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Urgent: "Passport Advantage" Audits Active

Missed a Quarterly ILMT Scan?
Don't Pay Full Capacity Charges.

IBM demands you pay for every processor in your server farm because of missing ILMT reports. We use "Sub-Capacity" defense rights to reject the penalty and slash your liability.

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The "Full Capacity" Penalty Trap

IBM requires you to run their "License Metric Tool" (ILMT) every 90 days. If you miss a scan, they revoke your discount.

The "Full Capacity" Bill

Instead of paying for the 4 virtual cores you use, IBM charges you for all 64 physical cores on the host server. This is often a multi-million dollar difference.

The Missing Report

Auditors look for "gaps" in your quarterly ILMT reports. Even a small gap allows them to claim you were "non-compliant" for the entire 2-year period.

The "Friendly" Review

IBM invites you to a "joint roadmap session" or "IASP program." This is often a pretext to discover unlicensed deployments without a formal audit letter.

How We Fight Back:
The Technical & Legal Defense

Retroactive ILMT Reporting

Missing reports? We use manual sampling and historical logs to reconstruct your usage data, legally proving you never exceeded your license count.

Privileged Negotiation

Critical: Do not admit "non-compliance" in emails. We wrap your technical review in Attorney-Client Privilege to prevent your own data from being used against you.

PVU/VPC Metric Disputes

We audit your specific Passport Advantage contract. Often, legacy terms allow for alternative counting methods that exempt you from the newest, most expensive metrics.

Don't Reply to IBM Yet.

Download our "IBM Audit Defense Checklist". It contains the 8 specific technical and legal steps you must take before sending your first ILMT report to the auditors.

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