Have you received a software vendor audit request?
Software vendors have a legal right to audit their software. Understand your software audit clause and be prepared.
A software vendor audit by any of the tier 1 vendors (Oracle, Microsoft, IBM, and more) is an unwelcome surprise. In the last 12 months, 65% of our enterprise customers received audit letters from their tier 1 vendors.
Software vendors are within their rights to request a license audit, and any discovered breach of compliance can result in significant unexpected costs and in some sectors, regulatory fines. Common triggers for an audit include cloud migration, mergers, acquisitions and divestments, a large software procurement or conversely, no procurement activity.
Audit defence by vendor
Our approach to defending against software vendor audits
Our software asset management methodology, Control, underpins all our licensing consultancy engagements, including helping organisations prepare for and defend against software audits from Oracle, Microsoft, IBM and many other vendors.
This proven SAM process helps reduce financial risk, avoid unnecessary costs and remove much of the operational burden and disruption that software audits can place on your business.
82% financial risk reduction
£17m to £100k
£5.8m identified risks
Diagnosis
Discovery, baseline and optimisation
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How to prepare for an enterprise software vendor audit
Software vendor audits are on the increase. How do you prepare for software license audit or react to a request?
Your response at this point is critical to a successful software vendor audit outcome.
Get ready with our recent fireside chat with Jason Pepper, Head of SAM Practice, as he highlights some of the key actions and activities to consider as part of your software vendor audit preparation and action plan:
