License Management Tool for IBM Software
Our proprietary IBM license management software, Blue-LM is the tool for seasoned IBM license compliance professionals.
The indispensable tool for IBM license compliance experts
The Blue-LM SaaS subscription is for experienced SAM professionals who perform IBM license compliance activities on a regular basis. We provide this subscription either as a standalone service or in conjunction with other IBM license compliance services.
Our Services
Everything you need to manage IBM license compliance in one place, entitlements, deployment data, T&Cs, and compliance tracking.
Entitlements
Import and manage your current list of IBM part numbers, quickly and easily collating this data.
Software deployment
Import data from ILMT for PVU calculations. And generate templates to collect data for all other license types.
Terms and conditions
Search for bundling information in LI documents and part number changes in announcement letters.
Compliance
Track your IBM compliance status and information collection progress in a central dashboard.
Why use Blue-LM?
Built around the real-world challenges IBM license compliance professionals face every day.
Easily pull together data
Make managing your compliance easy by bringing together license data from a wide variety of sources all into one place, helping you facilitate IBM compliance management.
Complements ILMT
Blue-LM is designed to complement ILMT rather than replace it. ILMT is required in order to meet the sub capacity terms and conditions. However, ILMT does not generate compliance reports. Also, ILMT is mainly focused on the PVU license metric – the vast majority of IBM license metrics cannot be measured via ILMT.
Complements your SAM tool
Blue-LM can be used to complement your existing SAM tool by helping you to review key IBM product licensing rules in a structured way.
Quickly prep for renewals, negotiations and audits
Most IBM customers unknowingly have license shortfalls for some products and license surpluses for others. Blue-LM can help you prepare optimally for Subscription and Support (S&S) renewals, contract negotiations, and compliance audits.
How we help you implement Blue-LM
A practical approach to improve ILMT accuracy, reduce IBM licensing risk, and maintain an audit-ready position.
Initial setup
We can help you to import your IBM entitlements data and ILMT audit snapshot report, unlocking valuable insights into your IBM licensing estate.
Generate reports
Take an in-depth look at detailed software and licensing information across all of IBM’s commercial offerings. Our data repository is refreshed on a weekly basis.
Monitor compliance status
Monitor your IBM license compliance position based on current entitlements data, ILMT audit snapshot reports and non-ILMT deployment quantities from our automatically generated audit templates.
Third-party support
Blue-LM is the tool of choice for SAM consultants to provide efficient and comprehensive IBM license compliance advice to your customers.
Get Blue-LM
Blue-LM makes the world of IBM software license management easy. Talk to our specialists today to learn more about this powerful tool.
