Governance

Technology Cost

We optimise companies' investments in technology to maximise its returns

Covid-19 and the wave of generative AI innovations have greatly accelerated organisations’ digital transformation efforts globally. With large-scale migration to the cloud and an arms race for computing power supremacy, companies’ IT spend has also significantly increased. Businesses in Europe and the Americas are spending 12% of their revenue on IT in 2023, up from 7.5% in just 2 years.

IT costs are therefore becoming a significant part of overall financial concerns and will have a material impact on bottom-line profit. In an era of high interest rates and challenging top-line revenue growth, adequate governance over such spending to ensure maximum ROI is crucial for companies’ financial resilience.

Common Challenges

Cloud Spend

Tracking and managing cloud spend has become increasingly challenging, whether it’s for sophisticated AI compute forecasting or a small SaaS app purchased with a corporate card.

Renewal Surprises

Software vendors have been consistently raising prices, even at double digits in recent years. The shift from perpetual to subscription can also increase total cost of software ownership.

Licence Audits

Anti-piracy and license compliance audits, conducted by entities like the BSA and software vendors, have steadily increased, leading to unexpected financial burdens for CFOs.

How we can help

Licence Audit Defence

'True-ups’ and licence audits are often sales-driven and commercially biased. Our poacher-turned-gamekeeper team challenges unfair claims and cuts financial exposure.

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Contract Cost Optimisation

Driving down spend through licence recycling automation, smarter account and licence classification, strategic ELA exit and renewal negotiation, and transitioning to third-party support models where viable.

SAM Tooling

Deep expertise across enterprise SAM suites (e.g. Flexera, SNOW), point solutions for cloud and engineering licence optimisation, and vendor-mandated tools like IBM ILMT, SAP USMM and LAW for compliance reporting.

Software Governance

From maturity assessments and gap analysis to roadmap design, we build governance structures, design and implement processes, support tooling PoCs, deliver training, and guide successful transformation and steady-state operations.

Internal Audit Programme

Our tooling-free internal audit programme uses proprietary methods to deliver rotating vendor audits aligned to renewal cycles, reducing audit risk and arming you with accurate data to maximise commercial leverage.

Managed Service

We run day-to-day SAM operations, from maintaining ITAM platforms and onboarding new vendors to managing licence pools and software requests, so your team can focus on driving internal change, not manual data wrangling.

Advisory On-demand

For customers with established SAM functions, we offer fixed-price expert support for high-value events like audit defence, contract renewals, and strategic licensing decisions, providing deep vendor expertise exactly when it’s needed.

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Vendor expertise

IBM

From defending audits, re-negotiating SSSO/ESSOs, managing ILMT/ILS, to annual reporting and ILSP alternatives - we provide lifecycle IBM licensing expertise.

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SAP

From optimising USMM/Law reports and handling indirect access, to streamlining licence classification and contract strategy - we increase SAP audit readiness and commercial ROI.

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Oracle

From Java compliance and ULA exits to managing Oracle LMS audits and script outputs, we bring deep licensing and negotiation expertise to control risk and reduce Oracle estate costs.

Microsoft

From navigating Microsoft GLAS audits and EA true-ups to optimising Azure Hybrid Benefit, SQL licensing, and Power Platform entitlements - we deliver compliance and strategic leverage.

Broadcom

In-depth knowledge of VMware and CA licensing under Broadcom’s evolving models. We manage transitions, defend audits, and address growing complexity in contracts and support.

Opentext

Experts in Opentext, Micro Focus, and legacy HP licensing portfolios. We simplify entitlement sprawl, legacy transitions, and the compliance challenges across merged estates.

Cloud & Industry Solutions

From Adobe, Autodesk, Dassault, PTC, Salesforce, ServiceNow to Quest - we understand the unique licensing metrics, compliance traps, and commercial pressure points each vendor brings.

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    Why us

    Thought Leadership

    Our team has participated in ISO standards setting, represented in various industry forums and are frequent speakers at high profile conferences.

    Governance Expertise

    Our team has an average 10 years of technology governance experience covering fields such as IP protection, information security and data privacy.

    Poacher-turned Game Keeper

    Many of our team came from software sales or compliance auditing backgrounds, providing invaluable insight to cost governance and risk mitigation.

    Insights

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