Products
IBM product licensing and audit defense.
The high risk IBM products auditors examine most, with how each is licensed and where the findings come from. Independent, not affiliated with IBM Corporation.
Coverage across the IBM middleware estate · Last updated 4 April 2025
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IBM WebSphere
PVU licensing, bundled component limits and the hypervisor eligibility traps.
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IBM Db2
PVU and authorized user metrics, sub-capacity compliance and the Cognos bundle scope.
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IBM Cognos
Administrator versus consumer roles and the user reconciliation that holds.
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IBM MQ
PVU and VPC metrics, container licensing and sub-capacity boundaries.
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IBM Maximo
Authorized user counting and the over-deployment findings auditors reach for.
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IBM Tivoli
Endpoint and BigFix licensing and the metrics that drive exposure.
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IBM SPSS
User and server metrics and where deployment drifts beyond entitlement.
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IBM Cloud Pak
The VPC metric, container reporting and the all cores in the cluster penalty.
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IBM Red Hat
OpenShift subscription counting alongside IBM Cloud Pak entitlements.
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IBM Sterling
B2B and order management metrics and their audit exposure points.
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