Expert support for IBM software audits
Receiving notification from IBM of their intention to audit your IBM software license estate is likely to cause additional workload and personal stress, if you are not prepared.
Do you know how to respond in the event of an IBM license audit request? Do you have all the necessary data at hand and are confident of your license position?
If the answer to these questions is ‘no’, you need to act – however you are not alone.
First things first. Don’t panic.
Our IBM license experts have considerable experience in helping organisations prepare for an audit and can support you through an IBM license audit to a successful conclusion, mitigating unbudgeted costs and risks.
Our expertise encompasses all key IBM products including Security, WebSphere, Spectrum, Tivoli, Infosphere and Cognos.
Our consultants treat your IBM spend as their own money, driven by a commitment to optimise cost and improve your bottom line.
Audit mitigation strategies
Audit validation
Diagnosis
Discovery, Baseline and Optimisation
Resolution
82% financial risk reduction
£17m to £100k
£5.8m identified risks
Case study: IBM audit defence
By adopting our tried and tested software audit approach, our client avoided a multi-million euro financial exposure through legitimate remediation, resulting in a massive ROI.
The total cost of the consultancy provided by Version 1 equated to 0.23% of the total cost avoided by the client.
Our approach to defending against software vendor audits
Our software asset management methodology, Control, underpins all our license consultancy engagements – including preparing for or defending against a software vendor audit across Oracle, IBM and many more.
This tried and tested SAM process delivers financial risk reduction, cost avoidance, and removes excessive workload from your business that an audit can create.
