As organisations become more and more reliant on software within their IT infrastructure, it’s important to follow the licensing rules and regulations set by the software vendor. At Mirus we realise the importance of complying with the rules of licensing and continuing to follow a code of practice for Software Asset Management (SAM).

Software Asset Management is a comprehensive strategy that has to be addressed from top to bottom in an organisation to be effective, to minimize risk. A FREE licensing / software compliance audit is an important sub-set of Software Asset Management and is covered in the above referenced standards. At its simplest it involves the following:

• Identification of Software Assets
• Verifying the Software Assets including licenses, usage, and rights
• Identifying gaps that may exist between what exists on the installations, and the licenses possessed, and the rights of usage
• Taking action to close any gaps
• Recording the results in a centralised location with Proof of Purchase records

The audit process itself should be a continuing action, and modern SAM software identifies what is installed, where it is installed, its usage, and provides a reconciliation of this discovery against usage.

Mirus use the latest reporting technology to gather information about an organisations licensing and software. This is a very useful means of controlling software installations and lowering the costs of licensing. Large organisations could not do this without discovery and inventory applications.

From time to time Mirus perform internal and external audits through a forensic approach to establish what is installed on the computers in an organisation with the purpose of ensuring that it is all legal and authorised and to ensure that its process of processing transactions or events is correct.

If you would like to discuss your organisations licensing and arrange for an audit to be completed, please contact a member of our team on 01908 268730 or sales@mirus-it.com.