Most organizations approach SAM with good intentions but end up reactive. Our Process Discipline Model combines independence, expertise, and assurance to help organizations stay compliant and reduce spend.
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Building Confidence Through Process Discipline: The LicenseFortress® Model
Most organizations approach SAM with good intentions but end up reactive. Our Process Discipline Model combines independence, expertise, and assurance to help organizations stay compliant and reduce spend.

Michael Corey
Co-Founder, LicenseFortress
September 2025
6 min read

The bottom line
Most organizations approach SAM with good intentions but end up reactive. Our Process Discipline Model combines independence, expertise, and assurance to help organizations stay compliant and reduce spend.
- LicenseFortress is an independent software licensing advocate — we never sell vendor licenses and take no vendor commissions.
- $2.4B+ in vendor claims defended and $625M+ saved for clients.
- Coverage across Oracle, Microsoft, IBM, SAP, VMware by Broadcom, and Adobe.
- Licensing experts working alongside software contract attorneys.
From our case files
Process discipline, applied over time:
Browse all client resultsAbout the author

Michael Corey
Co-Founder, LicenseFortress
Michael writes on vendor strategy, audit behavior and the business realities of enterprise software agreements.
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