Software Asset Management

Spend just as much, but only as much, as you really need to!

Facing often changing and opaque software licensing terms and conditions?
Overloaded by software asset management and licensing challenges?

We provide solutions that enable you to reduce both your license costs and risks!

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We can help you to develop proven solutions that are tailored to your business so that your company spends as much, but only as much, on software as it really needs to.

In addition to one-off SAM services, we also provide comprehensive projects tailored to your company's SAM maturity level, or even outsource the SAM process.

ENTERPRISE SAM

Complex and volatile software licensing models cause a shortage of some licences (risk) and a surplus of others (overspending) simultaneously in organizations.

The development and operation of enterprise software asset management requires knowledge of the interrelations between the diverse SAM processes and related disciplines (IT, law, accounting, corporate governance, etc.), and an understanding of the diverse licensing policies of the many software vendors. Maintaining this complex expertise is usually uneconomic within an organization: it diverts resources from supporting the core business.

Our consultants are familiar with the best practices in SAM, hidden options, and potential pitfalls, and are confident in navigating the software licensing maze. They can help you to develop proven solutions tailored to your business so that your company spends as much, but only as much, on software as it really needs to.

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With a portfolio covering the entire SAM process, our experts can provide not only one-off services, but also comprehensive SAM projects tailored to your company’s SAM maturity level, or even outsource the SAM process. Some of our services provided:

The SAM strategy aims to set out the goals that enterprise software management must achieve in the coming years and clearly define the policies, processes and procedures that apply to the tools in the application domain.

The strategy must be based on a consensus between those responsible and the management, as this is the only way to ensure that the processes serve the company’s operations properly. On the basis of the agreed strategy, the details of the company’s SAM processes can be elaborated and the tools, registers and databases to be used by the various departments can be defined.

In pursuing each strategic objective, one or other of the four dimensions may be given greater emphasis than the others, but if one is omitted, the benefits of software management will not be realised. For example, you may not have the competencies and the tools because if you lack the right data or processes, you cannot succeed in software asset management.

Whatever management decisions we make, a basic question certainly emerges: ‘What kind of assets do we currently have?’ It sounds simple. However, when it comes to managing IT decisions, especially software-related ones, the picture is far from simple.

The ability to give a simple answer becomes doubtful when we think about it: in the case of software, we even need to refine the question. ‘What kind of assets is in use and what kind of software licenses are granted currently?’ These two sets match rarely by 100% accuracy.

The situation becomes more complicated if the experimental fact is considered, that an average medium company or an enterprise use thousands of different software products nowadays, which are manufactured by hundreds of vendors. To survey this infrastructure completely – including the inventory of hardware and hundreds of software products installed on the computers, furthermore the arrangement of presented license documents and analysis of divergences – appears frightening job for a company that has limited IT resources.

Consultants of IPR-Insights have gained experience of several years in creating software inventories, and, in the course of this inventory, they execute the following steps in cooperation with the customer:

  1. Collection of hardware and software data over the network and/or by manual data collection
  2. Creation of physical license inventory
  3. Processing of the presented licenses and invoices
  4. Comparison of software usage and software assets, analysis of divergences

Software asset management can deal with diversified procedures in the life of a company, so similarly to other management procedures, SAM procedures cannot be operated properly without appropriate regulation background. In the case of SAM procedures regulations have high importance, because these make it possible for the corporate management to decrease the risk of unintended mistakes and intended legal infringements and to delegate a part of their responsibility to other participants in the procedure.

If this area is intended to be regulated, further to the preparation of software usage policy and software asset management regulations, these regulations should be embedded in the actual regulation environment, or, if it is necessary, other related areas should be regulated as well.

Consultants of IPR-Insights gained practical experience in creating software asset management regulations at many companies in the last few years. Using this experience our consultants can support your work by providing the below services:

  • Audit of software asset management procedures
  • Creation and on demand modification of responsibility map
  • Revision of software asset management regulations
  • Creation of software asset management regulations and procedures
  • Regulation of in-house developments
  • Creation of software outsourcing contracts and regulations

For following appropriate software management practice, all of the hardware and software assets should be surveyed, which can be an enormous task even for a midsize company. The surveyed data change and become obsolete quickly, however, there are many company procedures that require correct and current hardware and software data.

Most frequently, the claim arises as IT claim, because these data are necessary to plan projects, make changes which fit business demand and execute other IT procedures.

Besides the IT area, the business processes of the company require these data continuously as well since these are essential to prepare and follow the budgets, plan new IT procurements or to comply with the accountancy obligations.

Finally, such third-parties also have to be mentioned, i.e., for example, the vendors and developers of the used software products, or the authorities which can require such data from the company.

With regard to the above-mentioned facts, IPR-Insights recommends introducing a convenient software asset management system for working up and maintaining software asset management. IPR-Insights provides the following services with the system:

  • Delivering software asset management system
  • Introducing software asset management system
  • Operation and support of software asset management system
  • Identification of unknown software products
  • Our proprietary SAM system was created on the basis of the concerning standards and recommendations, practical experiences of several software asset management projects and compliance audits.

SoftwareBased on our experience, 70-90% of our new customers purchase their software licenses in a less beneficial way than it is possible. The extent of this difference for a given procurement can be up to 40% and it might stay on this level for several years because of the maintenance and support fees due afterwards.

The underlying causes are numerous, but the most obvious reason is no doubt the lack of comprehensive information from software vendors and developers. It?s not surprising, because while the right owners compete with each other by offering seemingly more favorable licensing programs for their customers, their primary interest is still maximizing their own profits, for example by keeping the final prices high.

In addition, the information is changing as quickly that makes nearly impossible for IT professionals to keep up with the daily changes.

The Procurement optimization services of IPR-Insights are based on the nearly 20-years-experience of our professionals acquired in the software licensing field. Our staff is thoroughly knowledgeable in the areas of the different licensing solutions. Furthermore during the more than 10 years of operation of IPR-Insights they accumulated significant practical experiences in various vendor discussions when the company represented its clients’ interests. This accumulated knowledge and experience is embodied in a know-how and the application of this know-how could result 20-40% less software acquisition costs.

Before demanding this service several typical questions come up from the clients, thus we draw your attention to the following:

  • Our company is not interested in selling other developers’/vendors’ software licenses in any ways, thus we do our job independently form the right owners; in the course of providing our services we consider only our customers’ interests;
  • We reach our results by 100% legal proposals that fully comply with the given vendor’s licensing policies;
  • We do not reach our results merely by reducing the number of licenses (however if we realize legal and feasible possibilities by this method, we include them in our proposals).
License audit supportOrganizations operating significant IT-infrastructure are affected by more and more licensing changes. According to our research, the world trend is also prevalent in the region that companies face more and more frequent vendor audits – 2/3 of responding companies were affected! Most active auditors tend to offer complex licensing models for their often inescapable  – being quasi-industry standards – software products. These vendors often have quantified audit revenue plans:
  • There was a year when half of Oracle’s new database license revenue came from audits
  • Microsoft audits enterprise clients in every third year
  • IBM has a separate department dealing with audits
  • SAP audits clients online continuously
  • After several acquisitions, Micro Focus, which has an extensive portfolio (eg HPE), is increasingly active in auditing.
The audit process often requires more financial and human resources than planned, and its length might exceed 1-3 months – taking more than 100 hours of the IT department’s precious time. About one-fifth of the companies accept vendor consultation to prepare, which is typically “free,” but the vendor’s consultant, understandably, attempts to remedy the identified incompliance merely through license purchases. Thus, the user indirectly pays multiple costs of the consultation. IPR-Insights supports clients as an independent consultant. The sooner we start working together, the more costs and risks can be eliminated! If software asset management starts before the audit request, then there is the greatest chance for overall optimization. Although the time frame is narrower, we can also help after the audit notice. If the audit is done, space is narrow, but the incompliance defined by the software vendor may still be reduced. IPR-Insights offers several types of support:
  • continuous license reviews,
  • proactive preparation for vendor audits,
  • expert support during vendor audit, and
  • Software Audit Protection Shield program.
If you are interested in the Top 5 Risks that threaten users are if the auditor arrives earlier than the licensing consultant, download our presentation!

ITILOnly regular license reviews can ensure the maintenance and improvement of the quality of the software asset management procedure. Similarly, revisions can help to respond to the question whether the company complies with the software asset management recommendations and standards (IT Infrastructure Library – Software Asset Management, ISO 19770: Information technology – Software asset management, etc.), and where changes and improvements are necessary.

IPR-Insights provides complex audit projects which fit the requirements of a specific company and comply with the industrial recommendations.

Compliance with the recommendations and standards also provides a reliable basis for the organization to successfully comply with the contracted software use and licensing requirements during vendor audits.

If you are interested in the Top 5 Risks that threaten users are if the auditor arrives earlier than the licensing consultant, download our presentation!

 

AuditorReceiving an audit notice usually causes a significant headache. From this time on, the user will be constrained by time and limited by opportunities, but this typically 30-45 day period is just about getting ready for the auditor’s visit. IPR-Insights also provides support in this as well as in the negotiations with the auditor: our experts help our clients become aware of their real licensing status and reduce the auditor’s information advantage to sit in for the meetings as an equal party.

For those who have not yet started software asset management or are in the early stages of the SAM process, there are many questions and tasks to be solved. What workload and duration to expect? Which products will be tested at all? How accurately do we know or guess what we are using? Do we have an overview of each installation? Do these software products belong to one or more areas? Who operates them? Do we know what licenses can cover what we use? What do we have a license for? To what extent can the incompliance move, if any? How should I prepare for the audit?

Those who are already advanced in software asset management are interested in the finer details of licensing and auditing. What has been the change since the last review? Are there any licensing traps that are unknown? Will there be any unplanned costs at all? What interpretation disputes can we expect? Should we advance planned infrastructure upgrades or other investments? How much will the data supply cost? How can we prepare for and provide data in the least disruptive way in our day-to-day operations, and should we tune in to the schedule? The more mature SAM practice is also beneficial in terms of numerical audit results, and serving information needs is less disruptive to normal operations and therefore less costly.

It is the client’s obligation under the license agreement to cooperate with the auditor, and this can only be limited in extreme cases. This may be the case if the investigating vendor is interested in non-relevant areas other than his own software or if the examination interferes with normal day-to-day operations.

The audit exploration phase provides a picture of where, how much, and what features of the vendor’s products are being used, which ones are within the scope of the audit, and how well they fit into the intended use. The more structured the organization, the more organizational and infrastructure pockets, nooks and crannies may occur where something unexpected can be found, and these details are of great interest to auditors.

The role of the evaluation phase is to determine which licenses are best covered by the identified use and to compare them with the license inventory. However, optimized licensing will only be sought by the user and/or independent consulting partner, not by the auditor as the cost is borne by the end-user.

Having discovered the expected incompliance, the financial preparation phase follows, which determines what level (e.g. regional, global) decision or support is needed for the solution. Addressing outstanding incompliance may involve postponing or canceling planned improvements.

In preparation for the negotiation phase with the auditor, it is important to clarify (or even quantify) what we want to achieve and what we are willing to let go. We also need to know what the opposite party is aiming for and what they are expected to respond to each of our steps.

The definitions of some license agreements are imprecise in their practical use, and the vendors tend to interpret the points at issue to their advantage. Clients, as equal parties, have the opportunity to interpret factually unclear concepts in contradiction with the vendor’s idea, as the difference in list price can be huge. The value of actual use must be paid for, but nothing that goes beyond that, or that cannot be deduced from the contract or is not based on facts.

Vendors have different attitudes in dealing with incompliance. Some allow you to purchase licenses during the audit, while others, especially ones applying external audit firms, freeze the status at the start of the audit, both on the license and on the usage side.

The software auditor (vendor or agent) is trying to make statements that cost money to the client. He is not an independent expert – he is interested in finding incompliance. In addition, some vendors stipulate that if the difference between contracted and actual use is greater than 5 percent, the auditor’s fee is also paid by the audited company, and that is also a significant expense.

It is important that the auditor does not have unlimited time to investigate: first, with less work, he focuses on promising points, the “low-hanging fruits”. It is worth preparing for each vendor-typical trap situation with the help of an independent SAM consultant.

If you are interested in the Top 5 Risks that threaten users are if the auditor arrives earlier than the licensing consultant, download our presentation!

Protection against Risks of Vendor Audits

Software license and follow-up fees constitute an ever growing part of corporate IT budgets, meanwhile, vendors are auditing software usage and compliance more and more frequently. Compared to the unexpected costs deriving from vendor audits, the predictable and realistic costs of software asset management can be integrated into even tight IT budgets, and they effectively reduce risks and license fees, too.

Software Audit Protection Shield – Guarantee Program

Our program – exploiting the potential of proactive software asset management – offers clients a safer protection against the risks of vendor audits than ever before. Based on conclusions of over 700 corporate reference projects, nearly 20 years experience in software asset management, and our database identifying 130,000 products (8 million executable files) of over 23,000 software vendors, we can guarantee the maximum non-compliance (in case of audit) with the contracted vendor’s expectation for our clients. IPR-Insights helps clients prepare for vendor audits, reveals any non-compliances (and helps in elimination upon request), and if the compliance report is false, pays the difference (till the limit specified in the contract)! Its collateral is secured by liability insurance.

Currently, the agreement is available for two vendors:

  • Audit Protection for Microsoft
  • Audit Protection for Oracle

You can learn more about the terms and conditions of financial guarantee in our flyer. If you are interested in our software audit protection program, please contact us, so that we can inform you personally about the detailed conditions of the guarantee!

Covering IT activities with external services or complete outsourcing of IT procedures is common practice nowadays. Many parts of software asset management (complete operation of the software asset management system, software identification, continuous maintenance of license inventory, creation of special reports, etc.) can be well supported by an external partner. Because of the requirement of special knowledge and quick changes in the software portfolio, it can result in considerable resource savings besides preserving the appropriate qualitative criteria.

IPR-Insights can provide customized administrative services for operating and maintaining specific parts of the software asset management procedure or the tasks of the complete software asset management procedure which can be executed by an external partner. Please check out our infovideo.

Continuous SAM Services

In accordance with the needs of the company, we undertake, among other things, the contractual provision of the following fields of SAM:

  • complete operation of software asset management (SAM) systems
  • software identification
  • continuous maintenance of the license inventory
  • creating individual reports
  • etc.

According to your need, you can choose from our portfolio covering the whole corporate SAM process.

Outsourced SAM

In addition to providing one-off services, IPR-Insights can perform partial or complete software asset management duties tailored to the specific needs of the client as an outsourced service, as well. If you do not intend to solve complex software asset management processes within the organization – due to their high resource intensity – our SAM outsourcing service provides you the cost and risk reduction benefits of software asset management for a monthly fee.

IPR-Insights provides enterprise software asset management not only in its strict sense but also services that complement or even exceed the scope of daily SAM activities:

Organizations operating their SAM processes in accordance with the ISO 19770-1 standard on Software Asset Management have the opportunity to certify their operations. Our company offers ISO 19770-1 consultancy and implementation for companies but does not provide certification as this would result in conflicts of interest. (Certification can be done by a partner independent of IPR-Insights.)

In order to properly manage the legal risks associated with our software assets and minimize their cost and reputational impact, it is worth consulting with software law experts.

Software asset management also requires special expertise in accounting. Our consultants are at your disposal with the accounting review of software tools, the development of accounting recommendations for their management, and SAM accounting workshop.

SAM project quality assurance services of IPR-Insights provide support in areas like project methodology, risk analysis, training, quality control, process development, and evaluation based on ISO 19770-1 standard.

Specialists at IPR-Insights provide tailor-made and team-specific training and education on copyright and liability issues, software management, vendor license structures, and accounting. In addition, we have been conducting regular LicenseAcademy courses for nearly 10 years.

IPR-Insights has been keeping in view the international standards and recommendations since its establishment. Since the publication of ISO 19770-1 our company has been working with regard to this standard. In general, if a company wants to obtain an ISO qualification regarding a specific activity, the first step is the assessment of the actual status, the preparation for the introduction and the introduction of the standard. Following this, the assessment and the certification of the system come.

According to the international principle of “independence”, the preparation-consultancy company and the certification partner cannot be the same. As our company is engaged in preparation and consultancy, we do not certify our clients, because it would result in incompatibility. Thus, the certification should be acquired from a partner who is independent of IPR-Insights.

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Reduce licence costs and risk

As the 'Robin Hood of licensing' we develop solutions that enable business users to reduce both their software license costs and the risks associated with incompliant usage.

Licensing experts

Business users are supported by our internationally recognized expert consultants.

Equal negotiating conditions

As a vendor-independent software license consultant on your side, we strive to create equal negotiating conditions between vendors and business users.

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We believe that users deserve transparent licensing terms, and those should be applied optimally for them.

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SAM-Insights

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ORCA for SAM-Insights

ORCA is a SAM tool for enterprise IT teams responsible for running Oracle databases. It reads the outputs of data collection scripts, analyzes the hardware and database data captured in these files, and calculates product usage and licensing demand.

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samQ is an add-on tool for the optimization of SAP software licenses. samQ checks existing SAP licenses against actual user activity via usage analyis and makes immediate changes to licenses where optimization is applicable.

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To find out what SAM maturity level your company's software asset management process is at, download our brochure!

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WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY ABOUT US

With the expert support of IPR-Insights, we can be sure that no vendor audit can cause us trouble. Using information from SAM-Insights, we optimized our license procurement costs by 10% during the last renewal of Microsoft ELA.
CIB Bank
Zoltán VargaDesktop Support Manager, CIB Bank Ltd.
We’ve never been such up to date regarding the Microsoft licenses used by us, and that implies several advantages beyond compliance. We established a strong base for developing our software asset management and for improving our processes which ensures us to be able to overview our IT infrastructure comprehensively.
Sberbank
Ádám SzombathyIT Technical System Administrator, Sberbank Hungary Zrt.
Thanks to SAM-Insights, we have become able to use only properly licensed software, and have also developed processes that allow us to maintain compliancy. The software asset management system provides us with information that help to manage our cost optimization and change management processes in the future. IPR-Insights, the developer of the solution, has also proved to be a reliable partner as a specialist in this field.
Sodexo Pass
Tamás MártonCIO, Sodexo Motivation Solutions
Experts of IPR-Insights belong to the most outstanding professionals of their specialty. Their competence was also proven during the audit performed at our company. Thanks to the professional cooperation of IPR-Insights, we can be certain now that we succeeded to harmonize our software asset management processes with legal requirements and expectations of software vendors.
EvoSoft
Péter NagyCTO, evosoft Hungary Ltd.
We needed professional consultation regarding monitoring software usage in our plant. Most of the software is classified as advanced engineering applications. Experts of IPR-Insights Poland evaluated our resources and software compliance with purchased licenses. They proposed improvement of control and management of software, namely they recommended tools we need to meet our needs. This way we can be sure we are using the software legally.
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Anna Kowalska-WątorProject Manager, KILEN
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Dr. Ákos Szűcs

He obtained his law degree at ELTE Budapest, during which time he studied international economic law in Valencia for 1 year.

He gained his professional legal and IT experience at various multinational companies as well as international law firms. He joined the IPR team in March 2022.

Since his childhood, sports have been an integral part of his life. He spends most of his free time playing tennis, squash and football, beside that he is trying to explore as many parts of the world as possible.

Szilárd Pap

Pap Szilárd

He graduated in IT engineering and gained most of his experience as a project manager with various enterprises by implementing and operating IT infrastructure and applications. He has a wide range of software and hardware knowledge, spiced with a number of Dell Certified System Expert and Microsoft Certified Professional exams.

As Infrastructure Consulting Director of IPR-Insights, he plays a key role in the implementation of SAM-Insights asset management system, and in addition to this, he also performs continuous high-quality technical support to our customers.

Attila Posta

Posta Attila

Attila joined IPR-Insights in 2018 bringing SAP knowledge and experience to establish SAP software license management division at IPR-Insights, building service portfolio and developing business in Hungary and Poland.

He has a degree in Economics at MBA level and one Master of Arts degree in Literature and social sciences. Attila has always worked for multinational companies, amongst them, SAP where he spent four years in the software sales division and three years in the consulting division gaining extensive experience in SAP software, projects, and services.

As a father of two sons, the focus is on the family. In his free time, he likes mountain climbing, hiking, and various water sports.

Dr. Ágnes Kádár

She joined the IPR-Insights legal team as a licensing consultant in May 2021. She studied law at the University of Debrecen, and then completed a specialization in info-communication law at the University of Pécs.

In her work, she has always sought the common ground of law and the practical application of innovative technological solutions in a local and global context as well. She gained her professional experience in in-house and law firm environments, mainly in the fields of data protection and IT law. All these facilitate a complex approach in handling issues concerned.

She enjoys spending her free time actively: hiking, skiing. She follows the recent regulatory developments relative to various innovative technological solutions, and fulfills her enthusiasm for visual arts.

Anett Piringer

As a career starter, she accidentally got caught up in the world of IT, where she still tries to satisfy her immense thirst for knowledge.

She has more than 10 years of professional experience in logistics, licensing and sales at one of Hungary's leading IT distributors. She joined the IPR-Insights team in May 2021.

A perpetual mover, curious and always looking for a challenge, she likes spending her free time hiking, rafting, via ferrata tours and is a great nature and animal lover as well. Her artistic side is expressed in music and photography.

Dr. Dániel Rogányi

He studied law at the Universities of Pécs and Cologne, and subsequently, enriched his skills with public procurement and financial studies.

He got involved with the magical world of software licenses at IBM’s international service center, and this love has not ended. He is thorough and reliable, trying to find the most appropriate responses to all questions of customers. He specializes in IBM software licensing, software law issues, and software vendor audits.

In his free time, he is active in sports, hikes, and monitors the developments of the global capital markets, and the novelties of literary and theatrical life.

Orsolya Bock

She is the soul of IPR-Insights and the solver of all our problems. She is a qualified HR manager, working on improving our HR system to the contentment of the team and the management.

She holds her ear to the ground does it come to tenders. Should she find some convenient for IPR-Insights, she grabs is, mostly with best results. She gathered most of her professional experiences at IT companies, which makes her a good supplement to the team in projects too.

She is passionate about building team spirit and integrating new staff, so she is usually the organizer of company parties. Strangers sometimes ask about her family when they hear her name, but old colleagues are used to her coming from such an illustrious family (who wouldn't know: her brother is Santa Claus :)).

László Fábián

Fábián László, CMO

He strives to direct the communications and marketing of IPR-Insights purposefully, backed by several years' multisectoral professional experience.

Earlier, he solved similar tasks at local software developer, systems integrator, and multinational printing solutions provider companies. He began his career at the company pioneering not only in new technologies but also in active (some say hyperactive) use of marketing. His diploma from the College for Foreign Trade and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh provided a solid base for all these.

In his free time, he fulfills his enthusiasm for chess and Lake Balaton - his wife and two daughters share more in his latter passion.

Zoltán Berecz

Berecz Zoltán

He is the engine of IPR-Insights sales. With his arrival in 2010, we could open also to the medium size companies, since previously, Zoli has been working particularly for this sector at one of the world's biggest software vendors, first as a telesales professional, later as a key account manager.

He does really know, what kind of difficulties our clients are facing in software asset management, so there's no wonder that he has joined a company that can deliver real solutions for these challenges. Zoltan is a man of words, by good fortune, he is enhancing this talent at IPR-Insights.

At home, his wife and his little daughters are the speakers.

Andrea Kovács

Kovács Andrea

She joined IPR Insights as a licensing consultant in August 2019.

She graduated at ELTE as a lawyer, but she also studied a semester at Masaryk University with an Erasmus scholarship - focusing on IT, so it was obvious that she would like to work in this field right after graduation.

In her free time, she does research on social media regulation as part of her PhD dissertation.

Monika Chojnowska

Monika graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy at Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw.

For over eight years, she gained experience in the IT industry, first working for one of the largest integrators in the Polish market, then later, in the leading international company engaged in software resale.

At IPR-Insights, she works as License Consultant, supporting clients in solving complicated licensing problems. Her skills gained at Polish market in licensing and SAM are acknowledged in certificates confirmed by one of the leading software producers.

Jakub Panas

Kuba began his professional career as IT specialist in a small trading company. Then he joined a governmental organization dealing in public health, where he acted as: business analyst, Project Manager, public tender specialist, administrator of databases, Windows and Active Directory. Also he was the Polish delegate to the respective European public agency.

After 10 years, he felt he should look for a job with a bit tighter and more focused scope. When getting the proposal of IPR-Insights Poland, he instantly realized that it could be the right place for him. Since then, he is an acknowledged consultant of our Polish team.

He is a real acting architect afternoons, too: he loves building new Lego constructions together with his sons.

Ádám Nyuzó

Nyuzó Ádám

The leader of the technology team of IPR-Insights, manager and active participant of solving any software development issue arising in our work.

In addition to coordinating the development activities, he also supports our software asset management projects by his corporate infrastructure management experience. He props his younger colleagues, not just with acts, but through his classical didactical way (?I know YOU can do it??). On his own admission, he is the Miyamoto Musashi of IT.

As his Master, he has a much diversified interest: reading, tuning his car, building his house, raising his children. But you have to know, he is not perfect: he can be better at glacier skiing, bell founding and in quantum mechanics.

Janusz Krzyczkowski

Janusz Krzyczkowski

Master of Business Administration holder from Leon Koźmiński's Academy. Graduate from Mathematics and Information Technology Department, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń as well as from Physics Faculty at the Warsaw University.

He was responsible for sales and license policy of the largest software vendor. He specialized in their software at several local and regional partner companies.

At present, he holds position of General Manager at IPR-Insights, where he deals with sales of Software Asset Management solutions. Certified Software Asset Management Consultant as well as Auditor within Software Management and Licensing Procedures. Software Asset Management is not only his profession, but also - passion.

Octavian Filip

Law graduate and long-distance runner, our alliances and international sales manager has over a decade of experience in licensing software and licensing agreements with large and enterprise size companies in Europe, both from the perspective of working for the largest software vendor but also for key international partners of the software vendors.

He considers the position of a SAM services provider to best fitting as an independent player, as it allows for the act to be totally objective and for the results to be used as seen best fit by the beneficiary. It also allows us to work with any IT services company, even if SAM providers themselves.

Zsolt Csala

Csala Zsolt

He is leading the operations of IPR-Insights in Hungary.

He aspires to pass on his widespread IT consultancy, project management, and software asset management experience to the consultants of IPR-Insights while assisting their further professional development and expansion. Not only does he hold CISA and ITIL qualifications he is also a notable Excel guru within IPR-Insights.

In his free time, he tries to organize family programs that his maturing children can still be persuaded of, or he enjoys running and playing chess. He finds new challenges regularly, that require contemplation, like the Rubik's Cube speedsolving methods or bot programming in new languages.

Orsolya Czap

Czap Orsolya

Orsi joined the IPR-Insights team in September 2019, with 23 years of work experience at different types of IT trading companies.

She is experienced in retail, system integration, and also distribution in the IT world. She worked always in relation to software brands, especially in the sales and licensing roles of Microsoft's small and midmarket segment.

After work, she provides excellent advice to her 2 children and her husband and goes to a Gymstick workout for exercise, which she hasn't been able to get tired of for many years now.

Gábor Hédai

Gábor joined the IPR-Insights team in the autumn of 2020. In terms of his career, he took an adventurous journey in the last couple of years. He has gained experience in banking, commercial, and energy environment.

He learned the basics of asset management at an international bank referred to as the alma mater, where he did the ITIL exam successfully. After that, the world opened up to him and all his time was tied to the discovery of the United States. His love of music led him to a commercial direction, where he perfected his management skills. His curiosity about IT tools was aroused again by Steve Jobs’ book, causing him to find himself in a large corporate environment, again. The digital transformation started from the hardware field that he (also) managed. The double tender and the IT project planning followed by implementation gave him the lesson thoroughly. As a bird resurrected from its ashes, he just like the Phoenix continues his journey with fresh energies at IPR-Insights.

He enjoys spending his free time with his little daughter. His hobby is browsing, actively interested in astronomy, and the electrical revolution. He is spinning up if music around and slows down while doing the cooking.

Gábor Vincze

Gábor joined the IPR-Insights sales team in 2022. He is a management engineer by qualification. He is a former hardware salesman in IT, has ITSM experience and managed a business unit in IT security distribution, so he has experience with all clients regardless of company size.

He joined IPR-Insights because his previous experience had made it clear to him that software management, among other things, was not yet where it should be. He is determined to educate as many people as possible about the importance of effective software management.

He spends his free time with his family, with whom he tries to spend as much time as possible outdoors.

Attila Hatvani

Hatvani Attila

By profession, Attila is a computer mechanic and maintainer.

After working for smaller companies as data recorder, he joined IPR-Insights team, where he learned the basics of software identification and registration. Over the past few years, he became an experienced identification expert.

His hobby is modelling, be it by land, sea or air, he assembles any type of models, and controls them with confidence.

Pál Csuvarszki

Pali joined IPR-Insight in February 2022 as a licensing consultant.

He turned from a mechanical engineer into an IT professional and has more than 15 years of experience as a license manager. He has gained experience in different areas of IT mainly in multinational telecommunication companies and in the banking sector. He is currently a product manager of SAM-Insights software asset management system and is involved in client projects as a license consultant.

He spends most of his free time with his wife and his grandchild. By the way, Pali is a DIY, BBQ, music listening, amateur barista kind of guy.

Balázs Repkényi

Repkényi Balázs

As an Oracle licensing expert, he has been helping our clients in opposing software vendor audits and coping with the particular challenges of Oracle software asset management for more than 10 years and on five continents.

As an instructor at the IPR-Insights LicenseAcademy and the Advanced Oracle LicenseAcademy, he also supports our clients’ software asset management community in maintaining compliance and reducing risk.

Previously, he worked for Oracle and the Arrow ECS Oracle distribution team.

György Hidasi

Hidasi György

He gained his wide-scale knowledge as system administrator and desktop supporter throughout various small-, medium- and large enterprises, including a software company, oil company, brewery, and even a commercial television.

At IPR-Insights, he deals with infrastructure and software identification related questions, and with technical support of our customers as well. Basically a quiet calm person, difficult to get him out of his mood (better not to try).

He rarely speaks, but when he does, his unique sense of humour will have you on the floor in no time. He is a very reliable and helpful colleague, and he can even play music!

Péter Princzesz

He gained his experience as a systems engineer in IT infrastructure operation, development, application server operation and similar projects at medium and large enterprises. He has diverse hardware and software experience, and several Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert, Microsoft Certified IT Professional Enterprise certifications.

At IPR-Insights, he is engaged in SAM-Insights software inventory implementation projects, provides technical support for SAM-Insights users, and operates the internal infrastructure. In his remaining time, he is ready to help his colleagues in anything else.

Raising his twin daughters takes the most of his free time, furthermore, he enjoys roaming the world of computer games, or reading fantasy books. Also, he is a big fan of series.

Dávid Gottstein

Gottstein Dávid

Dávid joined the developer team of IPR-Insights after he gained experiences in international and Hungarian companies as software developer and system administrator.

His degree in electrical engineering in telecommunication and computer sciences enable him to become an expert of databases and business logic implementation. Database programming, server or client side programming are all solvable challenges for him.

When he doesn't deal with fine tuning the software asset management tools of IPR-Insights he looks for tasks in family circle.

Richárd Bősz

Bősz Richárd

Richárd joined the identification team with a wide variety of IT knowledge and great enthusiasm in 2020. He has several Cisco CCNA certifications and experience in Microsoft client and server management and system administration.

In his free time, he likes cycling, tinkering with almost anything with competent confidence and he also likes playing computer and mobile games.

Tibor Vincze-Berecz

Tibor has been active in the IT market for 15 years, by profession, he is an IT statistician and economic planner. First, he worked as a sales manager and partner manager for IT retailers, then, as an IT outsourcing consultant for seven years.

He considered the continuous development of his software asset management and vendor licensing skills important from the very beginning. He strives to support the IPR-Insights team as a licensing consultant making use of his experience gained. He specializes in the licensing backgrounds of Microsoft, Red Hat, and VMware.

As a sport, he pursues running and functional training. He likes hiking, especially in the mountains, and he also likes longer, multi-day bicycle tours.

Alíz Teixeira Juhász

Aliz spent the first 10 years of her career in a multinational environment in the finance area, of which she worked 5 years abroad on an SAP implementation and process harmonization project as a business process expert.

She joined the IPR-Insights Group in 2019 as a finance colleague to support the company's international strengthen by her experience gained in a multinational environment.

She likes to spend her free time with her family's two-legged and four-legged members and friends. Her favorite leisure activities are reading, putting puzzles together and hiking. In addition, she also works in a volunteer organization that aims to develop disadvantaged children.

Lajos Vitányi

Lajos brings valuable knowledge into the developer team based on many years professional experience. Earlier, he participated in designing and developing databases, and he also worked on projects to facilitate the web communication of databases.

He also has expertise in developing web services and windows applications. Throughout his career, he was not only responsible for developing applications on demand, but he was also involved in planning and specification tasks.

He likes playing football with his friends in his free time.

Vivien Gál

Gál Vivien

As a fresh graduate, Vivi tried herself in several different fields and positions when she happened upon the role of office assistant, with which she luckily fell in love with soon after. In close cooperation with Orsi, she ensures the smooth day to day operations of the office, and helps out her colleagues with all the minuscule problems of the workplace.

Outside the office, she has a vivid social life, and simply adores post-it notes.

Dr. Telek Eszter

Mindent tud a szoftver szerzői jogról és a licencekről, még olyanokat is, amit maga a szoftver gyártója sem. A munkában szerzett tapasztalatait folyamatos tanulási, kutatási mániájával igyekszik bővíteni; rendszeresen publikál, illetve előadásokat tart szoftverjogi és az infokommunikációs jogterületet érintő egyéb kérdésekről.

A Pécsi Tudományegyetemen szerzett infokommunikációs szakjogász diplomája megszerzését követően PhD kutatást kezdett az ELTE Jogi Karán, ahol a nyílt forráskódú szoftverekkel és a szerzői művek közkincsbe bocsátásával foglakozik.

Szabadidejében lehetőség szerint sokfelé utazik (ennek érdekében igyekszik tökélyre fejleszteni a törvényes szabadnapok felhasználásának módozatait), emellett szívesen olvas, jár színházba, moziba, és - kollégái nyomása ellenére - igyekszik ellenállni a Star Wars és Indiana Jones filmek maratonszerű megtekintésének.

András Balczer

Balczer András

András joined IPR-Insights team in the spring of 2018, earlier, he worked as database analyst at a market leader media company.

He was infected with the world of IT already during his high school years. Since then, with minor or major interruptions, he has been involved in programming and database design. He is also familiar with data visualization and BI issues.

His favorite out of office relax activities are cycling, and peaceful fishing.

Nándor Sipos

Sipos Nándor

Nándor joined the IPR-Insights team at the end of 2018. As an infrastructure consultant, he plays important role in the implementation projects of the SAM-Insights software registry system, provides technical support for recent customers and the internal infrastructure.

During his previous career, he gained experience in product support, web development, and service management business fields. He graduated from the University of Debrecen as a programmer mathematician and gained Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator, Microsoft Certified Professional Developer, and ITIL Intermediate certifications.

In his free time, he enjoys hiking, running, cycling, skiing, and ball games such as basketball, squash, football, and table tennis are close to his heart.

Zoltán Tamás Tóth

Tóth Zoltán Tamás

Zoli joined our team in the beginning of 2019.

He started his IT career as an enthusiastic pioneer working on a ZX-81 PC borrowed from the local factory for the weekend. In the 28 years in between, he gained experience working on multiple IT projects in both the public and private sector. Zoli participated as a developer, consultant, and project leader in many projects. He speaks the language of database systems at conversation level, yet he is confident with backend development as well.

From a young age, he was interested in making movies and digital video editing very much that he was only able to pursue in his free time. He is very proud of his pre-youtube pirate video called "Barkas vs. Barkas" which he won an award for with his friends in 1998. He spends his spare time with his family, he is fond of American cars. His hobby is preparing exotic food. And when not exercising all these, he reads legal literature.

Péter Gyulai

Gyulai Péter

Peter worked for 15 years at multinational companies in various IT-related positions. He has several Microsoft (client and server-side), Cisco CCNA, Prince2 and ITIL intermediate certificates.

In his role as an infrastructure consultant at IPR-Insights, he takes part in implementation projects of the SAM-Insights software inventory system, and provides technical support to our customers, while also being involved in the maintenance of our internal IT infrastructure.

He spends most of his free time with his wife and three children. He likes going to the theater, going on excursions and playing football with his friends.

Sándor Zsoldos

Zsoldos Sándor

He is one of the founders of IPR-Insights.

Working for the biggest software producer in the world, he figured that the modern version of the old phrase saying "set a thief to catch a thief" is "get a thief as a consultant to catch a thief" (obviously, we would not like to hurt anyone's feelings, we can't help the phrase goes like that - ed.).

In his spare time, he does woodworking (at learner level), takes photos (fairly well), or reads books (quite well). He doesn't have more spare time as he's the proud father of three beautiful children.