conduct from the Campaign for Clear Licensing is a first draft. Please leave your comments or contact me to discuss any suggested...
ISACA has this month released news of more than 40 customisable IT audit/assurance programmes, which have been developed to help IT auditors who are facing increasing challenges brought about by “Bring Your Own Device” (BYOD) trends that occur as part of the so-called consumerisation...
Piggybacking Other Projects to Support SAM This article has been contributed by Phil Gillett, Senior Manager in the Software Licensing and Asset Management team at KPMG. How do you spot compelling events within an organization that might lead to a business case for SAM, asks Phil...
WHAT Gartner Local SAM Briefings in Helsinki, Stockholm, London and Lisbon. “A License to Cost Money? – Get Software Costs Under Control!” Summary: What your organization would like to pay for software is not necessarily what it will cost you. Even the best software contract...
This is another article for beginners (See the others in the series here). We discussed in ‘Our Software Licensing Is a Mess – Where do we Start?’ that we ought to use the 80/20 rule to select a low number of specific software vendors to focus on first. On the basis that by...