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10 Questions to ask your IBM ILMT Administrator – to ensure IBM license compliance
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 [...]
IBM License Discounts and RSVP Levels Explained
Background To buy IBM licenses you will need to enrol in either the IBM Passport Advantage Express (PAX) or IBM Passport Advantage (PA) programs. The IBM Passport Advantage Express (PAX) program is used by organisation [...]
Defining the scope of an IBM License Audit
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 [...]
Who’s checking the IBM license metric tool (ILMT) reports?
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 [...]
IBM Supporting (Bundled) Products and how to use them to reduce license costs
“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 [...]
IBM License for Development and Test Environment
“You always need an IBM license, including Development and Test” Introduction It is a common misconception that you don’t need a license for IBM products deployed for development or test purposes. This is incorrect. Some [...]