Experian wins FAST Gold Award

NEW DELHI: Information solutions company Experian today announced that its UK operation has achieved registration to the FAST Standard for Software Compliance (FSSC-1:2004) by FAST Corporate Services.

Experian said in a statement that it is the third company with more than 4,000 UK-based employees to achieve the FAST Gold Award.

The FAST Standard for Software Compliance is a private standard developed in collaboration with British Standards Institution (BSI). The award follows an audit of Experian software compliance processes and policies by FAST.

The review covered software installed on desktop clients, servers and the mainframes throughout the organization, and verified that the policies and procedures for managing software licensing have been considered and approved at board level.

It confirmed 650,000 installations over 2,000 products are all compliant.

Mel Mason, managing director of Experian's Technical Services, said: "Experian provides innovative solutions to thousands of organisations globally and recognises the importance of respecting intellectual property rights. The retention of its compliance to the GOLD standard from FAST demonstrates that its people, systems and processes in managing software licences across its multi-platform IT environment remain of the highest caliber."