Success Stories
Real-world outcomes across software licensing, audits, negotiations, optimization and governance.
Client Outcomes
13 customer success stories
Showing 13 case studies
$22.5M
Combined Savings & Risk Avoidance
How Rizen combined a full Oracle ULA license assessment with proactive contract negotiation to save a Fortune 500 multinational $3M on a new ULA and eliminate $19.5M in license compliance risk.
$5.09M Saved
Across ULA Renewal Avoidance & 3-Year Oracle Support Savings
How Rizen's proactive Oracle ULA certification readiness assessment removed non-compliance risk, avoided a forced renewal, and unlocked a third-party support move that cut ongoing Oracle costs.
8 Servers
Confirmed Production Risk, Out of a 6,500-Asset Estate
How Rizen's Oracle Java license assessment turned a sprawling, estate-wide compliance question into a small, defensible remediation list — before it could trigger an all-employee licensing exposure.
$8M → ~$0
Java Compliance Notice Neutralized
How Rizen's Oracle Java license assessment let a global enterprise refute an $8M compliance demand, pinpoint its real exposure, and build a roadmap off paid Java entirely.
$7M Saved
REDUCTION FROM ORACLE'S INITIAL JAVA PROPOSAL TO THE FINAL 5-YEAR DEAL (~78% CUT)
How a rapid Java usage audit, the right SKU choice, and a benchmarked negotiation strategy turned Oracle's $9M Java compliance claim into a $2M five-year subscription — with all past usage claims waived and full flexibility for future M&A.
$4.4M Saved
REDUCTION FROM ORACLE'S ESCALATED ON-PREM SETTLEMENT DEMAND TO THE FINAL 3-YEAR CLOUD CONTRACT (~81% CUT)
How a certification-data-triggered audit escalated into a stalled on-prem settlement demand — and how Rizen's insider knowledge of how Oracle's cloud and license teams compete unlocked a lower-cost cloud contract that resolved the entire compliance case.
$5M Saved
AUDIT CLAIM AVOIDED THROUGH FULL COMPLIANCE REMEDIATION — NO SETTLEMENT PAID TO ORACLE
How a full compliance remediation — reconfigured VMware clusters and the removal of auto-installed database option programs — closed out Oracle's audit claim entirely, and how a subsequent move to third-party support cut ongoing Oracle costs in half.
$20.6M Saved
REDUCTION FROM ORACLE'S ORIGINAL AUDIT CLAIM TO THE FINAL NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT (~70% CUT)
How a detailed license audit, an insider-built contractual defense, and a structured negotiation strategy reduced Oracle's proposed compliance claim by 70% — while resolving every flagged license gap under the final agreement.
$10M Saved
TOTAL TCO REDUCTION ACROSS THE 5-YEAR SAP RISE CONTRACT THROUGH FULL-LIFECYCLE OPTIMIZATION
How correcting an oversized FUE license count, optimizing the Bill of Materials, resetting the project plan, and benchmarking discounts and hyperscaler incentives turned an oversized SAP RISE proposal into a right-sized, fully negotiated 5-year contract.
$1.02M
Combined Savings & Compliance Risk Identified
How Rizen's Microsoft Software Asset Management (SAM) assessment gave a large enterprise full visibility into its Microsoft 365 and on-premise server estate — and a costed roadmap to act on it.
$20M+
IN COST & RISK SAVINGS DELIVERED ACROSS THREE MANAGED SAM ENGAGEMENTS
How Rizen's Managed SAM Services brought visibility, control and measurable savings to complex, multi-vendor IT estates for a leading private-sector bank, a global automobile major, and a leading insurance company.
$1.27M / 40%
Saved on 3-Year Oracle ULA Renewal TCO
How Rizen's Oracle ULA license assessment prepared a large industrial enterprise for certification, harvested spare license capacity, and turned a position of strength into a steep, defensible renewal negotiation.
$12.5M Saved
SAVED IN YEAR ONE · ORACLE ULA CERTIFICATION & SUPPORT TRANSITION
How Rizen helped an enterprise certify its Oracle ULA, avoid a $9.4M renewal and reduce the 2025–26 commercial position from $15.6M to $3.1M.