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$30 million. That’s the bill that arrived for one organization after a recent SAP audit. Oh, and it only had four weeks to respond to SAP. In the end, SHI helped the customer talk SAP down [...]

In my first post in the calculating product audit risk (PAR) series, I discussed how organizations should have two different strategies for managing their overall software estate. For the set of [...]

This post is part of a three-part series on ghost assets. The vast majority of IT environments are haunted. Large-scale infrastructures, by virtue of their operational requirements, value high [...]

When it comes to compliance risk, we suggest that organizations craft two very different strategies for their overall software estate. Depending on the software, companies should either manage [...]

Managing all the hardware and software assets for an enterprise workforce is no easy feat. A large organization must manage thousands or tens of thousands of employee devices, all of which are [...]

If your organization always wants the latest and greatest products and most up-to-date support, chances are you buy your software and hardware maintenance from various manufacturers. The question [...]

We recently calculated the costs and compliance risks of under-licensing software. But using more licenses than you're paying for shouldn't be your organization's only concern. Almost every [...]

The cloud's accessibility makes it irresistible to end users working under tight deadlines (which, let's face it, is virtually everyone). Order a virtual machine (VM) this morning and you can [...]

When it comes to software licensing compliance, manufacturers are stepping up their game. All the major software vendors are ramping up their audit frequency. Gartner and other industry pundits [...]