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Uncover the Technology You're Paying For But Don't Know About

Shadow IT and unauthorized technology purchases are growing problems in every enterprise. Employees adopt SaaS tools outside of IT visibility, teams sign contracts without procurement review, and vendors auto-renew licenses for tools nobody uses. RLM helps you find it all.

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Where Shadow Spend Hides

A Systematic Approach to Finding Unauthorized Tech

Shadow tech spend exists across every category. RLM brings the tooling and market knowledge to surface unauthorized purchases, forgotten subscriptions, and unmanaged technology before they become security or compliance risks.

SaaS & Cloud Shadow Spend

Cloud & Managed Services

Employees sign up for SaaS tools with corporate cards, free trials that convert to paid plans, and departmental cloud accounts that never hit IT's radar.

Mobility & Device Shadow Spend

Mobility & IoT

Unmanaged devices, personal hotspots billed to the company, and carrier accounts opened by individual departments are common sources of untracked mobile spend.

Device Usage Management MDM Deployment Usage Anomaly Detection Plan Optimization Detailed Reporting

Security Tool Proliferation

Cybersecurity

Security tools are often purchased reactively, leaving overlapping controls, unused platforms, and contracts that auto-renew without anyone noticing.

Asset Discovery CASB DLP CSPM IAM Audit

Connectivity & Circuit Waste

Networking

Circuits at closed locations, duplicate ISP accounts at the same site, and legacy MPLS contracts that never got cancelled are surprisingly common — and expensive.

Network Monitoring Traffic Analysis MPLS Review Hybrid WAN WAN Optimization

How We Help

The Shadow Spend Discovery Process

RLM uses a structured discovery methodology to surface unauthorized and untracked technology spend.

Factor 01

Spend Aggregation

We pull together billing data from finance, IT, and procurement to build a complete picture of what's actually being paid for.

Factor 02

Categorization & Attribution

We map every line item to a vendor, category, and owner — surfacing orphaned contracts and unauthorized subscriptions.

Factor 03

Risk & Compliance Flagging

We flag shadow tools that create compliance exposure — GDPR, HIPAA, SOC 2 — so you can take action before an audit does it for you.

Stop Paying for Technology You Don't Know You Have

Most enterprises are shocked by the size of their shadow tech spend when they first see it. Unauthorized SaaS, forgotten trials, duplicate vendors, and unmanaged carrier accounts add up to real money — often $100K or more annually in mid-market organizations.

RLM brings the vendor network visibility and advisory expertise to surface these costs and help you take action. And our advisory is completely free to you.

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What RLM Delivers

Complete technology spend inventory across all payment sources
Identification of unauthorized SaaS and cloud accounts
Flagging of auto-renewing contracts and forgotten subscriptions
Risk and compliance assessment of shadow technology
Consolidation recommendations to reduce vendor sprawl
Ongoing monitoring support to prevent recurrence