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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 […]

Perpetual vs. Term License
Scott D. RosenbergUncategorizedLeave a Comment on Perpetual vs. Term License

Oracle licensing is offered either as a perpetual license – which is a one-time fee – or a term license – which allows software usages for a specified period of time.  Which is better? Oracle licensing can be complex based on the environment factors.  Aside from the changing software licensing rules and regulations, the added complexity comes from the companies using Oracle.  Interpretation of Oracle licensing depends upon a number of factors –including usage (from number of users to HOW […]

Sybase on the Blocks?
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Sybase on the blocks? An article appearing in the Saturday Dec 29 2007 edition of the Wall Street Journal suggested that Sybase may be up for sale, its second-largest institutional investor, Sandell Asset Management, suggesting there would be “significant strategic interest” in acquiring Sybase, and that a “reasonable valuation” in a sale would be $30 to $39 a share. Sybase is currently trading around $24. The article refers to a possible proxy fight, meaning a fight over who controls the […]

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