Brien Posey recently published an article about “5 Reasons Software License Tracking Hardens Your Organization” for IT Pro Today. Our team could not agree more.
We previously talked about license tracking and how crucial it is for compliance (see here). When new licenses are purchased or renewals negotiated, it is incumbent on the manager to have good historical and forecast data. If the manager is new, they may have no data, may not have access to the previous negotiation history of contractual entitlements.
Without contractual documents, discount agreements, PO’s, payment schedules, geographic entitlements can all sit-in different IT document systems making it difficult to build a complete picture, or worse, be locked/lost when a manager leaves the company.
Therefore, you must centralize and share all Vendor and usage data, but with ability to set access permissions. With this, a new manage can pick up where the old manager left off.
Brien talks about who has ownership of the software running on networked devices (See more about solutions by job function).
He also talks about the importance of innovation. We have recently had many discussions at TeamEDA about the need for innovation and that companies must adapt and think about the best ways to innovate to survive and flourish in this challenging time. How can engineering teams innovate and optimize their processes?
We previously talked about license tracking and how crucial it is for compliance (see here). When new licenses are purchased or renewals negotiated, it is incumbent on the manager to have good historical and forecast data. If the manager is new, they may have no data, may not have access to the previous negotiation history of contractual entitlements.
Without contractual documents, discount agreements, PO’s, payment schedules, geographic entitlements can all sit-in different IT document systems making it difficult to build a complete picture, or worse, be locked/lost when a manager leaves the company.
Therefore, you must centralize and share all Vendor and usage data, but with ability to set access permissions. With this, a new manage can pick up where the old manager left off.
Brien talks about who has ownership of the software running on networked devices (See more about solutions by job function).
He also talks about the importance of innovation. We have recently had many discussions at TeamEDA about the need for innovation and that companies must adapt and think about the best ways to innovate to survive and flourish in this challenging time. How can engineering teams innovate and optimize their processes? See more.
License asset and usage monitoring also make employees more productive and we have seen that with companies we have worked with.
Overall, Brien has many tips and great overview. Make sure to check it out!