Software License Compliance

Question 1

Which of the 4 characteristics of agile IT does the 1E Software Licenses Compliance solution address primarily?

Answer 1

Lean

Question 2

Why are software audits so popular among software vendors?

Answer 2

Software audits deliver up to 30% of the vendor’s annual revenue, without having to sell anything new.

Question 3

Why do organizations find it increasingly difficult to understand their license compliance position?

Answer 3

1) Vendor licensing models are becoming more complex to capitalise on server virtualization and the use of cloud-based applications
2) Traditionoal ITAM tools do not include the required intelligence to determine compliance confidently in the complex computing environments of today

Question 4

Gartner has been tracking license audit activity through surveys since 2009, when 54% of respondents were audited. What percentage of respondents had been audited in 2014?

Answer 4

68%

Question 5

Which of the following are features of the 1E Software License Compliance solution?

Answer 5

1) AN ISO 19770-3 compliance repository of all aspects of software licesnes
2) Analysis of data that includes identifying the gaps - missing information that may impact license liability
3) Compliance reporting by vendor and product

Question 6

What is significant about how the 1E Software License Compliance solution calculates license demand?

Answer 6

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Question 7

Why are systems management tools like Microsoft Configuration solution calculates license demand?

Answer 7

It combines several aspects of license intelligence for any given product, analysis of what information is missing and consolidaated inventory from sveral possible sources

Question 8

Why are systems management tools like Microsoft Configuration Manager typically inadequate in determining license compliance in today’s computing environments?

Answer 8

They count product installations and do not take any other license metrics into account

Question 9

Which of the following statements about ISO 19770-3 is true?

Answer 9

ISO 19770-3 defines a standard schedma that encapsulates the details of software rights, limitations and metrics to determine entitlement and was co-editied by 1E’s Jason Keogh

Question 10

Why would a customer choose aa Software License Compliance solution for 1E?

Answer 10

1) 1E provides the world’s first ISO 19770-3 entitlement repository and employs the co-editor of the standard

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2)1E understands the complexity of Enterprise IT and licenseing for large organizations