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It’s that time again, the BSA has put out their annual report on software piracy and once again, the worldwide piracy rate has risen again! Losses from software piracy was an alarming $50.2 billion, $9 billion of those losses are within the U.S. According to the BSA, “For every $1 of software sold in a country, there is another $3 to $4 of revenue for local IT service and distribution firms.”

The first cause of the jump has been linked to the recession with consumers and businesses alike holding on to their pocketbooks and spending less. Businesses, now more than ever are looking to software asset management (SAM) programs to increase efficiencies and lower IT costs.

This is a growing problem across the globe, we need to be aware of our unlicensed software - vendors are not going to stand by and let that revenue slip through their fingers.

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