DALLAS – Scott & Scott, LLP, a prominent legal and technology services firm, and Software Spectrum, Inc., one of the world’s leading single-source providers of business-to-business IT solutions and services, today announced an alliance to deliver complete software license compliance solutions to enterprise customers by combining Software Spectrum’s industry-leading technology with Scott & Scott’s professional services expertise.

Scott & Scott will provide implementation and integration services centered around Software Spectrum’s software asset management platform, Media PlaneTM, the only comprehensive application that helps companies tackle compliance issues by cost-effectively managing and controlling the approval, sourcing, and deployment of software assets. The legal and technology services firm employs a team of multidisciplinary consultants with significant license compliance and audit defense experience to assist clients with achieving software license compliance and implementing best of breed processes and technology to manage compliance in real-time.

Software Spectrum also announced that Scott & Scott has been appointed its first Certified Software Compliance Service Provider, as part of a new initiative in which it will select companies that meet its criteria for license compliance knowledge and expertise, as certified providers-of-choice to compliment its offerings. As such, Software Spectrum will enable its customers to reap the benefits of its Certified Providers’ services, including compliance consulting, business process automation, and software audit defense.

“Companies that fear an external software license audit – or are already facing one, should investigate involving a Certified Provider such as Scott & Scott in their software compliance initiatives,” said Erich Jacobs, Software Spectrum’s Sr. Vice President for Emerging Opportunities. “The professionals at Scott & Scott appear to have an impressive track-record providing software license compliance services and audit defense.”

"Software Spectrum’s Media Plane software is a seamless, non-intrusive application that leverages

existing business processes to manage compliance long-term — protecting customers from future legal and regulatory liability,” said Rob Scott, Partner, Scott & Scott, LLP. “By integrating with existing discovery tools, license repositories, and procurement systems, Media Plane helps customers reduce compliance costs by automating the necessary business processes to minimize the financial risks of external software audits, protect their brands and build this crucial endeavor into their Sarbanes-Oxley compliance initiatives.”

About Scott & Scott, LLP

Scott & Scott is a leading law and technology services firm dedicated to helping senior executives assess and reduce the legal, financial, and regulatory risks associated with software compliance. Scott & Scott’s legal and technology professionals provide software audit defense and software compliance solutions, all protected by attorney-client and work-product privileges. Software license compliance is an inter-departmental issue, impacting legal, finance, IT, and
HR. Scott & Scott’s team wins the confidence of executives across the enterprise enabling a collaborative approach to achieving and managing compliance. The firm is managed by Rob Scott, who is a pioneer in the software license compliance field and regularly conducts seminars entitled, “Successfully Defending Software Audits” and “Software Asset Management & The Law.”

About Software Spectrum

Software Spectrum is one of the world’s leading, single-source providers of business-to- business IT solutions and services. The company helps organizations control their IT spend by easing the burden of selecting, purchasing and managing software for their enterprise. Since 1983, Software Spectrum has been delivering value-driven technology solutions across the globe through sales and operation centers in North America, Latin America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. Customers include large, multinational enterprises from the Fortune 500, as well as mid-sized organizations from a wide variety of industries.