Take control of your IBM spend, eliminate unbudgeted costs resulting from audits and maximize your return on IBM investment through KPMG’s software licensing expertise.
IASP – A case for change
Launched in 2019, the IBM Authorised SAM Provider (IASP) Program is now an established management methodology successfully adopted by over hundreds of IBM customers globally with hundreds more to be signed up in 2023.
IASP has improved IBM’s customers’ understanding of their IBM licensing environment giving them real time quality data to make informed decisions about their licensing requirements.
Challenges faced by clients
- Maintenance of knowledge, skills and technologies to ensure compliance.
- Risk of time-consuming, intrusive software license audits.
- Risk of unbudgeted, unplanned costs due to non-compliance identified.
- License Optimisation – over- and under-deployment of licenses.
- Complex Licensing Terms and Conditions.
- Trustworthy Data – software entitlements and deployment.
- Stressed vendor-customer relationship.
IASP was introduced to address these challenges and for your benefit
Complete and accurate records of all IBM software transactions and deployments over time, enabling better decision-making and return on investment.
Stay abreast with latest amendments to IBM contractual Ts&Cs and meet the requirements.
License optimisation to reduce software costs, potentially making savings of multiples of the cost of the program.
Ability to true-up over-deployments under non-punitive business terms and avoid retrospective penalties for non-compliance.
Better management of IBM License Metric Tool (ILMT) (including implementation) and other SAM tools and sub-capacity license eligibility.
Strong and open vendor-customer relationship focused on innovation and delivering business value.
Exceptions from audits – demonstrate compliance without stress and uncertainty of an audit.
Access to KPMG’s global Software Asset Management (SAM) licensing expertise and extending the benefits for other software publishers.
Value delivered by KPMG via IASP Program
1. Over $100m in cost savings
2. Over $1b in cost avoidance through remediation
3. Better management of IBM + SAM environment
4. Improved relationship with IBM
5. Learnings applied to other SAM vendors
6. Quality real-time data for better decision making and optimised SAM estate
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Imelda H. Corros
Partner in Charge
Business Transformation /
Software License Review / Software Asset Management
KPMG in the Philippines
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Peter Josemaria G. Manabat
Engagement Manager
Software License Review / Software Asset Management
KPMG in the Philippines
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Raymond R. Garcia
Engagement Lead
Software License Review / Software Asset Management
KPMG in the Philippines
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