Category: Software audit

Miro Consulting at 2014 World of IT Financial Management!

July 10, 2014July 11, 2014 Scott D. RosenbergCompliance, Contract Lifecycle management, Contract Negotiations, Cost Containment/Negotiation, licensing, Microsoft, Microsoft Licensing Compliance, Miro News, Oracle Licensing Compliance, software asset management, Software audit, software licenseLeave a Comment

Next week, Miro’s Tim Hegegus will be presenting at the 2014 World of IT Financial Management on Optimizing Software License Investments. If you happen to be attending or in the area check it out! More details below!

Another day, another BSA fine

June 26, 2014June 24, 2014 Scott D. RosenbergCompliance, Software audit, software licenseLeave a Comment

The BSA just found an engineering design company to be non-compliant with their Autodesk software – resulting in a payout of over $50,000.

Can you prevent or circumvent a Microsoft audit?

June 17, 2014December 30, 2013 Tim HegedusMicrosoft, Microsoft Licensing Tip, software asset management, Software audit, software licenseLeave a Comment

We are constantly asked how to prevent an audit from Microsoft. We wish we could have this really profound, interesting answer, but we don’t. There is no magic trick or piece of software that prevents an audit. The only two things you can do are (1) be prepared and (2) manage the audit as soon as you are notified.

Microsoft Audits: Enterprise Agreements doesn’t offer protection anymore

March 26, 2014 Tim HegedusMicrosoft, Microsoft Enterprise Agreements, Microsoft Licensing Compliance, Software auditLeave a Comment

While Microsoft Enterprise Agreements may have previously afforded some protection from an audit, that is no longer the case. Microsoft audits can happen to anyone now.

Two Upcoming Webinars – Microsoft and Oracle Live Q&As – Sign up now!

March 3, 2014 Scott D. RosenbergMicrosoft, Microsoft Licensing Compliance, Microsoft Licensing Tip, Microsoft Software Assurance, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft: News You Can Use, Miro News, Oracle license, Oracle Licensing Compliance, Oracle Licensing Tip, Oracle: News You Can Use, Software audit, software licenseLeave a Comment

Sign up today for our next two Live Q&A Webinars – and get your questions in early to ensure that we can get to them. Looking forward to “seeing” you there!

Adobe Audits…..

April 29, 2013April 29, 2013 Scott D. RosenbergSoftware auditLeave a Comment

Catch tomorrow’s webinar…. 1 PM Register here.

Keep Your Receipts – Auditors are Sticklers!

April 10, 2013April 9, 2013 Scott D. RosenbergCompliance, Microsoft, Microsoft Licensing Compliance, Microsoft: News You Can Use, software asset management, Software auditLeave a Comment

One small thing that could make or break you – having proof of purchases for your software products/licenses.

IBM Joins BSA

January 25, 2013January 18, 2013 Scott D. Rosenbergsoftware asset management, Software auditLeave a Comment

IBM is the among the 40 software vendors to be a part of the Business Software Alliance (BSA)

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