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This process is where you create your ELPs! Whether is an internal review or a software vendor audit the basic process is the same.
Vendor audits aren’t the only reason to create an ELP! A regular cycle of formal ELPs, preferably performed by an independent 3rd party, is a way of assuring that your SAM operational processes are effective and that you are successfully maintaining software licensing compliance.
This process is all about accurate inventory data to be used to match the entitlement data for use in the license pool management process.
This process will provide you with a lifebelt to ensure software audits are as painless as possible for you AND your organisation.
Compliance is a point-in-time concept: Any compliance report produced is subject to the mercy of changes to the IT estate driven via IMAC activities (Installs, Moves, Additions and Changes). Therefore, compliance should be viewed within a band or scale of…
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