Cat (1/2/2008)
I just wished that there was only one license type. When you work for a large company and everyone is buying licenses, its hard to match up what type of licesenses were purchased for what! Some people buy CALs and some buy per processor - I wish they would all buy per processor. I'm always getting myself confused over how everything is licensed!
The only way to ensure that you in compliance all the time is to have one person (or a team of a few people) that purchase all licensing for the company. We were completely out of whack licensing wise until we changed our process. At this point, we're small enough (between 400-500 associates) that if an invoice for software goes to our payables team and I haven't signed off on it, AP doesn't pay it until I have all the details, and say okay. Its the only way to ensure that your licensing is compliant and that you can prove compliancy. That proof is almost as important as the compliancy itself.