Hybrid working
AUDIT-PROOFING THE HYBRID HUSTLE
As hybrid IT becomes the default, leaders must juggle compliance demands with the need to modernise. Simon Taylor, VP of Channel and Alliances at Azul, outlines how organisations can reduce audit risk, improve governance, and bring their Java environments in line with a more resilient hybrid strategy.
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Simon Taylor, VP of Channel and Alliances at Azul
e recently commissioned research in partnership with the ITAM Forum, looking at the challenges professionals
in IT asset management (ITAM) and soſtware asset management (SAM) face when managing their Oracle Java environments. Some of the findings from our ITAM Survey & Report were shocking, including 27% who admitted they now spend more than $500,000 each year fixing soſtware-license non-compliance.
The consequences of complex software licences Managing enterprise soſtware licences has always been challenging, but now, in the era of hybrid cloud architectures and an increasing inventory of applications, ITAM professionals must get to grips with multiplying terms and conditions. Added to this complexity, vendors are putting
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customers under more pressure with audits. In the ITAM/SAM Survey & Report, 73% said they had undergone an Oracle Java audit in the past three years. As a result, it should be no surprise that ITAM professionals have a tough challenge to maintain visibility and compliance across soſtware and IT assets. In our survey, ITAM respondents say they
are struggling to track usage consistently, both on-premises and in the cloud, which raises the stakes for every audit. Without this information, organisations may be exposed to costly gaps in licensing commitments, which is why the report revealed a relatively constant cycle of reviews. 81% of organisations said they perform licensing audits at least twice a year; 25% even shared that they conduct audits continuously; and about a quarter report frequent financial penalties and legal actions against them.
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