Alliances Awards & Honors Careers @ Miro Case Studies In The News Leadership References Value Company Leadership Miro Consulting, Inc. specializes in Adobe, IBM, Microsoft, and Oracle audit defense, license optimization, contract negotiation and software license management. Since 2000, Miro has helped hundreds of organizations optimize their total cost of ownership and has overseen over $1.5 billion in licensing transactions. Core Purpose: To deliver critical insight and unique, unrivaled software licensing strategies. Scott D. Rosenberg President & CEO Eliot Arlo […]
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90% of all audit letters sent in 2012 were the result of tips from whistle-blowers, according to the BSA.
We have been giving many examples of companies that had to shell out to vendors after being audited and caught by the BSA. Most of them have been overseas so it didn’t hit as close to home as these next two examples will: Mueller Services, Inc., of Tonawanda, NY paid $62,270 to settle claims that it had unlicensed copies of Adobe and Microsoft software installed on its computers. The tip came in through the BSA’s reporting website anonymously. Bankers Warranty […]
Software asset management involves staying on top of compliance. SOX compels CEOs and CFOs to attest to reporting clean financials and reporting material changes regularly. Here’s the gotcha moment: SOX also requires them to be compliant with copyright law, which is what gives teeth to vendor audits by the likes of Oracle, Microsoft, Adobe and many of our beloved enterprise software vendors. So in the spirit of CYA, ensure that you have what you need to be compliant. All leading […]
This time the poor saps were XMCO Inc., based in Michigan. They paid out $70,000 in a settlement for unlicensed copies of Adobe, Corel and Microsoft products. On top of the 70K, they agreed to delete all unlicensed copies of software on theircomputers, purchase any licenses necessary to become compliant, and commit to implementing stronger software license management practices. A more extreme case includes jail time. In Austin, Texas, a 24 year old was sentenced to three years in federal […]
Microsoft is certainly seen as one of the top 3 software companies (right up there with Adobe, Oracle and SAP). But, unlike most other software, they have a monopoly on the market with products that perform “good enough” for most users to get by. Now, I know that the department of justice said that Microsoft doesn’t have a monopoly, but then how do you explain how Microsoft Office is deployed in nearly every PC and laptop sold in the U.S.? […]
We recently blogged about two UK companies – RedPC and Overclockers – getting in trouble with the BSA over alleged software piracy. CRN in the UK recently wrote a follow-up story to the original news report about the BSA‘s aggressive procedures claiming they were taking these companies to court for simply not filling in a form. As we have said before, being audited by a software vendor or an organization like the BSA is nothing to joke about – if […]