Software Licence Management

Most companies neither have the time, nor the inclination to become experts in software licence management. However understanding your software position is critical to the ongoing healthy operation of your business – particularly as software licensing is often the largest section of the IT budget.

Trustmarque can help you choose the best way to monitor your software use. We have found that the establishment of good software licence management practices has revolutionised the way in which organisations can realise best value in their software purchases. In fact, organisations who adopt best practices with Trustmarque’s help typically achieve up to 25 percent cost savings annually.

Gaining Control of your Software Licences

Put simply, there are thee key reasons why good software licence management is essential: cost avoidance, compliance, and change and complexity:

Cost Avoidance – reducing total expenditure is a priority for IT departments. Organisations need to ensure they are not procuring any unnecessary licences, fully utilising all their software and not paying for needless support and maintenance.

Compliance – alongside the regulatory driver, software vendors see compliance as their route to new licence sales and are taking a zero tolerance approach to illegal software usage.

Change and Complexity – technology change is creating more complexity making it difficult for companies to keep current. Plus managing new technologies such as cloud computing, virtualisation and SaaS is no easy task.