① The Mainframe Licensing Brief

What publishers do at renewal, before they do it to you.

One email a month. Renewal trends, audit behavior, and cost benchmarks drawn from 500+ buyer side engagements across IBM, Broadcom (CA), BMC, Rocket Software, Software AG, Compuware (BMC), and Syncsort (Precisely). No vendor sponsorship, no reselling, no fluff.

② What you get

Renewal trend notesWhat we are commonly seeing in uplift demands, term structures, and bundling pressure, publisher by publisher.

Audit pattern alertsWhen a publisher's audit and compliance activity shifts, subscribers typically hear it here first.

Benchmarks and leversDirectional cost benchmarks and the negotiation levers that moved numbers in recent quarters.

Recent thinking lives in the journal, including renewal trends we are seeing in 2026 and what enterprises pay per MSU in 2026. If your situation will not wait a month, our renewal advisory desk and the IBM renewal advisory page are the faster path, or talk to us directly.

What publishers do at renewal, before they do it to you.

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