License Reconciliation Service

Ensuring full software compliancy

It is imperative for organisations to understand what software is deployed and equally important to understand exactly what software is actually used within an organisation before making any investments or changes.

A Software Asset Management Solution can answer these questions, but this does not collate past information to determine current licensing status. Insight's License Reconciliation Service (LRS) can deliver this visibility.

The Solution

The LRS process involves comparing the installed and used software products with existing software license entitlement, providing comprehensive reports and recommended actions to ensure full compliance.

The Process

Inventory

As part of the LRS process, Insight Client Solutions helps you achieve a high quality technical inventory. Insight also helps you collate all the license information within the company, usually starting with the purchase history information.

Reconciliation

This stage is carried out in two steps: (i) Consolidating all the license information to the usable licenses (ii) Reconciling usable licenses with the installed software products. This reconciliation takes into consideration all of the licensing intricacies which can exist (for example Up-/Downgrade and Technology guarantee).

Preliminary Report

The results of the reconciliation stage are then collated into a report and Insight will provide advice on how best to address any gaps in your software compliance which are now visible.

Consolidation

The consolidation phase involves the client implementing the agreed actions in-house.

Second Reconciliation - Final Report

After updating the data, Insight Client Solutions will perform a second reconciliation and produce a final report to accurately document your compliancy status and provide the basis to procure additional licenses if required.

Vendor Acceptance

Many clients require certification about compliance status. All of the major software vendors accept Insight Client Solution's LRS process as proof of being licensed correctly and some will certify this status officially.

The Benefits

Transparency

• Knowing your exact licensing status
• A base for implementing a SAM solution

Financial

• Knowledge to negotiate new license contracts
• Purchasing only the licenses you really require

Legal

• A documented base to show the exact license situation
• The starting point for any accreditation process, such as ISO

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