Too many audit targets discover too late that what may have seemed like good-faith cooperation in the interest of currying favor or “being nice” ends up leading to material, unbudgeted exposure from increased licensing costs and/or audit penalties. Here are some critical points to keep in mind when engaging with software auditors.
Negotiating with software, SaaS and hosting vendors is a leverage game. Here are the most important tactics that companies seeking to invest in vendors’ products and services can employ to maximize their own leverage and to succeed in obtaining better commercial and legal terms.