Facing a trying economy and decreasing new license revenue, enterprise software vendors are turning to more frequent license audits to turn up missing revenue. A Gartner survey revealed increasing ...

You don’t have to be pirating software to get in trouble during a compliance audit. “Where companies get ensnared is in the deployment phase. It’s not that they are trying to get away without paying, ...

Perhaps nothing is as heart-stopping as when the IRS auditors come a knockin', but the arrival of software vendors-with their audit checklists and licensing agreements in hand-isn't for the faint of ...

No one likes to be audited. On its own, the word “audit” implies wrongdoing or, at the least, carelessness. Opening the books particularly stings when the subject of an audit believes that every ...

Many organizations still remember the sting of being a victim of the dreaded patent trolls. Patents were granted to encourage, recognize, and reward innovation. Awarding the inventors with a ...

LicenseFortress, a company that provides software license management and audit protection, has announced that Dell Technologies Design Solutions will deliver its solution on Dell Technologies ...

Shrinking IT budgets, fierce competition, and a mature software market have increased the motivation for software publishers (e.g., Microsoft Corp., Adobe Systems Inc., Oracle) to conduct software ...

Quick Summary Managing audits across departments, regulations, and stakeholders can quickly become complex for modern enterprises. This guide cuts through the noise by spotlighting the top seven audit ...