Flexera Software Infographic: Virtualization’s Hidden Software Compliance Risks

1. *As reported in the 2013-2014 Key Trends in Software Pricing & Licensing Report:
Software License Audits: Costs & Risks to Enterprises
OF ENTERPRISES
are out of compliance with their software
license agreements.*
85%
OF ENTERPRISES
either don’t manage their software licenses at all
in virtual environments, or they do so manually.
39%
THE DANGER BENEATH THE SURFACE
Virtualization’s hidden software license compliance risks could sink IT budgets
and chill relationships between application producers and their customers.
OF APPLICATION
PRODUCERS42%
will be changing their compliance/
licensing policy for virtualization.
OF APPLICATION
PRODUCERS48%
say their reason for doing so is to
generate more revenue.
OF APPLICATION
PRODUCERS33%
have changed their pricing and licensing
policies in the past 18-24 months.
OF ENTERPRISES
say that more than 40 percent of their
servers have been virtualized.
66%
OF APPLICATION
PRODUCERS59%
say it is not difficult for customers to determine
which products they are entitled to use.
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