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Entrepreneur of the Year – 3 Years in a Row!
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Eliot and I have been named as finalists for the third consecutive year for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year New Jersey Awards.  It’s a great honor for us to be finalists again amongst many prestigious executives in the New Jersey area.  Who said that Oracle licensing and software asset management couldn’t be glamorous? More information on the awards and nominations are available here. The awards ceremony is June 19th in Teaneck – cross your fingers for us!

Stevie Awards Recap
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We had a fun night at the American Business Awards Ceremony at the Marriot Marquis in Manhattan – we ended up being presented with two Finalist awards for Best Corporate Social Responsibility Program and also for Best Management Team. It certainly was an honor to be nominated and be counted among the finalists of some very well-known, well respected companies. Either way our little New Jersey Company has come a long way and we feel very proud to be recognized on […]

2 out of 3 IT Executives Believe they Would Fail a software audit
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A new study from the management appliance company reveals nearly two thirds of IT executives believe their companies have not taken the right steps to assure that their licensing is in compliance and are unprepared for a software audit. They surveyed 350 respondents about software licensing compliance and software audits and over half revealed that they tracked their licensed manual or not at all. Not keeping track of licensing or poorly doing so is only asking for trouble, especially in larger enterprises where the fees […]

SearchCIO’s Linda Tucci interviews Eliot Colon
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Our very own Eliot Arlo Colon, President of Miro Consulting, was interviewed last week by Linda Tucci of SearchCIO on Oracle licensing issues.  On the interview, Eliot talked about how to get the most out of your next Oracle licensing contract.  The interview is available online via podcast. Listen to Eliot’s interview… http://media.techtarget.com/audioCast/CIO/mirotuccifinal.mp3  If you want to hear more about what Miro has to say about software licensing, Eliot and I will be doing a live webinar on June 25 […]

Quick Byte: Oracle Licensing Tip #3
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Though Named User Oracle licensing isn’t available to new contracts anymore, companies still maintain and renew their Named User Oracle license agreements. Named User Plus Licensing….means you pay per named user, NOT concurrent user. Named User licensing limited the number of authorized Oracle individuals on a specified computer. Oracle licensing models for Named User Plus require you to adhere to the following Oracle user minimums: · Oracle Database SE ONE: 5 Named User Plus licenses · Oracle Database SE: 5 […]

Quick Byte: Oracle Licensing Tip #1
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According to Oracle licensing rules, multi-core processors are to be counted as a single CPU in Standard Edition products. However for the Enterprise edition, the Oracle licensing rule is different…each core will be counted as a separately, but with pricing discounts. Recently, on a Pythian Group blog, Mark Brinsmead smartly pointed out that recent changes to Oracles licensing rules for the Standard Edition may result in higher pricing. He rightly pointed out that “When licensing Oracle programs with Standard Edition […]

Licensing Profit Margins to Implode?
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Gartner analyst William Snyder addressed software licensing at the Gartner Emerging Technologies Conference a little over a week ago, highlighting that software profit margins will erode, pricing will increase, all due to the fact that only a few big players exist in the market creating a oligopoly. Software budgets are continually under pressure from CEOs hoping to use a large portion to invest in new technology, when in reality they end up blowing their whole budgets on maintenance and licensing fees. […]

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