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Case Studies
See how we have helped our clients optimise their IBM investments.
An IBM audit had identified $28M non-compliance fee, the client was unsure of their position and reporting obligations.
Insight provided support through data collection, analysis and validation, delivering accurate reporting based on the applicable licensing metrics across their IBM estate.
Insight helped the client challenge the audit findings and reduce the settlement down to $1M and included a two-year grace period for reporting and verification.
Client had global deployments of strategic IBM applications across 16 entities, and recent changes to their environment meant they were unable to correctly measure licensing requirements, resulting in a $12M compliance risk.
Insight identified significant exposures and wastage through a baseline analysis. Through changing the client’s deployment model, we enabled a more efficient way of licensing users which reduced their licensable footprint.
This resulted in a reduction in licensing position worth over $12 million, which was later validated through a painless IBM audit with zero value compliance outcome.
Client had deployed IBM’s ILMT but had not actively maintained the tool, which was creating reporting issues and increased risk of audit non-compliance.
Insight’s experts identified all the issues causing malfunctions and incorrect reporting. We delivered updated agents and fixed connections to produce accurate compliance reports.
As a result of updating and configuring ILMT correctly the client was able to remove an audit exposure of over $300K.
Insight’s IBM optimisation consultants have deep expertise and experience in helping organisations of varying size and complexity to maximise their value from IBM technologies.