SPLA Reporting Discipline

Why reporting discipline is the real defense

A SPLA audit does not test your position on one day. It tests every monthly cycle across a 36 month lookback. That structure rewards consistency and punishes drift. A hoster that reports the same way every month, on time, with evidence behind each number, walks into an audit with the high ground. A hoster that reconstructs months after the fact, from memory and partial logs, hands the auditor room to substitute higher figures of their own.

This is why we treat reporting discipline as the structural defense. It is not a document you produce when the notice arrives. It is a monthly operating habit that makes the audit a confirmation rather than a discovery.

The five pillars we put in place

1. Monthly SAL and processor reports filed on time, every cycle, with the Services Provider Use Rights applied correctly for each workload.
2. Sealed daily authentication counts, captured and stored so the auditor cannot substitute a higher peak figure.
3. Customer mapping, so every reported Subscriber Access License block traces to a named customer and contract.
4. Product and version mapping, so a newer edition is never reported as an older, cheaper one by accident.
5. Documented multi tenant boundaries, so shared infrastructure is never counted at full external rates.

How we build it with you

We start by reconstructing your current monthly position from your own operations data, so you know your true base before anyone else does. Then we install the reporting workflow, the evidence retention, and the monthly reconciliation that keep it accurate. The result is a position you can defend line by line, and a paper trail that turns an audit into a short confirmation.

How we are paid

Two models, both backed by our guarantee. Fixed Fee from $18,000, a scoped number agreed up front. Or Gainshare, a share of verified savings or avoided penalty, with zero retainer and no risk to you. We never take vendor money. We only ever sit on your side of the table.