IBM License Compliance & Optimization
Restructure and optimize your IBM landscape, helping you reduce the risk of non-compliance and reduce cost.
Experts in IBM license compliance & optimization
IBM is one of the most complex software vendors in terms of license compliance, with a broad software portfolio and wide variety of license models.
The high value of IBM’s server-based products often makes them a top priority in any software asset management (SAM) program.
We offer a robust combination of technical, contractual and audit expertise in IBM software and services license compliance. We help you to not only simulate compliance assessments from IBM’s auditors, but also to explore licensing alternatives that could deliver significant savings for your organization.
Compliance & optimization services
Expert support at every stage, from audit defense through to contract negotiation and license optimization.
Entitlements reconciliation
The foundation of every internal compliance review is a careful assessment of what you are currently entitled to. We process passport advantage (PA) order history data and other contractual information, and help you obtain any missing evidence.
Information collection plan
Based on the IBM product scope and existing software discovery tools, we develop a detailed information collection plan which includes collecting technical evidence for medium and high-risk products.
Deployment evidence collection
We guide your internal stakeholders and administrators to establish the deployment quantity for each IBM product, and ensure you have accurately accounted for all installations.
Compliance report
Our effective license position (ELP) report reflects the compliance position for each IBM product in scope. If there are any apparent license shortfalls, we recommend remediation or optimization measures.
Key Benefits
Greater visibility, lower risk, and a team that doesn’t need to install anything to get started.
Gain valuable insight into your IT environment
Our IBM license optimization process will provide clear insight into your current license position, which we will use to formulate precise recommendations of how to remediate non-compliance and optimize your environment.
Map out and mitigate against potential threats
Working with you, we implement rectifying measures wherever possible, such as eliminating redundant installations and implementing possible consolidations.
No tool dependency
We do not require any specific tools to be installed for our assessment and can fit our approach to suit your current set-up. Although ILMT is recommended in order to benefit from sub capacity licensing, we can use any other data sources to calculate PVU and RVU MAPC deployment. If you do not have any software discovery tools, we provide scripts to collect basic software and hardware details.
Non-processor based licensing expertise
Many consulting parties on the market limit themselves to basic counting of PVU and RVU MAPC deployment values. We specialize in measuring all other licensing models, including those of product categories such as: Cognos, Maximo, Tivoli (TB), Informix, Rational, InfoSphere, Content Manager, TRIRIGA, Tealeaf, SmartCloud & SPSS
Expert IBM support
If you’re looking to optimize your IBM licenses, book a call with one of our experts today. Fill out the form and we’ll be in touch within 24 hours.
