A Complex Software Estate Split Cleanly Across Two Entities
- Industry: Storage Manufacturing
- Service: SAM Divestiture & M&A Advisory
- Engagement: 150 Software Publishers
A storage manufacturer was undergoing a major business separation that required its software estate to be divided between two newly independent entities.
Situation
The software estate expanded from an initial 30 publishers to 150 publishers during the engagement.
Each software agreement needed to be reviewed to determine:
- Which licenses could be transferred
- Which licenses could be shared under TSA arrangements
- Which licenses needed to be re-procured
- What assignment rights existed
- What additional licenses each entity would require
There was no existing governance framework to manage the complexity.
Action
ProTeam established a structured divestiture process that included:
- Publisher-by-publisher license analysis
- Contract and assignment-right reviews
- TSA assessment
- License allocation
- New license requirement identification
- Real-time tracking
- Financial impact analysis
- Software rationalization
- Audit-ready documentation
- Cross-functional coordination
Result
The project generated $40M+ in financial impact through rationalization, vendor reductions, and optimized procurement.
All licenses were successfully separated with a complete audit trail of TSA and assignment documentation, while the divestiture was completed without delays.
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