Chapter VI.

One hundred and fifty-four documented engagements.

Each case study is an anonymised record of a closed engagement. Industry, scale, publisher, engagement model, and outcome are documented. The buyer's identity is withheld. The figures, the position-paper architecture, and the closing settlement are drawn from the live engagement record retained inside the firm for the full five-year window.

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Every case study is drawn from a live engagement. The figures are real.

The buyer is anonymised. The publisher, the metric, the position paper architecture, and the closing settlement are factual records of the engagement.

Featured studies
Nine full-length studies from the case library.
Oracle · ULA Exit2026
Oracle ULA exit: the $42M renewal never happens.
$42M
Avoided
Global retailer exits its five-year ULA at certification, cuts annual Oracle spend 64% and migrates 38% of workloads to Standard Edition.
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Microsoft · Enterprise Agreement2026
Microsoft EA restructured: 35% annual reduction.
$9.8M
Annual Savings
International bank right-sizes 47,000 seats, cuts unused Power Platform spend and re-anchors Azure — $18.2M against $28M prior.
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SAP · Audit Dispute2026
SAP indirect access: $18M claim settled at $1.2M.
93%
Claim Reduction
Technical data-flow analysis and contract scrutiny collapse an indirect access claim across four settlement rounds, without litigation.
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Salesforce · Renewal2026
Salesforce rationalised: $4.2M off the annual bill.
$4.2M
Annual Savings
12,000-seat firm reclaims 3,400 inactive users, right-sizes Marketing Cloud and eliminates zero-use add-ons at renewal.
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IBM · Sub-Capacity2026
IBM PVU exposure cut 71% by rebuilding ILMT evidence.
$6.4M
Avoided
Insurance group preserves sub-capacity entitlement across 240 instances after IBM demanded full-capacity licensing.
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Broadcom / VMware · Renewal2026
Broadcom renewal capped at 18% against a proposed 340%.
$24M
Avoided
Telecom operator answers the forced VCF bundle with a deployment audit, credible exit plan and a $3.8M contract against $14M proposed.
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AWS · EDP2026
AWS EDP restructured: 28% effective rate reduction.
$8.6M
Annual Savings
SaaS company layers EDP, Savings Plans and RI strategy across $80M of spend — $72M effective against the $95M proposal.
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ServiceNow · Renewal2026
ServiceNow renewal cut 41% through module consolidation.
$5.7M
Annual Savings
Public sector body eliminates three under-used modules and absorbs the functionality into ITSM Pro at renewal.
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OpenAI · Anthropic · AI Contracts2026
AI contracts renegotiated: dual-vendor, $4.8M saved.
$4.8M
Annual Savings
Global bank renews OpenAI 31% and Anthropic 28% lower, keeping dual-vendor resilience below single-vendor cost.
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Browse the library
All 154 studies, by vendor practice.
Oracle24 studies
Oracle practice case studies.
ULA certification, Java SE Universal Subscription, LMS audit defence, OCI commitment design, middleware on virtualised infrastructure. Engagements across financial services, industrial, healthcare and public sector.
24 studies · 2020 to 2025
Microsoft28 studies
Microsoft practice case studies.
Enterprise Agreement renewal, Azure MACC commitment design, M365 Copilot pilot, SAM audit defence, Datacenter versus Standard edition selection. Engagements across banking, retail, manufacturing and government.
28 studies · 2020 to 2025
SAP22 studies
SAP practice case studies.
RISE economics, digital access audit defence, S/4HANA conversion planning, FUE arithmetic, indirect access. Engagements across manufacturing, life sciences, energy and consumer products.
22 studies · 2020 to 2025
Salesforce16 studies
Salesforce practice case studies.
Renewal defence, Data Cloud commitment, Agentforce scope, shelfware reduction, edition rationalisation. Engagements across retail, financial services, technology and healthcare.
16 studies · 2020 to 2025
IBM12 studies
IBM practice case studies.
Passport Advantage renewal, ILMT sub-capacity, PVU verification, Red Hat subscription rationalisation. Engagements across financial services, insurance, and government.
12 studies · 2020 to 2025
Broadcom · VMware14 studies
Broadcom and VMware case studies.
VCF migration economics, exit architecture, subscription bundle scope, hyperscaler ramp. Engagements across airline, financial services, energy, and technology.
14 studies · 2023 to 2025
ServiceNow10 studies
ServiceNow case studies.
Renewal defence, fulfilment user reconciliation, Now Assist scope, module consolidation. Engagements across government, financial services and telecommunications.
10 studies · 2021 to 2025
Workday8 studies
Workday case studies.
HCM and Financials renewal preparation, module reconciliation, Illuminate AI scope, worker-count metric verification. Engagements across professional services, retail and healthcare.
8 studies · 2022 to 2025
AWS9 studies
AWS case studies.
EDP commitment design, savings plan optimisation, Bedrock commit, marketplace burn architecture. Engagements across energy, financial services, media and life sciences.
9 studies · 2022 to 2025
Google Cloud5 studies
Google Cloud case studies.
CUD optimisation, commit-spend design, Workspace renewal, BigQuery commitment. Engagements across retail, media and technology.
5 studies · 2023 to 2025
AI Vendors4 studies
AI vendor case studies.
OpenAI enterprise commitment, Anthropic enterprise commitment, Microsoft AI Foundry PTU, AWS Bedrock PTU design. Engagements across insurance, financial services and technology.
4 studies · 2024 to 2025
Cisco · Adobe · Autodesk12 studies
Cisco, Adobe and Autodesk case studies.
Cisco EA tier design, smart accounts true-up. Adobe ETLA renewal, named-user reconciliation. Autodesk named-user conversion, Flex token economics. Engagements across media, manufacturing and engineering.
12 studies · 2021 to 2025
I.
Anonymised but factual
Every case study withholds the buyer's identity but documents the publisher, the engagement model, the contract instruments touched, and the closing settlement figures. The figures are drawn from the live engagement record retained inside the firm for the full five-year window.
II.
Named senior advisor
Every closed engagement carries one named senior advisor signature plus one countersignature. The named pair shown on each case study is the pair that signed the position paper at the time. The names are available for verification under NDA to qualified buyer references.
III.
No ranking. No claim.
The library is not a ranked list. Engagements close with different mixes of cost reduction, risk avoidance, and architecture improvement, and the methodology favours the right outcome for the buyer rather than a single optimisation metric.
154
Case Studies
14
Vendor Practices
$2B+
Spend Advised
5 to 15x
ROI on Retainer
500+
Engagements
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The publisher opening claim was eighteen million dollars. The closing settlement, after counter-positions on employee-metric scope and a scoped migration to OpenJDK, was one point one million. The named senior advisor was in every call.
Chief Information Officer
Global industrial group · settlement Q4 2025
Independence
Admodum is not a partner, reseller, or affiliate of any software vendor. Every case study is drawn from a buyer-side engagement.
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Every engagement closes with a written baseline reset, a closing memorandum, and an anonymised case study held inside the firm for the full retention window. Engagement structured as fixed fee, contingency, or annual retainer.

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