21 Jan

Software Licence Audits - survive and take advantage

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↵Avoid expensive software audit settlements and penalties

A recent IDC survey shows that 63% of companies in North America and Europe were audited for “software licence compliance” last year, where one third paid more than £200,000 for audit settlements and penalties.

03 Oct

ITAM Podcast - Getting started with IBM Licensing

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(To listen, press the play button above)

Eric Chiu, Director of FIAC was recently interviewed by the ITAM Review where he shared insights and useful tips on managing IBM licences and IBM audits

Discussion topics:

The main IBM technology stacks
Common IBM License types including:
- Capacity of hardware, PVU
- User based licensing
- Storage capacity

31 Jul

Be careful, the software police are coming for you

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Under the name of "Revenue Protection", most software publishers have been checking on their customers to ensure that they have not used more software than paid for, a practice known as Software Licence Compliance (SLC) audits.

01 May

Insight into IBM Licence Audits at the British Computer Society

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We were invited to present at BCS’s SAM Conference and share our experience dealing with IBM licence compliance audits.

To learn more about the event click here and to download our presentation click here