Publisher overview for IBM in the Software Asset Workspace

  • Release version: Yokohama
  • Updated January 30, 2025
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    Summary of Publisher overview for IBM in the Software Asset Workspace

    The IBM publisher overview in the Software Asset Workspace allows ServiceNow customers to monitor and manage their IBM software license usage comprehensively. Accessed via License usage > Publishers > IBM, this overview updates automatically with each new reconciliation result, providing up-to-date insights into license compliance and usage.

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    Key Features

    • Summary Section: Presents critical license usage metrics including:
      • True-up cost: Estimated cost to achieve compliance based on the average price of IBM software entitlements.
      • Potential savings: Possible cost reductions identified for IBM licenses.
      • Actual savings: Realized cost savings for IBM licenses.
      • Unlicensed entities: Breakdown of unlicensed IBM software installations and client access records, with clickable counts to view detailed lists.
    • Progress Indicators: Tracks license compliance progress with details on ignored installs and removal candidates, both accessible for detailed review.
    • PVU Subcapacity Consumption Trend: Displays the aggregate peak consumption of IBM software over time to understand usage trends.
    • Top 10 Products by PVU Sub-capacity Usage: Highlights peak utilization for the most significant IBM software products in your environment.

    Practical Use for ServiceNow Customers

    This overview empowers customers to maintain license compliance efficiently by providing actionable data such as unlicensed installations requiring attention and candidates for software removal. It also supports financial planning through clear visibility into true-up costs and savings opportunities. The trend and top product usage data help optimize software deployment and capacity planning.

    View license usage information related to IBM in the publisher overview for IBM in the Software Asset Workspace.

    From the Software Asset Workspace, access the IBM publisher overview by navigating to License usage > Publishers and then selecting IBM from the list of available software publishers.

    Results are updated whenever a new reconciliation result is available.

    IBM publisher overview.

    You can view a summary of your license usage information in the Summary section of the IBM publisher overview.
    Table 1. IBM Summary
    Report Description
    True-up cost Cost to be compliant based on the average price of rights in your IBM software entitlements.
    Potential savings Potential cost savings for your IBM licenses.
    Actual savings Actual cost savings for your IBM licenses.
    Unlicensed entities Summary of your unlicensed entities.
    This summary includes the following information:
    • Unlicensed installs: Total number of unlicensed IBM software installations. Select the number to view the complete list of unlicensed IBM software installations.
    • Installs requiring action: Total number of IBM software installations that you must take action on. Select the number to view the complete list of these IBM software installations.
    • Unlicensed client access: Total number of unlicensed IBM client access records. Select the number to view the complete list of unlicensed IBM client access records.
    Progress indicators Summary of your license compliance progress.
    This summary includes the following indicators:
    • Ignored installs: Total number of IBM software installations that were ignored during reclamation. Select the number to view the complete list of ignored IBM software installations.
    • Removal candidates: Total number of IBM removal candidates. Select the number to view the list of all software removal candidates.
    PVU subcapacity consumption trend Comparison of the aggregate peak consumption for all IBM software products over time.
    Top 10 products by PVU sub-capacity usage Peak PVU utilization for your top 10 IBM software products.

    For more details on the license usage information that is provided in the publisher overview, see License usage publisher fields in workspace.