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Licensing Oracle in Windows Azure

Microsoft and Oracle have an enterprise partnership that will allow their customers to run Oracle software on Windows Server Hyper-V and in Windows Azure. Customers will be able to deploy Oracle software — including Java, Oracle Database and Oracle WebLogic Server — on Windows Server Hyper-V or in Windows Azure and receive full support from Oracle. This essentially makes the Windows Azure platform the equivalent of Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud or the EC2 environment and it makes Azure an alternative to the EC2 environment.

Does MSDN need to be licensed for SQL server database?

The Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) is a subscription based offering for all commercial and consumer products that Microsoft offers. The subscription is Per User. MSDN can be a very cost effective way to secure licensing for your development and test environments. So, rather than licensing Windows Server or SQL Server or SharePoint Server plus all of those requisite CALs, each person with an MSDN license may install and use that software on any number of devices to design, develop, test […]

Office 365 – Is it too Cloudy?

As of October 2013, Microsoft reports that 90 percent or more of its Office 365 business customers have been upgraded to the new underlying foundation of Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, and Lync Online. The upgrades for the remaining business customers are anticipated to be completed within the next several months. Many organizations are considering Office 365, including many small / medium-sized business – a group which comprises the lion’s share of Office 365 subscribers since June 2011. But there are […]

Licensing the Internet of Things

The “Internet of Things” – eventually to be followed by the “Internet of Everything” – brings about the potential for enterprise software to be used by a vast new array of access points. With this comes licensing challenges and expense on a far grander scale. Organizations can opt to license enterprise software by user. For Oracle technology products such as Database or WebLogic, this is the “Named User Plus” metric. For Microsoft’s server software such as Exchange Server or SQL […]

Frenemies: Microsoft and Oracle

A few hours ago, Oracle and Microsoft announced their new frenemies relationship that allows pieces of Oracle’s software to mesh with Microsoft’s software and online services. Basically, Microsoft and Oracle agreed to act like friends + enemies so that companies can run Oracle software on Windows Server Hyper V, the “virtualization” software – and Windows Azure. This could be the start of a books entitled Frenemies in the Cloud, a light-hearted, comedy about love, life and competition.

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