Licence Management - LICENCEdirect
Taking the headache of compliance off your hands
Your Software represents a significant investment, but often controlling and accounting for these assets is ignored. Over time, the intangible, out of sight, out of mind nature of software licenses make them almost impossible to maintain or manage in any enterprise. And as time progresses and the technical implementation of the enterprise evolves, your investment in software assets becomes increasingly more complex.
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- Internet access with the ability to download and install software by technical resources
- Constant changes to licensing methodologies and metrics used by software providers
- The evolution of technical architecture used within the enterprise
- Project demands to go live ahead of time and within budget; software compliance is often and after thought
- Internal/External Auditor demands increasing as compliance becomes an acute business driver
The problems of under-licensing…
With licences purchased for different functions and departments throughout the year, it’s difficult to keep track of exactly what licences are held and when they should be renewed. Plus, with software downloads being easily accessible with limited controls, coupled with the fact that much of the functionality is standard across the different versions of software, businesses regularly fall foul of misunderstanding what their technical teams have installed.
What’s more, with new rules and regulations such as Sarbanes Oxley and European Directives clamping down on illegal practices, auditing and compliance is a significant business-control mechanism, and correct licensing falls within the auditors remit.
This complexity in management and maintenance not only produces unnecessary waste and redundancy but, should under-licensing be identified by the software provider, organisations are at risk from potential legal proceedings if not rectified within a certain time-frame. Moreover, the accompanying negative PR as well as back-payments for un-licensed software usage are a further unwelcome price to be paid.
… and over-licensing
Failing to understand your licence estate can also mean you are paying for support on old licences that are no longer required!
DSP recommend on your license reconciliation when you need software moves, software adds, software deletions – DSP will maintain and manage your software changes processes in your organisation.
LICENCEdirect offers:
For further information Contact DSP today to discuss any Licensing issues or questions that you may have.
With licences purchased for different functions and departments throughout the year, it’s difficult to keep track of exactly what licences are held and when they should be renewed. Plus, with software downloads being easily accessible with limited controls, coupled with the fact that much of the functionality is standard across the different versions of software, businesses regularly fall foul of misunderstanding what their technical teams have installed.
What’s more, with new rules and regulations such as Sarbanes Oxley and European Directives clamping down on illegal practices, auditing and compliance is a significant business-control mechanism, and correct licensing falls within the auditors remit.
This complexity in management and maintenance not only produces unnecessary waste and redundancy but, should under-licensing be identified by the software provider, organisations are at risk from potential legal proceedings if not rectified within a certain time-frame. Moreover, the accompanying negative PR as well as back-payments for un-licensed software usage are a further unwelcome price to be paid.
… and over-licensing
Failing to understand your licence estate can also mean you are paying for support on old licences that are no longer required!
DSP recommend on your license reconciliation when you need software moves, software adds, software deletions – DSP will maintain and manage your software changes processes in your organisation.
LICENCEdirect offers:
- Bespoke report detailing a company-wide licence register
- Systemic scripts to gather your current Oracle utilisation
- Utilisation against actual licenses
- Advice on how old metrics can be migrated to current metrics
- Quarterly service to update your software assets
- Recommendations on current and future licensing
- Resolving support lapses or where any licenses have expired on your behalf
For further information Contact DSP today to discuss any Licensing issues or questions that you may have.
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