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----------------------------------------------------------Permission is granted for the below article to forward,reprint, distribute, use for ezine, newsletter, website,offer as free bonus or part of a product for sale as longas no changes a Gone are those times when the companies and the organisations didn't need a hi-tech system to handle them. Owing to the considerable increase in the business sector and thus, an enormous increase in the complexity of the organisational struc
Software is necessary for the companyssuccessful operation. Moreover, it is protected by the Copyright Law. Usingunlicensed software is against the law and unacceptable for a company of anysize. Every IT manager and system administrator has to know, that installingcracked programs leads to serious fines and punishments. To avoid the unpleasantconsequences, they should be aware of what software is used in the company. Of course, this is the systemadministrator who is responsible for the license audit, as he is responsiblefor any problem connected with IT and networks. Come to think of it, it lookslike a war between employees and system administrators. The software inventoryis the main administrators weapon. Usually, despite of all prohibits andorders, employees continue installing the doubtful third-party programs. Thatis why the license audit should beperformed constantly and special programs have to record all the softwareinstallations cases. Surely, you can save money and time on the license audit, and reduce theaccounts rights by prohibiting the installation of any software. But thismeasure has sense in small networks only. For large ones with dozens andhundreds computers, this measure is useless as the system administrator doesnot have time to look after all the companys computers and employees. Also,you can perform the license inventory and audit manually. And again, if thereare dozens PCs on the network, this process can take a lot of time. Besides, it can happen that by the moment you hadchecked the last PC and deleted all the unnecessary programs, they had appearedagain on the first one. The softwarelicense audit helps to discover other occasions, for instance, when, viceversa, the installed software is necessary for employees successful operationand increases his productivity. In this case, the system administrator has todecide, whether this software is essential and, perhaps, the company should purchaseit.Thus, it is useless to prohibit thesoftware installation at all as well as to perform the software audit manually.In this case, there is the only one way out use special automated licenseauditing software. Such programs allow the system administrator to systemizeall the software installed on the network; to trace the program updates, and tobe ready to generate reports for companys manager at any moment. In addition, you will be able to view the licensesperiods of validity, which will allow planning the software expenses moreaccurately.But the license audit is not only thelist of software installed. Every point in this list has to be confirmed withpurchasing documents, which give you the right to install and use the programs.Performing the inventory process, the system administrator has to systemize allthe documents (the accountant department can help with this issue), and shouldbe ready to provide managers with them at call. Of course, this information hasto be always relevant, in order to avoid mistakes and misunderstanding. Thus, the automated softwarelicensing audit process makes the work of any system administrator easier,and protects the company from possible troubles connected with Copyright Lawbreaking.
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