Skills
- Friendly audit of current use of Oracle, SAP, IBM, and Microsoft products;
- Oracle, SAP, IBM, and Microsoft licenses optimization
- Contracts structuring
- Counter-audit
- We act as your license advocate
- SAM & Configaration Management implementation
Projekthistorie
Big metallurgical company (TOP-10): Oracle license audit preparation (EBS+DB+FMW)
Risks found: Tech: > USD 260M, price-list price, EBS: > USD 160M.
Outcomes: Via license optimization risks have been reduced to ~ 7% (Tech) and 4% (EBS) from the initial risks.
Big energy company (TOP-3): Subsequently: Oracle license audit preparation (DB+FMW), counter-audit, ULA
Risks found: > USD 1B (1,000,000,000), price-list price.
Outcomes: ULA has been signed, and this way all license risks have been mitigated. The final price of ULA was ~1% from the initial risk.
BIG MLM company (TOP-10 consumer goods): SAP cloud E-Commerce deal optimization
Initial deal: Tech: > RUR 260M per year.
Outcomes: Final price: RUR 180M per year.
Big Telecom holding (TOP-3): Oracle ULA certification preparation (DB+FMW).
Risks found: > USD 1,2B (1,200,000,000), price-list price.
Outcomes: Via license optimization risks have been reduced to ~ 3% from the initial risk. With our help the customer negotiated a great discount.
Optical shops network: a counter-audit Oracle (EBS+DB+FMW).
Initial claim from Oracle: USD 1.2M; a threat of litigation.
Outcomes: the most of official audit findings have been successfully challenged. A threat of litigation has been removed completely. Initial claim has been decreased to ~ USD 350K (price-list price). With our help the customer negotiated a decent discount.
Big electronic retail network (TOP-3): minor Oracle ULA certification preparation & subsequent major tech license optimization (Specific retail software + DB + FMW).
Risks found: > USD 135M, price-list price.
Outcomes: Via license optimization risks have been reduced to ~ USD 1.2% from the initial risks, under the assumption that excessive licenses we found (>USD 1.3M pricelist price) would be migrated into needed ones.
Big electrical equipment wholesale company: Oracle license audit preparation (EBS+DB+FMW)
Risks found: Tech: > USD 25M, price-list price, EBS: > USD 30M.
Outcomes: Via license optimization risks have been reduced to ~ 27% (Tech) and 12% (EBS) from the initial risks. Functionality of some paid EBS modules have been migrated to the software developed by our team.