While many software vendors run software license audits on customers, there are some key differences customers should be mindful of when it comes to IBM, according to a new report from advisory firm ...

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 ...

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 ...

More and more companies are being audited by their software vendors—and the penalties can be costly. This list of to-do’s will help firms avoid such audits. The 80/20 rule applies, especially to ...

Auditing is, at best, a cumbersome and time-consuming engagement. Whether it’s an audit of internal controls, or one to produce audited financial statements, there’s always a fairly complex and time- ...

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 ...