When systems engineers build or repair computer software or hardware, they need consistent processes in place to keep it running smoothly. Configuration management is the name for this set of ...

Microsoft is king of the software audit with Oracle a distant second, according to a report by Flexera. Flexera's 2022 State of ITAM Report found that 46% of respondents were audited by Microsoft for ...

Software audits are a fact of life for the modern enterprise. While nothing can stop a vendor from auditing, IT managers should prepare for the possibility of an audit by shifting from a defensive to ...

'Truing up' licenses amounts to billions of dollars in revenue for the major software makers. Here's where the money goes -- and how it's extracted When the software audit request came from Adobe two ...

Entering the post-pandemic era, and faced with an uncertain economy, many software vendors have been looking for sources of additional revenue, and they have found it—through customer software audits.

Virtually every organization has some form of IT infrastructure and software licensing. For many, the cost to license software is in the tens of millions of dollars, and it’s obviously a vital part of ...