The problem
The software still works.
The model does not.
Software vendors are dictating: When you change. What you pay. How you operate.
IT budgets are not funding innovation. They are funding forced and unnecessary change.
This is the Software Tax.
91%
of IT budgets are spent on business as usual.
9%
of IT budgets left for innovation.
40%
increase in software costs by 2027.
60%
of this cost is vendor-mandated, not business driven.
Source: Gartner and Origina research incorporating CIO insights.
The solution
Protect. Extend. Enhance.
Origina gives enterprises an independent operating model to maintain business-critical software independent of the OEM.
Three pillars. One outcome. Control.
Protect what matters.
Security, lifecycle, and commercial leverage are the tools software vendors use to keep you dependent.
We help customers run their software according to their own roadmap, not the OEMs.
Extend what already works.
End of Support is a commercial policy, not technical proof that your platform is obsolete.
We support all entitled software versions and keep platforms viable for as long as it serves your business.
Enhance on your terms.
Enterprises are told innovation requires new software, new licenses, or a new platform.
We unlock features, extend capability, and help customers get more from what they already own.
Outcomes
What changes when you move beyond the OEM.
Stay secure
The industry has normalized the idea that patch cadence equals protection. It doesn't. Origina keeps business-critical systems secure and defensible.
Regain control
Your software, your roadmap, your timeline. Origina gives you back the right to run the software you are entitled to use on your terms.
Unlock budget
Origina reduces the total cost of software ownership — releasing spend from forced upgrades and redirecting it to innovation.
Free capacity
Your best engineers are keeping the lights on for the OEM's upgrade cycle. Origina gives them back the capacity to build, not just maintain.
Increase stability
Forced change creates outage, regression, and compliance risk. Stability is an engineering achievement. The OEM moved on. Origina does not.
Reduced waste
Every avoided upgrade is hardware that stays out of landfill. Origina extends the life of your software estate and the hardware running it.
Your environment. Our accountability.
The OEM supports their product. We support your environment. If it's in your environment, it's our problem to solve.
Origina works across the architecture around the software — infrastructure, middleware, integrations, configuration and operational context — to identify root causes and own the path to resolution.
The difference
OEM-controlled support vs. independent maintenance model.
This is not a comparison of price. It is a comparison of model.
One is designed around vendor control, the other is designed around customer control.
| OEM support model | Origina model | |
|---|---|---|
| Roadmap control |  The OEM dictates version, timeline, and upgrade path |
 You control your roadmap and timeline. |
| Version support | Forced upgrades. End of Support cliffs. |
All entitled versions supported. No upgrades or migrations. |
| Security | One patch fits all approach. |
Contextual mitigations based on your specific environment. |
| Problem ownership | OEM supports their product. |
E2E ownership across your whole environment. |
| Commercial leverage | Audit ambiguity used to reset your position. |
Entitlement clarified before it becomes leverage. |
| Engineering capacity | Absorbed by OEM-imposed change. |
Returned to your roadmap. |
| Five-year cost | Upgrade and drag costs driving more than maintenance. |
Upgrade and drag costs redirected to innovation. |
Software expertise
Supporting software products your business depends on.
We believe technology should work harder — not be replaced faster.
We extend the life of over 800 business-critical software products by managing and maintaining all version of software across infrastructure, middleware, databases, and business-critical applications.
Who we serve
Built for the people who own the problem.
For the CIO
The challenge
You are funding vendor roadmaps, not your own. 91% of IT budgets go on business as usual. Only 9% reaches innovation.
With Origina
Free up budget and engineering capacity. Run your roadmap on your timeline and redirect spend to innovation.
For the CISO
The challenge
Patch cadence is not the same as protection. OEM security is built around detection and disclosure — not your environment.
With Origina
OPTAS delivers contextual vulnerability intelligence: hardening, shielding, and mitigations built for your environment.
For the IT Lead
The challenge
L1 to L2 to L3 escalation chains with no single owner. Engineers distracted by forced upgrades you did not ask for or need.
With Origina
Named engineers who know your environment. Full problem ownership and average 7 minutes to live expert support.
For Procurement / SAM
The challenge
Audit ambiguity used as commercial leverage. Renewal pressure. Entitlement exposure you cannot quantify.
With Origina
License entitlement clarity. Audit readiness. A stronger position before negotiations begin.
[Origina] was the first time I realized there is an alternative to going directly to IBM or through its partners for support.
Steven Wynants — Toyota Motor Europe
