OMTCO has extensive experience in compliance reviews and customer-sided counter audits – with top vendors such as IBM, Microsoft, Oracle and also with C-vendors such as Attachmate, Autodesk, Citrix, Infor Global Solutions, Informatica, etc. Should you have any questions or comments, please contact your OMTCO representative.
Please feel free to read OMTCO’s informative counter-audit reports:
- Vendor Audit 101 – For Management And Non-License-Managers (coming soon – H1 2013)
- Vendor Audit – Top 10 Customer Rights From Announcement To Settlement (Released October 2012, Updated March 2013)
- Internal Compliance Audit Of Oracle Database Products (Released April 2012, Updated March 2013)
- Compliance Audit Preparation for Microsoft Server Products (Windows, SQL, Exchange) – English (Released September 2012, Updated March 2013)
- Compliance Audit Vorbereitung für Microsoft Server Produkte (Windows, SQL, Exchange) – Deutsch/German (Veröffentlicht September 2012, Neuauflage März 2013)
Vendor Audit 101 – For Management And Non-License-ManagersComing soon – H1 2013 Vendor audit? Penalty claim from a software vendor? If you are looking for facts, this is the place to read. |
Vendor Audit – Top 10 Customer Rights From Announcement To SettlementReleased October 2012, Updated March 2013 | by Tim Sommer Has your organization been confronted by a vendor audit? An unusually high penalty claim? You should know and reserve your crucial top 10 rights in an audit situation – from A to S. We offer valuable guidance to customers preparing for, managing, or about to settle, a Compliance Audit. |
Internal Compliance Audit Of Oracle Database ProductsReleased April 2012, Updated March 2013 | by Tim Sommer Our client, a German energy group, initiated an internal audit reviewing its compliance position – and possible financial risk – deriving from its installations of Oracle Databases. All organizational units in Germany and all international subsidiaries of the group were under review. As for the Oracle databases, all commercial and free editions – in all versions – were under review. Indeed, not only the compliance position of commercial editions needed to be reviewed, but also whether the restrictions of the free edition (DB XE) and the restrictions of the installations in development environments (licensed per Oracle Technology Network licenses / OTN DEV) were abided by. A team of OMTCO Oracle licensing experts was sent in to work alongside, and support, the client’s own team. We worked through the following steps to tackle the demand, the compliance balance, and the compliance optimization. |
Compliance Audit Preparation for Microsoft Server Products (Windows, SQL, Exchange) – EnglishReleased September 2012, Updated March 2013 | by Johannes Balzer OMTCO’s client, a German-based industrial group (client modified) with worldwide operations, initiated a compliance audit of Microsoft server products. Our client asked OMTCO to review the compliance of the three main Microsoft server products in use: Windows Server, SQL Server and Exchange Server. The following report shows how customers should prepare for a Microsoft compliance audit, and how we conducted the compliance review, from collecting data to producing the compliance balance. Moreover, we also give advice regarding the licensing of Microsoft Windows Servers in virtual environments. |
Compliance Audit Vorbereitung für Microsoft Server Produkte (Windows, SQL, Exchange) – Deutsch/GermanVeröffentlicht September 2012, Neuauflage März 2013 | by Johannes Balzer OMTCO’s Kunde, ein in Deutschland ansässiger und weltweit tätiger Industriekonzern (Kunde geändert), initiierte ein internes Lizenz Compliance Audit für Microsoft Server Produkte. Der Kunde bat OMTCO um die Bilanzierung der Lizenzierungsposition der für den Kunden wichtigsten eingesetzten Microsoft Server Produkte: Windows Server, SQL Server und Exchange Server. Der nachfolgende Bericht erklärt wie Kunden sich auf ein Microsoft Compliance Audit vorbereiten können und beinhaltet eine Beschreibung unserer Vorgehensweise – von der Datensammlung bis zur Bilanzierung. Darüber hinaus geben wir Ratschläge zu der Lizenzierung von Microsoft Windows Server in virtuellen Umgebungen. |
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