Legal Risks of IBM Licensing – Webinar
In a Scott & Scott webinar, partner Julie Machal-Fulks will discuss some of the challenges that organizations encounter when trying to ensure compliance with their IBM license agreements. The one-hour event will be Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016, beginning at 11 a.m. CST.
Because IBM products like WebSphere, DB2, Tivoli, Informix, and Lotus Notes are expensive, and companies cannot easily or quickly verify compliance, the risks associated with IBM licensing can be severe, the firm says. For example, if a company is trying to license under IBM’s Sub-Capacity license rules and fails to adhere to all of the requirements, IBM often demands enough licenses to cover the full capacity of the computers on which the software is installed.
In some instances, the costs associated with non-compliance can be tens of millions of dollars. Proper licensing is critical to avoid unexpected liabilities.
The following topics will be covered in the webinar:
- Licensing obligations for IBM software
- Determining what agreements govern the relationship
- Sub-Capacity Licensing
- ILMT
- Virtualization and Load Balancing
- How IBM acquisitions affect licensing
- Audits
