The benefits of Software Auditing

Often the focus of software auditing has been on the statutory and legal issues involved. Yet, the business benefits are equally important. Software auditing allows you to:

• Ensure you always receive the support and upgrades you are entitled to from suppliers
• Reduce the risk of viruses entering your systems through unauthorised or rogue software that may have been downloaded by staff without your knowledge or approval
• Increase business continuity by not basing critical business functions on unstable unlicensed software
• Know exactly what software is being used and by whom
• Easily identify if users have software they don't need that can be reassigned rather than new software purchased
• Improve planning by knowing when software becomes obsolete and what new software is needed to replace it
• Increase your purchasing clout with your key software partners
• Ease the process of merger and acquisition by ensuring there is no software duplication and you are not paying for more licenses than you need
• Lower the risks of being caught using illegal software

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