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PCI Compliance Considerations for XP’s End
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We have talked about the end of support for Microsoft XP at length and its implications for users in regards to security and licensing, but thought it would be important to also make our clients and friends aware of the potential for non-compliance with PCI-DSS for any organizations using Point-Of-Sale (POS) payment application environments.

Third Party Support Company, Rimini Street, Loses Part of Legal Dispute with Oracle
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This is an important read . . . The wider implications of Oracle’s Rimini licensing dispute Companies may need to distinguish between software development work on commercial software they do themselves and what they pay an outsourcer to do on their behalf. In a report following a recent legal dispute in the US, analyst Forrester has warned CIOs that if they have outsourced software customisation, maintenance and/or administration, they may be in breach of their licence agreements. Click here to read […]

Two Upcoming Webinars – Microsoft and Oracle Live Q&As – Sign up now!
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Sign up today for our next two Live Q&A Webinars – and get your questions in early to ensure that we can get to them. Looking forward to “seeing” you there!

Satya Nadella: Clean Up the Licensing Mess!
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ZDNet’s Ed Bott, writing about the Six challenges for Microsoft as the Satya Nadella era begins, lists as Number 4: Clean up the licensing mess. Enterprise customers experience real pain every day thanks to Microsoft’s unbelievably complex licensing rules, which are practically sadistic. Glad we aren’t the only ones saying this!    

Want to Learn How to Take a Bite Out of Linux Support Costs? Sign up for our next webinar!
Scott D. RosenbergMiro News, Oracle, Oracle: News You Can Use1 Comment on Want to Learn How to Take a Bite Out of Linux Support Costs? Sign up for our next webinar!

While Linux is open source, support can still be costly. Oracle Linux support is a more cost effective alternative to Red Hat support and delivers enterprise class level of service.  Oracle Linux also offers differentiated capabilities like Ksplice, DTrace and Linux Containers and doesn’t require any major changes to IT operations. We’ll be hosting a webinar with Oracle to provide step-by-step instructions and demonstrate how to significantly reduce Linux support costs. February 18th @ 12:30 PM ET Register here: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/230305826 Topics to be […]

Do I pay for Oracle Software Development licensing?
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I have recently been getting questions from clients and people counseling clients about licensing their development and non-production environment. Recently, a Miro retainer client hired IBM to do some consulting work for them in a development/non-production environment. IBM told the client that it did not need to have/purchase additional Oracle licenses for its 20+ consultants or the work they were proposing under a development/non-production encironment because the Oracle “Developer License” policy stated that licenses were not required. IBM even provided […]

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