Manuela Sailer

sailer_high

Manuela Sailer advises Enterprise Customers on IBM License Management Issues since 2012. ARS is a consulting organization and systems integrator based in Munich, Germany, specialized in IBM Software and underpinning technologies. The company has been awarded the Premier Business Partner status for IBM software for 19 years in sequence. Manuela Sailer joined ARS in March 2012. Her specialties have since then remained IBM software and IBM license management consulting services, i.e. training, ranging from basic to advanced workshops, as well as consulting and license optimization services for distributed platforms (Linux, UNIX and Windows).

Before joining ARS she completed a 1,5 year traineeship at IBM’s consulting branch (Global Business Services) in Düsseldorf, Germany, where she got familiar with IBM Technologies and Software licensing challenges.

Manuela Sailer graduated in philosophy and computer sciences at the Ludwigs-Maximillians University Munich in January 2010. In her free time she likes to travel around the world and hike long distances, especially in Northern Europe.

Presentation summary: IBM software compliance: A case to reduce your financial risk

It is easily observed that IBM, like the other large Software vendors, is increasing the frequency and intensity of Audits at customers, checking customer compliance for IBM Software respectively Licenses. IBM contracts and license rules for IBM Software for Host and the distributed platforms (Linux, UNIX and Windows) are highly complex, ever changing and diverse.  This presentation explains the situation you’re facing as IBM Software customer and how to reduce the risk and avoid nightmarish audit processes and settlements. Learn from an expert with over 15 years of experience in this field.