Livingstone Tech

Livingstone Tech, which trades as Livingstone, advises enterprises on managing what they spend on software, cloud services and AI. Its work centres on software asset management, licence compliance and vendor negotiations.

The firm argues that organisations should move from simply checking compliance towards judging the return on software investment. It positions itself as an independent adviser to procurement, IT and software asset management teams.

What Livingstone Tech offers

• Software asset management — tracking licences and usage across the software estate.
• Renewal negotiation — support when negotiating software vendor renewals and agreements.
• FinOps and AI assessment — reviews of cloud and AI spending, plus AI cost governance.
• Compliance and audit support — reducing licensing risk, including Oracle Java exposure and software audits.
• Microsoft investment management — guidance on Microsoft licensing choices.
• Contract intelligence — analysing vendor contracts and hybrid cloud costs.

Who it works with

Procurement professionals, IT leaders and software asset management leaders, including customers in financial services and policing.

Key facts

• Focus: software, cloud and AI cost optimisation.
• Approach: moving from software asset management to software investment management.