News for the month from the world of IBM Licensing. Links to posts, webinars, announcements with expert commentary. I've done the digging so you get only the good stuff.
*IBM License Tip* Don’t let VMs with IBM products “wander” around the server farm
FCT mentioned anywhere in your IBM license entitlement? You need to dig deeper #itam tips Flexible Contract Type aka FCT is a special and typically older contract type used by IBM. As the name suggests it's flexible so when it is mentioned...
What is IBM Business Critical Service Upgrade? IBM Business Critical Service Upgrades are options to extend your Base support (9x5) to Business Critical (24x7) and usually applies to an Appliance. The main benefit is an upgrade from standard appliance support...
A list of useful resources to help you better manage you IBM license costs and risk
Introduction When an organization receives notice of an IBM audit the wording is generic. This is intentional as the auditor doesn’t know what you have and will want as much latitude as possible to search for compliance gaps. It is...
Got IBM products? Are you sure the ILMT audit snapshot reports have been run this quarter & are they correct? If you have IBM products in you network you will almost certainly need to be running the IBM license...
“Take advantage of Supporting Products to reduce IBM license costs” When you buy an IBM product (also know as a Program) you are usually buying a collection of products. The main product is referred to as the Principle Program. ...
Overview If your company wants to take advantage of the significant cost reductions IBM sub-capacity licensing offers it is important that you have ILMT, deployed, configured, and correctly reporting your usage. ILMT is a very powerful but complex tool to...
When's the last time you checked the availability and consistency of your ILMT Audit Reports #itam tips If you wish to avail of IBM sub-capacity licensing you need to have a ILMT Audit reports for the last 8 quarters on file. Otherwise...