License Optimization

License Optimization Services

Don't pay for what you don't use.

Canyon's License Optimization Services are a unique array of services designed to help you reduce compliance risks and save money, often in preparation for, and through the annual renewal process.

Done in preparation for your annual renewal, this service includes:

Establishing a baseline for your current deployment of software, including installation and actual usage.

Optimizing strategic use of existing products. In the case of IBM, the publisher is promoting specific strategic directions for hardware, software, and services such as virtualization and Cloud services. Using new metrics for existing software to align with these strategic directions can create significant cost reductions as well as increased efficiencies.

Rightsizing footprints for specific products and uninstalling unnecessary software to reduce costs.

Identifying licensing gaps by comparing your baseline of installs and usage with your entitlements.

Identifying compliance issues associated with planned upgrades and changes to hardware and services in IT environment.

Making recommendations for rightsizing your Renewal Contract based on the above as well as corporate strategic objectives.

Generating recommendations for remediation of compliance issues in conjunction with upcoming Renewal.

The beneficial outcomes from this service include:

Significant cost reduction and cost avoidance are the major benefits of using the above services.

It is important that you maintain your ability to make software decisions per your budget and strategic planning process vs. being obligated to make significant unexpected and unbudgeted purchases in response to audit settlement demands.

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Frequently asked questions about our services

We respond to the preferences of our clients. Prior to and during the pandemic, we have worked well with clients remotely; however, we are available for on-site work, as required or desired by the client.

Yes. In today’s environment, it is important to keep track of licensing across all deployments (i.e. on-premise, hosted, private and public clouds), and for all license types (i.e. perpetual licensing, temporary licensing, hybrid, and SaaS licensing).

Yes. We can install ILMT and support the ILMT infrastructure across your IBM Enterprise for all supported platforms, i.e., Windows, AIX, Sun Solaris. We keep ILMT running efficiently by correcting Agent errors, applying fixes, managing upgrades etc.

Canyon has proprietary tools and processes we use in our backend to automate some of our data analysis; however, these processes do not require any tools to be installed or executed on-site at customer locations. In addition to working with ILMT, we also use customer tools such as SCCM, CASE, Service Now, SNOW, USU, Flexera or any other tools already deployed by your company. With some products, specific screen shots or use of commands are necessary to achieve results. We also rely on published license documentation from IBM and HCL in our work.

Yes. We manage many customers' ILMT infrastructure and can keep you in license compliance by working with you remotely through fixed management contracts.

Yes, one of the benefits of knowing one’s licensing position is the ability to save costs for unused or underutilized licenses, or to realize savings from activities such as changing metrics based on current and predicted deployment. This can be a specific scope of work or is often a natural by-product of a pre-audit licensing review or health-check.