Results · Buyer side
Audit results, on the record.
Every engagement starts with an IBM finding and ends with a smaller number. These are the outcomes we can name, drawn from $250M+ in exposure defended across 500+ engagements. Independent, not affiliated with IBM Corporation.
$250M+
Audit exposure defended
500+
Engagements delivered
30 to 92%
Findings reduction range
48hr
Mobilization on notice
Exposure defended.
The headline results, each won by challenging the methodology rather than accepting the finding.
Manufacturing · WebSphere + Db2
71%
claim reduced
Methodology challenge
Incorrect PVU values and denied sub-capacity reversed against clean ILMT evidence, the claim cut by more than two thirds.
Financial Services · ILMT
$3.1M
penalty avoided
Sub-capacity reinstated
Missing agents and misconfigured reports corrected before full-capacity charging landed, sub-capacity rights restored.
Enterprise · Cognos + Maximo
$2.8M
over-deployment cut
User reconciliation
Actual user counts mapped to entitlements, the excess license claim removed at renewal.
More defenses.
Engagements where the outcome was a reversed position rather than a single headline figure.
How every result was built.
01
Contain
Control the data request and the clock. Nothing goes to IBM until it is scoped, curated and defensible.
02
Reconcile
Run our own PVU and sub-capacity calculation against your entitlements before IBM finishes theirs.
03
Challenge
Dispute the findings line by line: wrong PVU values, denied sub-capacity, missing entitlement offsets.
04
Settle
Negotiate the number down and fold forward renewal terms and reinstatement into the settlement letter.
Your finding is the starting number.
$250M+ in exposure defended. 500+ engagements. We mobilize within 48 hours of your audit notice. Independent and buyer side, every time.
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Independent. Not affiliated with IBM Corporation.Buyer Side · Est. 2019