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Month: October 2020

How Oracle Licensing Is Affected By Current Business / Industry / Technology Changes
Renata HajdugaCloud, Compliance, Exadata, IBM, IT Asset Management, Microsoft, Oracle Cloud, Oracle license, Oracle Licensing Compliance, Risk, software asset management, software license, Subscription based license, Virtualization

Now more than ever decision makers are faced with difficult choices. A number of factors may be affecting your business, including loss of revenue due to pandemic, shift to remote collaboration, pressure to move to the Cloud, and striving to stay on top of industry and technology changes. Most of these decisions would likely have software licensing implications. Here are a few examples: Move to the Cloud: When choosing between on-premise, hardware hosting provider or Cloud platform, a proper comparison […]

Oracle Stops Selling Term Licenses Longer Than 1 Year
Tim HegedusOracle, Oracle database, Oracle license, Oracle Licensing Compliance, Term Licenses

While current holders of multiple-year terms will not be affected, at least until their current terms expire, only one (1) year term licenses will be available for Database, including many Options, like Diagnostics Pack & Tuning Pack, some Oracle Middleware  (including WebLogic), and Exadata Storage Server Software.

8 Signs You’re About To Be Audited For Non-Compliance
Shawn DonohueCloud, Compliance, Contract Negotiations, Core Licensing, IBM, licensing, Microsoft Audit, Oracle audit, software license

Oracle Software Audits, Microsoft Software Audits and IBM Software Audits can be challenging, time consuming and expensive.  Preparation is the key factor.  If these items apply to your organization, it’s likely you could soon be audited for non-compliance. 1. Merger, Acquisition or Divestment Software companies like Oracle, Microsoft and IBM know that tracking software assets can be difficult during a merger, acquisition or divestment. When databases get merged and assets combined, licenses are often the last thing on IT staff’s […]

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