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Category: Oracle Licensing Compliance

Compliance Validation Best Practices
Scott D. RosenbergCost Containment/Negotiation, Enterprise Agreement, Oracle Licensing ComplianceLeave a Comment on Compliance Validation Best Practices

Get it in writing. Get all assumptions clarified and then confirmed in writing. You don’t want to assume anything and any discussion or email in which you are getting the best leverage should be mentioned in detail within your agreement. We see a lot of our clients – even the largest Oracle enterprise – treat emails and verbal discussions as legally binding agreements, which is untrue in the case of an Oracle software licensing agreement. It is not up to […]

Question on Oracle Processor Core Factors?
Scott D. RosenbergCost Containment/Negotiation, Oracle Licensing Compliance, Oracle: News You Can Use1 Comment on Question on Oracle Processor Core Factors?

We get a lot of questions about Oracle’s processor core factors. Core factors can change and this is particularly difficult when you’re the person in charge of tracking changes in licensing or the procurement process. Case and point, the Sun UltraSPARC T2+ core processor licensing changed from 0.75 to 0.50. As soon as the change is in effect, your organization is considered out of compliance. See Oracle Processor Core Factor Table, which charts vendor and core processor licensing factors. Changes […]

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