When purchasing management software for your company, you must take into account some issues since in the management software industry, as in many others, there are illegal versions and copies and bad practices, fraudulent offers with which special care must be taken.
According to the latest study by the IDC consultancy, four out of ten programs used in Spanish companies are illegal. and on many of these occasions the company itself does not know that it is using illegal software.
The consequences of using one of these illegal software can be dire, for example, for your transport company, from the lack of updating, blocking, lack of technical support, large lost economic investment, lack of data privacy, virus infection without the possibility of an insurance claim.
Here we leave you 5 tips to recognize software of fraudulent management:
The price.
Be alert to great discounts and high offers since an excessively cheap software will be with almost total security illegal software.
Contact must be easy.
A professional management software company must also have a professional image, have contact telephone number, verified address, and professionals with whom you can meet in person if necessary.
Veracity of manufacturing and development.
Licenses, certifications, contracts and invoices must be legal, follow the regulations. To do so, consult the appropriate agencies in case of doubt.
Refusals.
If, when requesting updates, training, or technical assistance, the response is a lack of customer service or the attitude is dissuasive. This can be an important detail to recognize that the product is not legal.
Comprehensive software.
The software we acquire must be used for comprehensive management or expandable by modules. If the software is not complete or only covers a small part of the company's operations, it could be that there is no possibility of expansion because it is illegal software or a copy.
It is important to be sure that software is contracted within the law since the consequences of installing illegal software for your company can be dire. With any query about this topic you can contact us.
