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Software Compliance: Understanding and Managing Software Compliance Issues
sponsored by CompuCom Systems, Inc.
Posted:  29 Oct 2007
Published:  01 Aug 2007
Format:  PDF
Length:  13   Page(s)
Type:  White Paper
Language:  English


ABSTRACT:
Regardless of how a software audit is initiated, the process is rarely anticipated and often results in valuable resource loss. Beyond the resource strain, software audits require additional expenses to deploy asset management services to prevent future compliance breaches. This paper presents a risk assessment survey to help determine if your organization can adhere to a software compliance audit and what level of risk it faces.

Read this paper to learn six steps for enabling software management and how your organization can ensure it has the documentation to withstand an audit, including:

  • Review existing software licensing agreements
  • Take an inventory of existing IT assets
  • Compare inventory to purchasing records to determine problematic areas
  • Uninstall noncompliant software
  • Implement management policies for use and license compliance
  • Maintain new standards and processes


Author

Lori Henry Thompson
Sales Operations Manager ,  CompuCom Systems, Inc.
For more than 16 years, Lori Henry Thompson has been implementing software asset management solutions, including processes, strategies and software procurement, licensing, and contract negotiation tactics for CompuCom’s largest clients. She has performed numerous software asset assessments that have assisted clients in uncovering thousands of dollars of savings and greatly reduced their financial and legal compliance risk. Through her practical experience working with a variety of customers from various industries such as financial, hospitality, Internet networking and retail, Lori has been instrumental in developing, and delivering CompuCom’s proprietary Cost Optimization Review (COR) methodology.



BROWSE RELATED RESOURCES
Compliance Audits | Inventory Management | Software Asset Management | Software Best Practices | Software Implementation | Software Licensing | Software Project Management

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