Features

• Service Type:

  Consulting, Professional Service

• Business Need:

  Asset Management

• Works With:

  Other

• Industry Focus:

  General - Applicable to All

Description

Every organisation has a legal requirement to demonstrate to all software vendors their software compliance position. Insight can provide an audit and reconciliation service which details an organisations compliance per software vendor. This data, in addition to fulfilling any vendor requirements, provides essential data when considering:

- Contract Renewals
- Windows Migration / Application upgrades
- IT Strategy planning
- Mergers and Acquisitions

Our audit and reconciliation can be supplied, if required, with true software metering which helps identify trends of software usage throughout the estate. This intelligence allows for key decisions which can produce significant software licensing and support cost savings.

Insight can provide the following services for which cover a number of key areas within Licence Compliance Services:

- Licence Entitlement Services
- Audit Data Services
- Licence Reconciliation Services
- Help and support through Specific Vendor Programmes

The benefits of gaining visibility of your overall IT estate are:

Transparency
- Visibility of exact licensing status
- Develop a basis for the implementation of a SAM solution
- Potential to standardise software versions across your estate
- Foundation to develop licence management

Financial Aspects
- Basis for licence agreement Negotiations
- Supports vendor true up requirements
- Re-allocation of unused licences throughout the business
- Reduction in software procurement spend as only required licences are purchased

Legal aspects
- Having a documented base to show the exact licence situation