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According to a recent post by R. “Ray” Wang at A Software Insider’s Point of View, vendor software audits have increased by 32 percent since the first quarter of 2008 (the latest recession undoubtedly drove a lot of this increase). Further, Gartner recently reported that 61% of its customers have been audited by software [...]
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In the previous post in our six-part series on understanding the FedITAM Framework, we covered the questions that the GSA recommends answering as part of purchase management, one of which touched on contract terms and clauses. But because it’s such a complicated, error-prone, and potentially costly part of the overall Continue Reading →
The FedITAM Framework, the GSA’s (rhyming) strategy for ”ensuring that information, assets, people, and processes are adequately detected, protected and connected across the federal government” covers six IT asset management process areas:
Approving software and hardware Managing the buy Managing contract compliance Monitoring inventory usage Complying with policies and standards [...]
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As mentioned in a previous post, the FedITAM Framework is the GSA’s answer to the burden of cost-effective IT asset management in an increasingly complex and fragmented public sector IT environment. Over the next few weeks, we’ll take a closer look at each of the six process areas addressed by [...]
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Our reliance on technology is greater than ever before. Which means, for most companies (particularly large enterprises), countless software applications, from countless different vendors exist across the business. And while all these different solutions each contribute to company efficiency in their own way, managing all those vendors can create many, many headaches for those in [...]
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The number of software vendor audits is on the rise, according to The ITAM Review, who – in a recent survey – found that 78 percent of respondents had been subject to a vendor audit in the past year. In fact, many companies polled had experienced multiple audits in the past 12 months.
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Software license management is a critical IT activity, helping companies ensure that they are in full compliance with vendor contracts at all times, so they can avoid potential fines and penalties during a license audit. Yet, many companies mistakenly believe that tracking license keys (the number located on a sticker on the back of [...]
Continue Reading →Software metering is an important technology discipline that helps companies set and enforce software installation and usage polices across their entire business. It spans several key activities, including software license management, planning and allocation, and real-time application monitoring, to ensure optimum value from software investments, while facilitating full compliance.
The key to effective software metering [...]
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