Choice quote from the founder/chairman <https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/05/20/itam_forum_launches/>: “One of the reasons people have been interested in ITAM in the past is because they are sick of software audits and want to learn to defend themselves against audits...” Given the way the proprietary licence agreements are worded, it’s hard to see how you can avoid this and still use the same software. Further: “Ten years ago, people thought everything would be compliant in the cloud. Although software compliance is less of an issue, costs certainly aren’t planned. It is as complex as ever. Whether it's on the desktop, in the data centre or in the cloud, you’re looking at roughly 35 per cent waste across all of those platforms.” That’s a pretty high figure. It means that, when you buy proprietary software, you are paying about a 50% markup on the supposed price.