An initial compliance risk of over $100 million was reduced to less than $400k.
The license shortfall was resolved using existing IBM catalogue credits, avoiding unplanned new purchases.
Correct BigFix report configurations confirmed the client’s compliance for the previous two years.
Introduction
The client was a large US company who provided HR services to several FTSE 500 and federal government departments. They were a long-time client of IBM and had over $200 million invested in IBM technology, including both mainframe and distributed (server) products.
Whilst undergoing a recent digital transformation project, where IBM workloads were moved from on-premises to public cloud, an IBM software license review (SLR) was triggered. Because of this, the threat of a substantial, unbudgeted and a large license purchase loomed.
Outcomes
- An initial license compliance risk of over $100 million was reduced to less than $400K.
- The client was able to resolve the license shortfall by using credits in their IBM catalogue, avoiding any new purchases.
- The corrected report configuration of BigFix demonstrated that the client was compliant for the previous two years.
- The client’s SAM team were able to confidently manage their IBM licensing after the project.
