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The reverse click-through EULA to cancel software audits
I was speaking to Jochen Hagenlocher on The ITAM Review podcast recently (My recording with Jochen will go live in the New Year). Jochen shared a smart idea for thwarting audits before they start – The ... -
How could ITAM have helped the Equifax CIO?
The credit rating firm Equifax suffered a security breach resulting in the loss of 140m+ personal financial records. The CEO and CIO stepped down, the share price got hammered – and all because of an unpatched, ... -
Time to kill the EULA? Printer company Lexmark lose supreme court battle
A small victory for basic consumer rights this week as the Supreme Court in the USA voted in favour of Impressions Products regarding use of ink cartridges. If you have bought something legally, most of us ... -
Challenging Vendor Audit Costs
Our organisation has recently gone through a lot of change – we have been bought out by a much larger organisation and are now a division that is being incorporated into a large, enterprise organisation. Whilst ... -
Creating harmonious relationships with software publishers and auditors
How can ITAM professionals create more harmonious and mutually beneficial relationships with software publishers and their auditors? Ahead of the audit defence panel sessions being held at our conferences this year we spoke to some ITAM ... -
Basic ITAM metrics and red flags for auditors
One of my first blog posts on The ITAM Review back in 2008 referred to inventory accuracy and total number of assets. An accurate, up-to-date and dynamic view of the total number of IT hardware assets ... -
Managing Vendor Audits: How to Avoid Getting Lost in the Enterprise IT Abyss
By Walker White, President, BDNA Today’s enterprises are balancing a dynamic IT portfolio, from cloud infrastructure and BYOD to a network of apps and even IoT devices. This complex array of assets makes it critical for ... -
Audits are getting out of hand
In this video. What I learnt at the IBM & SAP Seminar in London last week The state of audits in the software industry An update on Campaign for Clear Licensing activity Support the Campaign and ... -
Effective self audits
In today’s IT world, software publishers are constantly looking at alternative streams of income and protecting their intellectual property. There are a handful of methods to make this happen, one being software license compliance audits. There ...