Software Audit; preparation, scope and Support. Several years back in time, the share of audit-penalties was about 20% of the total revenue of a publisher. Currently revenues of penalties of big publishers can exceed 50% of the total income. With the increasing and continuously changing metrics, one might think non-compliance of customers is actually something these publishers are aiming for. You might have the publishers own tooling in place, but these are often full of flaws and report false positives. Publishers will hire an ‘independent’ auditor for what they call a review. For sure these parties will cost money as well, so if an audit is announced, there is usually some suspicion, things are wrong. Leads could be: • A merger or acquisition • A growth in turnover or personnel, but no growth in licenses • An unusual request to sales Publishers will utilize Business Intelligence to scope their targets. You could be next! An average audit will take about 7 months of lead time, and 194 hours of work. Incompliancy is corrected with back-charge against list prices or compensated by products you might not even need. (Usually Cloud). With Q-Advise you have a party with tons of experience defending publisher audits. We will make a thorough inventory of your contracts, addendums, purchase orders, mail-communication, hardware, software and all other necessary information. We will help you limit the scope of the audit. We will also help you properly address non-compliance issues. This is done by for instance: • Cleanup unwanted installations • Cleanup rogue accounts • Get users to the lowest level the require for their job (i.e. Professional to Limited Professional users) • Properly assign products to the correct bundles • Address false positives We will also help you defend yourself against the auditor and get you the best settlement if one is required. We have helped many customers defend audits of Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, SAP, Adobe, Autodesk, HP/Micro focus and more. Ask us for our references! An audit needs proper preparation, do not wait to call us, call now! ☎ +31 (0) 85 06 00 660 Send us an email (info@q-advise.com) or visit our website (q-advise.com).

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Several years back in time, the share of audit-penalties was about
20% of the total revenue of a publisher. Currently revenues of
penaltiesofbigpublisherscanexceed50%ofthetotalincome

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With the increasing and continuously changing metrics, one might
think non-compliance of customers is actually something these
publishersareaimingfor

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You might have the publishers own tooling in place, but these are
oftenfullofflawsandreportfalsepositives

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Publishers will hire an ‘independent’ auditor for what they call a
review. For sure these parties will cost money as well, so if an audit
isannounced,thereisusuallysomesuspicion,thingsarewrong

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Leads could be:
- A merger or acquisition
- A growth in turnover or personnel, but no growth in licenses
- An unusual request to sales
- Etc

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Publishers will utilize Business Intelligence to scope their targets.
Youcouldbenext!

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An average audit will take about 7 months of lead time, and 194
hoursofwork

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Incompliancy is corrected with back-charge against list prices or
compensatedbyproductsyoumightnotevenneed.
(UsuallyCloud)

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With Q-Advise you have a partywith tons of experience defending
publisher audits. We will make a thorough inventory of your
contracts, addendums, purchase orders, mail-communication,
hardware,softwareandallothernecessaryinformation

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We will help you limit the scope of the audit. We will also help you
properlyaddressnon-complianceissues

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Thisisdonebyforinstance:
-Cleanupunwantedinstallations
-Cleanuprogueaccounts
-Getuserstothelowestleveltherequirefortheirjob
(i.e.ProfessionaltoLimitedProfessionalusers)
-Properlyassignproductstothecorrectbundles
-Addressfalsepositives

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We will also help you defend yourself against the auditor and get
youthebestsettlementifoneisrequired

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We have helped many customers defend audits of Microsoft, IBM,
Oracle,SAP,Adobe,Autodesk,HP/Microfocusandmore.Askusfor
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