These actions have a real and tangible impact on the growth and productivity of all businesses, especially during this juncture in which many companies are strategizing how best to utilize emerging cloud technologies. Aggressive audit activity diverts valuable time and resources from core services as companies are intimidated (through sheer uncertainty, if not outright threats of license termination), from exercising otherwise beneficial deployment options. For many companies, this amounts to being effectively denied any reasonable choice as they are reluctantly compelled to restructure their cloud migration plans.
Source: Real Clear Policy