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Microsoft’s New Volume Agreement Isn’t As Short And Simple As Advertised

Microsoft debuted a new volume licensing agreement earlier this year – Microsoft Products and Services Agreement (MPSA). Tim Hedegus of Miro was asked by CRN Magazine to shed some light on this new agreement and debate whether its really as simple as Microsoft claims. If you are interested in finding out more about this topic, you can read his comments here.

Get Ready for (Another) Microsoft Audit

Nearly 60 percent of executives report having been audited by Microsoft in the last 12 months. The lesson: If you haven’t been audited by Microsoft recently, you likely will be soon. Tim Hegedus, resident Microsoft expert at Miro, recently published an article on Enterprise Apps Today regarding Microsoft audits – common triggers, navigating the process and prevention.

Difference btwn Oracle’s Exadata and Exalogic – clarification

In a previous blog post entitled Difference between Oracle’s Exadata and Exalogic, there seemed to be some confusion on the actual prepackaged box and the licensing model. We have sought to clarify this by adding a brief explanation (as seen in bold): Difference between Oracle’s Exadata and Exalogic Oracle Exadata (Oracle Exadata Database Machine) is strictly a data processing solution offered by Oracle. Initially conceived and promoted as a solution for mainly large data warehouse data load processing, Oracle now […]

Oracle discloses paying a blogger

Oracle had claimed $1bn in damages from Google after claiming the search giant had used its technology to create the Android operating system. The suit was dismissed, although Oracle plans to appeal. Oracle revealed ‘relationships’ with blogger Florian Mueller of the FOSS patents website and Stanford University professor, Paul Goldstein.   Read more.

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