MetrixData 360 was built on a simple principle: software and cloud cost governance must be independent to be effective.
Many organizations rely on vendor data, reseller advice, or tool outputs to make renewal and audit decisions. This does not work and results in financial losses and vendor dependance. We operate differently through:
- Validation of entitlement and consumption data independently.
- Building defensible Estimated License Positions (ELPs).
- Modeling renewal scenarios before negotiations begin.
Our work shifts organizations from reactive compliance to proactive leverage.
Our Mission:
To help enterprise leaders regain control of software and cloud spend through validated data, disciplined governance, and defensible negotiation positions.
Savings are the result. Control and clarity come first.
Former senior Microsoft enterprise sales executive, Mike Austin founded MetrixData 360 in 2013. After years of observing the same pattern across enterprise environments: organizations entering renewals and audits without validated data, relying heavily on vendor guidance to interpret their own licensing position, Mike’s mission was to help companies change the narrative away from inflated baselines, avoidable compliance exposure, and missed negotiation leverage.
MetrixData 360 was built to change the vendor-led dynamic.
From the beginning, the company has operated as an independent governance partner — focused on defensible Estimated License Positions (ELPs), disciplined renewal modeling, and executive-level clarity across complex Microsoft and multi-vendor ecosystems.
Built for Enterprise Complexity
MetrixData 360 works with organizations operating at enterprise scale.
Typical client environments include:
$500M–$10B+ enterprise organizations
Multi-vendor licensing portfolios
Hybrid SaaS and cloud architectures
Active audit or renewal exposure
Our work stands up to scrutiny from:
Finance leadership
Vendor audit teams
Procurement committees
Board-level cost oversight
In these environments, we act as the independent validation layer between vendor data and executive decisions.
Independence Matters
Many firms providing SAM or FinOps services are also:
Software resellers
Vendor implementation partners
Tool distributors
Those relationships influence the advice they provide.
MetrixData 360 operates differently:
We maintain complete independence from software publishers and resellers, allowing our consultants to analyze licensing data, vendor proposals, and contract scenarios without financial bias.
For enterprise leadership, that independence ensures every recommendation is driven by validated data and client outcomes — not vendor incentives.