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Category: Contract Lifecycle management

Rebalancing your Oracle licenses: Put your existing assets to work
Scott D. RosenbergContract Lifecycle management, Cost Containment/Negotiation, Enterprise Agreement, IT Asset Management, Oracle Licensing TipLeave a Comment on Rebalancing your Oracle licenses: Put your existing assets to work

Why not put your existing Oracle assets to work without having to commit to a large upfront investment? License rebalancingTM is the art of taking existing licensing – such as Concurrent, Named User, application specific and/or CPU-based licensing – and converting them to generate a new license that is more value to your organization, while creating cost efficiencies. It is possible and very probable that the initial act of rebalancing your Oracle licenses will result in an initial 5-10% savings. […]

Reinstatement, renewal and the benefits
Scott D. RosenbergContract Lifecycle management, Cost Containment/Negotiation, Enterprise Agreement, Oracle Licensing ComplianceLeave a Comment on Reinstatement, renewal and the benefits

Today, mergers and acquisitions are as common as marriages or people setting up households together, and may present unfounded opportunities for lowering your Oracle support stream and uncovering more favorable terms and conditions. Reinstating terminated support. When a company takes on an acquisition or makes a divestiture, the hard assets – furniture, equipment, electronics, etc. – are easily categorized or sold off, but it’s easy to overlook “soft” assets such as software, licensing and support. In both scenarios (M&A or […]

Enterprise agreement: What should “getting the best deal” really mean?
Scott D. RosenbergContract Lifecycle management, Cost Containment/Negotiation, Enterprise Agreement, Oracle Licensing TipLeave a Comment on Enterprise agreement: What should “getting the best deal” really mean?

The name of the game with any software licensing agreement is to get the best deal, but most executives equate this to discount. And, while we love discount, you always have to look at the longer term pitfalls or benefits. Much of the time, a sales rep offering you a discount – say 20% – on a large enterprise agreement negotiation, it sounds great. But, when you look at how software licensing works, the changing dynamics and business goals of […]

Is the end of XP support going to help 7 succeed?
Scott D. RosenbergContract Lifecycle management, Microsoft Licensing Compliance, Microsoft Licensing Tip, Microsoft: News You Can UseLeave a Comment on Is the end of XP support going to help 7 succeed?

Most companies have a wait and see approach when a new operating system is launched. Where Windows 7 is concerned, we are not surprised to hear CIOs doing just that – with many of them saying clearly that they are going to wait 12 to 24 months before looking at an upgrade. They want to let the early adopters be the guinea pigs, so to speak. But, Microsoft is putting an end to support for XP – which many companies […]

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