2025 - 05 - 09
Streamline, optimize, secure: the challenges of business software
Enterprise software structures a large part of internal processes: production, HR, finance, customer management... However, over time, these tools can become performance brakes: lack of scalability, recurring bugs, poor ergonomics, data silos, dependence on a supplier...
In the face of these challenges, a software audit makes it possible to take stock objectively of the situation and to set up a clear, measurable and sustainable optimisation path. It is a matter of transforming a software sometimes suffered in a real lever of competitiveness.
Identify technical and functional blockages
The software audit allows to evaluate the technical robustness of your existing tools: code quality, maintainability, documentation, performance, security, compatibility with current systems. But also to measure functional adequacy: does the tool always meet business needs? Is it fully used? What are the frustrations expressed by users?
These cross-diagnoses (technical + usage) highlight the gaps between the initial promise of the software and its real effectiveness on a daily basis.
Reduce hidden costs related to obsolescence or complexity
Poorly adapted or technically outdated software leads to significant indirect costs: loss of time, multiplication of manual tasks, frequent bugs, continuous training, human errors... An audit evaluates these hidden costs and determines whether the tool should be maintained, upgraded or replaced.
In some cases, a simple partial redesign or targeted optimization can improve fluidity, reliability and user satisfaction, without necessarily starting from scratch.
Secure your software assets and limit risks
Many aging software have security vulnerabilities: no updates, no encryption, outdated access management... A professional audit includes an analysis of the software’s exposure area (network access, permissions, logs, sensitive data storage). It also allows to anticipate the risks of rupture (end of support, dependence on a single developer, absence of documentation).
This preventive approach is essential to ensure business continuity and comply with compliance requirements (GDPR, ISO, etc.).
Support decision-making in your transformation projects
The software audit is not limited to a status report; it provides documented, prioritizedand concrete strategic recommendations. These may include: migration to a new technology, interface redesign, interfacing with another business tool, total or partial replacement, implementation of technical governance...
The associated consulting allows to clarify the choices related to your constraints (budget, resources, deadlines, infrastructure). The goal: to help you make informed, realistic and sustainable decisions.
Take control of your business tools
A software audit is much more than a technical diagnosis: it is a decision support tool to manage your digital investments. It allows you to assess the state of your tools, detect optimization opportunities and build a clear and rational strategy to support your digital transformation.
At UNIVIRTUAL, we perform audits and software consulting to help you regain control over your application assets, by aligning technical choices with your business challenges.
Contact our experts for a customized diagnosis of your business software.
