What's your level of non-compliance risk?
Is your organization in danger of being out of compliance with your software licensing agreements? Before dismissing this threat, or pushing the panic button, enterprise leaders should consider a short list of questions prepared by leading industry consultant. Gartner, Inc., to determine if their organization is at a high risk of non-compliance with their software licensing:
- How long has it been since a meeting was held on contract compliance and asset management?
- Does the CIO know who is responsible for ITAM?
- Are personnel trained in software license negotiation managing the technology contracts?
- Is there centralized technology procurement within the enterprise?
- How long has it been since a desktop audit was performed?
- Are asset management projects funded?
- Does the enterprise have written procedures on software procurement processes?
- Does the enterprise have written policies on software licenses that are not legally procured?
Gartner suggests that if your...
