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IBM License and Cost Optimization Consulting
Spend less upfront. Spend less at renewal time. Purchase only what you need.
Reduce Your Enterprise IBM Spend
If you’re an IBM enterprise customer, you need IBM license optimization consulting to lower your costs and extract maximum value from your IBM agreements. NPI’s independent IBM licensing experts help you do exactly that. Whether you are making a new purchase or renewing an existing agreement, NPI provides the deep licensing and price benchmark analysis expertise you need.
We often save companies 7 figures by performing a detailed analysis to identify specific, actionable cost reduction opportunities through license optimization and IT price benchmarking.
NPI’s IBM License Optimization Consulting Services
Most enterprises that negotiate with IBM are at a severe disadvantage. Changing pricing and licensing models and rapidly evolving SKUs make it difficult to determine if you’re paying a fair price for the right solutions. NPI helps level the playing field.
Get Best in Class Pricing
We perform transaction-specific price benchmarking to determine best-in-class pricing and discount targets so you pay the lowest possible price for IBM purchases and renewals.
Best Fit Software and Cloud Infrastructure
NPI’s IBM license optimization consultants ensure you choose the best-fit licensing types for your IBM software agreements and renewals, including IBM Passport Advantage customers. We also help you rein in IBM cloud infrastructure spending through IT price benchmarking and cloud agreement optimization.
Proactive Internal Audits to Avoid Penalties
NPI can perform a software license position assessment to identify potential software licensing compliance issues that could result in costly license audit penalty fees.
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Benefits of IBM License Optimization
With IBM license consulting from NPI, you get experts to help you:
Structure IBM renewals and purchases for maximum flexibility and minimum lock-in.
Align your IBM sourcing roadmap with current and future requirements.
Improve your internal software asset management by uncovering licenses that are underutilized or overutilized.
Identify potential software license noncompliance that could trigger an IBM software audit.
Determine an optimal IBM negotiation strategy — backed by data from real negotiations — to give you more leverage.
Accelerate and optimize strategic initiatives, such as cloud migration, digital transformation, and adoption of AI solutions.
Reduce Your IBM Contract Costs with NPI
NPI provides IBM-specific pricing analysis and negotiation intel that empowers you to make better procurement decisions.
Validate and Negotiation
Get an objective analysis of your renewal or purchase offers to determine if you’re getting best-in-class pricing. If not, we provide you with insight and information to close the gap. You can walk into your next IBM negotiations with hard data to make your case.
Optimize and Align
Define the licensing, subscriptions, and terms that best fit your needs and align with your business goals while reducing your IBM spend.
Bring expert IBM licensing consulting to your side of the table. Come armed with the hard data and analysis you need to get the best possible deal. Contact the IBM experts at NPI today at (404) 591-7500.
