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Digg it UP - IT Audits and Licensing Issues
If you are a sales person who sells computers and electronics in a large retail box store then you need to understand that not all the customers coming into the store are interested in how well the DVD video works on the computer.Many people who are buying computers for their small business or for wor
Remediation Plans
Sometimes businesses don't use some of their software at all, and these programs can be removed entirely to increase efficiency. Or maybe someone in the past thought they might want to use it and obtained a pirated copy. If you find these programs, your best bet
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Any small business growing will recognize they need to have software licensing up-to-date and in place. Encourage them to spend time digging up license agreements, invoices and original CD's in order to ensure proof of ownership is accessible.
Non-Negotiable
If your client can't find any documentation, or if they don't have it, you need to take it up with them after the IT audits are conducted. Tell them not having the documentation will cause major problems in the present or the future, and that they need to work on how to fix the issue as soon as possible.
Most small businesses will need a few months after the IT audits to fix their software licensing problems, but don't give them any more time than that. Licensing compliance is something that needs to be in your service contract, and should be in your service contract as an immediate fix.
Protection
You should put a paragraph in the service contract that discusses the client's liability for having licensed software. In this paragraph should also be a clause that states if you identify deficiencies during IT audits, it's your responsibility to develop a remediation plan and give them two options - remove the software or purchase it. Working for anyone that has illegal software issues can open you up to major legal consequences and potentially tarnish your reputation.
Remediation Plans
Sometimes businesses don't use some of their software at all, and these programs can be removed entirely to increase efficiency. Or maybe someone in the past thought they might want to use it and obtained a pirated copy. If you find these programs, your best bet
Spam attacks where the text is replaced with images aimed at lightly protected email systems are growing in popularity. With the variety of anti-spam filters that analyze the message content to weed out unsolicited emails, spammers continue to increasingly adopt image spam. Businesses, organizations and ever
Non-Negotiable
If your client can't find any documentation, or if they don't have it, you need to take it up with them after the IT audits are conducted. Tell them not having the documentation will cause major problems in the present or the future, and that they need to work on how to fix the issue as soon as possible.
Most small businesses will need a few months after the IT audits to fix their software licensing problems, but don't give them any more time than that. Licensing compliance is something that needs to be in your service contract, and should be in your service contract as an immediate fix.
Protection
You should put a paragraph in the service contract that discusses the client's liability for having licensed software. In this paragraph should also be a clause that states if you identify deficiencies during IT audits, it's your responsibility to develop a remediation plan and give them two options - remove the software or purchase it. Working for anyone that has illegal software issues can open you up to major legal consequences and potentially tarnish your reputation.
Remediation Plans
Sometimes businesses don't use some of their software at all, and these programs can be removed entirely to increase efficiency. Or maybe someone in the past thought they might want to use it and obtained a pirated copy. If you find these programs, your best bet
Brochure design is an important element of the overall small business advertising plan. A well designed brochure is often the first introduction your customer gets to your company. It is important to put some thought and effort into its production. There are some things that can be done to insure a quality b
Most small businesses will need a few months after the IT audits to fix their software licensing problems, but don't give them any more time than that. Licensing compliance is something that needs to be in your service contract, and should be in your service contract as an immediate fix.
Protection
You should put a paragraph in the service contract that discusses the client's liability for having licensed software. In this paragraph should also be a clause that states if you identify deficiencies during IT audits, it's your responsibility to develop a remediation plan and give them two options - remove the software or purchase it. Working for anyone that has illegal software issues can open you up to major legal consequences and potentially tarnish your reputation.
Remediation Plans
Sometimes businesses don't use some of their software at all, and these programs can be removed entirely to increase efficiency. Or maybe someone in the past thought they might want to use it and obtained a pirated copy. If you find these programs, your best bet
Do article marketers have to deal with the law of diminishing returns if they are prolific online article writers? For instance, if an article writer writes many articles on the same subject eventually he comes to a place where he is competing against his own articles in the search engine rather than his co
You should put a paragraph in the service contract that discusses the client's liability for having licensed software. In this paragraph should also be a clause that states if you identify deficiencies during IT audits, it's your responsibility to develop a remediation plan and give them two options - remove the software or purchase it. Working for anyone that has illegal software issues can open you up to major legal consequences and potentially tarnish your reputation.
Remediation Plans
Sometimes businesses don't use some of their software at all, and these programs can be removed entirely to increase efficiency. Or maybe someone in the past thought they might want to use it and obtained a pirated copy. If you find these programs, your best bet
Back in the early to mid 1990's, there was this very popular AOL message board called "Friends Helping Friends" or something to that effect. One of the popular questions then was about whether it was possible to run two different anti virus programs on the same computer at the same time. There would be hundr
Remediation Plans
Sometimes businesses don't use some of their software at all, and these programs can be removed entirely to increase efficiency. Or maybe someone in the past thought they might want to use it and obtained a pirated copy. If you find these programs, your best bet is to simply remove them for the client.
If the PC's in the office are at their end, the most cost-effective plan might be to upgrade the PC and help them install new versions of software. The second option is to have them keep existing equipment and buy a two-year site license that includes maintenance and upgrades.
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