Normalize Software Names Before You Count Licenses
Explain why software normalization must precede entitlement reconciliation in an ITAM process.
The install name is not the license position. Evidence Is Messy Endpoint tools report what they find. They do not know what your contract entitles, what the vendor bundles, or whether a component is separately licensable. That is why ISO/IEC 19770-2 software identification tags matter: they create a more reliable way to identify software, but even tagged evidence still has to be interpreted against licensing rules. Normalize Then Reconcile Normalization creates a controlled catalog. It maps raw names to publisher, product, edition, version, platform, and license relevance. Only after that mapping can you compare installs with purchases, subscriptions, or contract…
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