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Microsoft to WaMu – Pay Up!
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Even Microsoft is worried about getting their bills paid these days. The company, who negotiated a $40 million software licensing agreement with WaMu back in 2007, has asked to be kept informed of the company’s bankruptcy filing in an attempt to make good on the contracts. Along with dozens of other vendors, Microsoft is hoping to get paid, but it’s likely they will not in this case. Even Microsoft is hurting – I even heard that Bill Gates himself has […]

Mitigating Factors in Software Licensing
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Similar to investing in the financial markets, mitigating software licensing risk is about gathering information. Here are 5 quick guidelines that will help: 1- Create a repository where vendor information is stored. Make certain that this includes a comprehensive database of what software is currently installed and where; how many competitive vendors are currently being used and all the paper work. 2- Identify any unsupported software. Costs for emergency updates or repairs to unsupported software can be very high. 3- […]

Ellison’s New “Pet Project” with HP
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Oracle is getting into the hardware game with Hewlett-Packard.  Introduced at Oracle OpenWorld, The HP Oracle Database Machine and the HP Oracle Exadata Programmable Storage Server are an advanced database server and a programmable storage server, respectively). Both products address the issue of speed, specifically data transfer rates. Traditionally, servers begin to slow its transfer rates as the database exceeds the 1 terabyte size.  And, as more data is stored, the speed exponentially decreases until it comes to a near […]

Quick Byte: Oracle Licensing Tip #9
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During the procurement process – whether it’s Oracle or another software vendor – it’s not about the discount you negotiate, it’s about HOW and WHAT you purchase. If you don’t ask the right questions, you’ll spend more.  And, that’s not Oracle’s problem.  It’s yours. The reason for enterprise software varies with each enterprise.  Therefore, it’s no surprise that your software investment may be vastly different from the one your direct competitor just made.  However, don’t rely on your Oracle sales […]

Piracy Hurts Everyone
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Software piracy is not just about downloading illegal software, getting it “for free” from a friend or installing counterfeit software. It’s more than that. Piracy is about stealing intellectual property. And, software licensing at the enterprise level – though called “compliance” – is a form of piracy. Though in the case of enterprise software, it’s more than likely that the non-compliance is not deliberate. This Microsoft video is overly dramatic, but well done.

Quick Byte: Oracle Licensing Tip #8
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Our mantra has always been “You can’t manage what you don’t know.” Now, I didn’t say that.  It was Peter Drucker.  But, it’s no less true and, in fact, it’s definitely spot-on when it comes to Oracle software asset management. Compliance is the name of the game to cost savings.  It’s not about the large discount you receive from Oracle or any software vendor during a negotiation process. As the IT executive put in charge of procurement or (re-) negotiation […]

The 3 Licensing Models for Oracle Applications
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Oracle offers 3 licensing models for its installed applications to fit the unique needs of each organization: component pricing, custom applications suite pricing and enterprise pricing. Having different licensing models allow organizations to select the best combination for their operations.  Not all products are available within each of the pricing models due to the Terms, Conditions and application features. Oracle’s component pricing model is an a la carte pricing model that caters to customers with a limited number of users. […]

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