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WVT Software Compliance Manager addresses Chamber of Industries
It's time for South African commerce to kick-start software compliance, spurring growth in the local economy.
This was the message from Marc Ashwell, WorldsView Technologies' (WVT) Licence Compliance Manager and newly-appointed Vice-Chairman of the Business Software Alliance (BSA) when he addressed members of the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industries (SACCI) recently.
At 35%, the country's software non-compliance rate is hurting the South African economy, inhibiting job creation, retail, tax contributions and GDP.
"It will take time for government to implement appropriate legislation to protect software vendors' intellectual property, but that's no reason why commerce shouldn't step-up and kick-start a culture of corporate software compliance to help spur economic growth," said Ashwell.
A 10% reduction in illegal software use over four years would create an additional 1 181 local IT jobs and contribute $819-million to GDP, representing an increase in total revenue for the local IT industry and additional revenue for national, regional and local governments.
Organisations like SACCI have a critical role to play in encouraging entrepreneurs to self-regulate software compliance by implementing Software Asset Management (SAM) programmes. A business practice for optimising software use, SAM enables companies to compare the software they need with their installed software, identifying and monitoring their requirements. It also reduces the risk of breaches of copyright by ensuring no illegal copies of software are circulating in a company.
The implementation of SAM can also help companies reduce IT spend by saving up to 30%* on software costs.
"SAM often reveals that a company has purchased more licences than necessary, helping them to identify savings," says Ashwell.
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*SOURCE: “IT ASSET MANAGEMENT: MOVING TO HIGHER GROUND”, FRANCES O’BRIEN.
Posted on 07 Apr 2010 / Tags: none
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