Guides
Written for the people actually choosing a partner: heads of asset management, IT leads on EAM programmes, procurement, and architects shortlisting suppliers.
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For people running the evaluation, the RFP, and the commercial side.
What auditors actually ask for on a Maximo or MAS estate: identity, RBAC, audit trail, data residency, GDPR DSAR handling, ISO 55000 / 55001 alignment. The practitioner's checklist.
A buyer-side guide to evaluating IBM Maximo partners in the UK and Ireland: what good looks like, the questions that filter pretenders, and how to read between the lines of a partner pitch.
How to decide between IBM-managed MAS SaaS and partner-managed Red Hat OpenShift for your IBM Maximo Application Suite estate, with the trade-offs that actually matter.
What IBM end-of-support means in practice for Maximo 7.6 estates, your real options (upgrade, extended support, do nothing), and how to choose between them.
The questions that filter serious IBM Maximo partners from the rest, written for the procurement, IT and asset-management leads running the evaluation.
For
For IT leads, architects, and platform owners on EAM programmes.
A practitioner-grade framework for assessing whether an IBM Maximo or MAS estate is ready for AI — data quality, criticality, integration, governance and operating-model readiness — with the questions and the evidence each one needs.
A practitioner-grade audit framework for IBM Maximo and MAS environments. The seven areas we check on every health-check engagement, what 'good' looks like, and what we do with the findings.
What separates a successful IBM Maximo Mobile rollout from a project that ships a great app and quietly gets bypassed. Device choice, offline, role-based UI, supervisor sign-off and the failure modes we see most.
Advanced performance tuning for IBM Maximo and MAS administrators: the actual levers that move response time, in the order we pull them on production estates.
What auditors actually ask for on a Maximo or MAS estate: identity, RBAC, audit trail, data residency, GDPR DSAR handling, ISO 55000 / 55001 alignment. The practitioner's checklist.
How to decide between IBM-managed MAS SaaS and partner-managed Red Hat OpenShift for your IBM Maximo Application Suite estate, with the trade-offs that actually matter.
What IBM end-of-support means in practice for Maximo 7.6 estates, your real options (upgrade, extended support, do nothing), and how to choose between them.
Realistic timelines for IBM Maximo Application Suite implementations, the phases that actually take the time, and where most programmes lose weeks they did not need to.
When partner-managed Maximo hosting is the right call, when keeping operations in-house is the right call, and how to decide for your specific estate.
A practical pre-flight checklist for moving from legacy Maximo (5.x, 6.x, 7.x) to IBM Maximo Application Suite, including what to assess, what to retire, and what to test.
The questions that filter serious IBM Maximo partners from the rest, written for the procurement, IT and asset-management leads running the evaluation.
For
For heads of asset management and the people who own the operational outcome.
A practitioner-grade reference for using IBM Maximo (MAS Manage Transportation) on airport Ground Support Equipment estates — asset model, mixed-energy maintenance, rotables and tyres, telematics integration, and the path to condition-based maintenance.
A practitioner-grade framework for assessing whether an IBM Maximo or MAS estate is ready for AI — data quality, criticality, integration, governance and operating-model readiness — with the questions and the evidence each one needs.
Where IBM Maximo and the MAS suite genuinely contribute to ESG and sustainability reporting: emissions per asset, energy data through Monitor and IoT, Scope 1 to 3 mapping, and the handoff to the ESG platform.
A practitioner-grade audit framework for IBM Maximo and MAS environments. The seven areas we check on every health-check engagement, what 'good' looks like, and what we do with the findings.
What separates a successful IBM Maximo Mobile rollout from a project that ships a great app and quietly gets bypassed. Device choice, offline, role-based UI, supervisor sign-off and the failure modes we see most.
A buyer-side guide to evaluating IBM Maximo partners in the UK and Ireland: what good looks like, the questions that filter pretenders, and how to read between the lines of a partner pitch.
What IBM end-of-support means in practice for Maximo 7.6 estates, your real options (upgrade, extended support, do nothing), and how to choose between them.
Realistic timelines for IBM Maximo Application Suite implementations, the phases that actually take the time, and where most programmes lose weeks they did not need to.
When partner-managed Maximo hosting is the right call, when keeping operations in-house is the right call, and how to decide for your specific estate.
A practical pre-flight checklist for moving from legacy Maximo (5.x, 6.x, 7.x) to IBM Maximo Application Suite, including what to assess, what to retire, and what to test.
For
For leaders evaluating Monitor, Predict, Health, Visual Inspection or the IoT layer underneath them, once Manage is in good shape.
A practitioner-grade reference for using IBM Maximo (MAS Manage Transportation) on airport Ground Support Equipment estates — asset model, mixed-energy maintenance, rotables and tyres, telematics integration, and the path to condition-based maintenance.
A practitioner-grade framework for assessing whether an IBM Maximo or MAS estate is ready for AI — data quality, criticality, integration, governance and operating-model readiness — with the questions and the evidence each one needs.
Where IBM Maximo and the MAS suite genuinely contribute to ESG and sustainability reporting: emissions per asset, energy data through Monitor and IoT, Scope 1 to 3 mapping, and the handoff to the ESG platform.
Practical IoT architecture patterns for IBM Maximo Application Suite — SCADA, historians, edge gateways, OT/IT boundary — and how to design the connectivity layer underneath Monitor and Predict without breaking the OT team.
How IBM Maximo Health turns a populated Manage estate into a defensible capital and maintenance plan, how it relates to ISO 55001, and how to scope a first programme that pays back on day one.
An honest decision guide on IBM Maximo Predict: which asset classes deserve a predictive model, what data and operating model conditions have to be true, and how to scope a credible first programme.
A practical buyer's guide to IBM Maximo Monitor for asset-intensive operators: when it earns its licence, what readiness looks like, what the OT cybersecurity boundary really means, and what to ask a supplier.
How to implement IBM Maximo Visual Inspection inside real inspection workflows: when image and video models earn inspector trust, how to build training data, and how to make the result audit-ready.
A practical guide to IBM Maximo Renewables for utility-scale wind, solar and BESS portfolios — what it does, when it pays off, what readiness looks like, and what to ask a supplier.
A practical guide to IBM Maximo Field Service Management for asset-intensive operators with distributed crews — what it is, when it pays off, what readiness looks like, and what to ask a supplier.
A practical guide to IBM Maximo Real Estate and Facilities (the IWMS capability formerly known as TRIRIGA) for operators consolidating real estate, facilities and asset management onto MAS.
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