![]() ![]() While at least half of smaller companies with fewer than 250 employees have largely been spared by audits over the past three years, mid-sized companies have been prime targets, even more so than the largest organizations with 1,000 or more employees. A total of 283 usable responses were received. ![]() ![]() The survey, which sought views and experiences with software licensing and audits, was conducted in partnership with LicenseFortress. To better understand the scope of software audits, as well as the costs incurred, Unisphere Research, a division of Information Today, Inc., surveyed the readership of its flagship publication, Database Trends and Applications, which consisted of database managers, developers, CIOs, and IT directors. “Managing The Software Audit: 2022 Survey on Enterprise Software Licensing and Audit Trends,” sponsored by LicenseFortress and produced by Unisphere Research, revealed 69% of survey respondents reported having been audited within the past three years, and 79% reported having been subject to a software audit within past five years. These software audits have become a big business, serviced by prominent accounting and consulting firms on behalf of vendors, and often incurring millions of dollars of extra charges to customers. Entering the post-pandemic era, and faced with an uncertain economy, many software vendors have been looking for sources of additional revenue, and they have found it-through customer software audits.
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