Oracle Audit Advisory Oracle remains among the top five vendors for software audits, along with Microsoft and IBM. In this whitepaper we will provide a step-by-step process for Oracle Audit management, but first we will address some of the most common questions concerning Oracle software audits. It often comes as a complete surprise when senior executives receive official audit letters from Oracle. Without the right expertise, it’s difficult to understand the causes, effects, and proper ways to respond. To ensure [...]
What We Do Audit Advisory Software License Management Oracle Support Renewal Management Miro Support Network Cloud Licensing Oracle Services Microsoft Services IBM Services—Old Salesforce Services Adobe Services IBM is one of the top three auditors and is the #1 software auditor, according to Gartner. Typically, a formal software audit letter from IBM will arrive demanding information. Miro Consulting’s IBM audit defense is comprised of analysts with decades worth of software vendor audit experience. Our analyst’s work with our clients as [...]
What We Do Audit Advisory Software License Management Oracle Support Renewal Management Miro Support Network Cloud Licensing Oracle Services Microsoft Services IBM Services—Old Salesforce Services Adobe Services Software audits are on the rise with Oracle, Microsoft, IBM and Adobe having the highest number of audits. Being prepared for an audit is essential to an organization’s success. Miro provides audit mediation services for software licensing audits. The Miro Audit Mediation Process provides: Comprehensive Oracle audit review effectively navigating a formal audit by [...]
Oracle Audit Advisory Oracle frequently audits its clients Oracle remains among the top five software companies for audits, along with IBM and Microsoft. The first step is the arrival of a formal software audit letter will from Oracle’s License Management Services team. This brief white paper includes: The reasons why Oracle audits Managing your Oracle audit Change is a typical reason for audits The universal reason for software audits are simple – inellectual property protection. Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) Divestitures […]
Microsoft Audit Defense: Drivers, True-Ups & Compliance White Paper Addresses Microsoft Audit Drivers Specific Microsoft Licensing Compliance Intricacies Types of Microsoft Audits The Microsoft Audit/Engagement Process and Expectations Prevention/Preparation for the Next Microsoft Audit Miro Consulting specializes in Adobe, IBM, Microsoft, and Oracle audit defense, contract negotiation and license management. Since 2000, Miro has helped hundreds of clients optimize their total cost of ownership and has overseen over $1.5 billion in software license transactions.
IBM Licensing Metric Tool (ILMT) Clarifying the Misconceptions & Anxieties To help organizations manage costs within the rapidly evolving IT environment – particularly virtualization, cloud-based options and mobile devices – IBM launched its sub-capacity licensing option back in 2005. As sub-capacity licensing grew in popularity in recent years as a means of optimizing software deployment and controlling software costs, they introduced the IBM Licensing Metric Tool (ILMT) to help IBM Passport Advantage® users achieve and maintain compliance with both their […]
If you’re heavily using IBM in your environment and that’s your main line of business software and you plan to continue with that investment, we recommend taking advantage of IBM ELAs as they contain many favorable options such as: Enterprise License, more fondly known as ‘All you can eat’ – we have seen ELAs for a limited software product that you can download and install as much as you want and then at the end of the ELA, you report […]
First, let’s define ILMT. ILMT is short for IBM License Metric Tool that helps organizations to track and maintain PVU deployed software for full and sub-capacity environments. Secondly and a very important point, any software customer of IBM’s under the Passport Advantage Agreement is eligible for a license review, or in other words, an audit. IBM audits customers regardless of their ILMT use or non-use including the following scenarios: 1 – An enterprise that claims they have never heard […]
