Software Audit Readiness

In a down economy software audits become more frequent as many publishers try to offset falling license revenues with true-up revenues from existing customers.  Even if think you’re in full compliance, if you don’t have compelling documentary evidence, an audit can tie up valuable IT resources for up to a year.  And if you don’t have an optimized software license management solution in place you’re at the mercy of the vendor and may end up over-paying for the “true-up.”

Customers using ManageSoft Enterprise Compliance Manager have cut audit preparation time from months to a few days, and in one case cut audit time from a year to a week.  Wouldn’t you rather have your IT staff doing productive work for the next year?

The three levels of software license compliance