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Oracle License Grandfathering option for AWS & Azure

April 17, 2017August 23, 2017 Shawn DonohueUncategorized

Update – August 23, 2017: Oracle LMS Rejects Grandfathering of Licenses We expected caveats to any grandfathering rules, but not a complete turnaround. However, that is what has apparently occurred. We were researching with Oracle some very specific grandfathering questions for a client. After several months, yes months, Oracle License Management Services stated that there would be no grandfathering option when it came to pre-Jan 23, 2017 Oracle license purchases that had been allocated to AWS environments that were in […]

This Type of Hybrid Environment Just Got Dangerous

March 23, 2017March 24, 2017 Shawn DonohueCloud, Compliance, licensing

UK judge rules in favor of SAP against Diageo’s PLC for using a standard cloud connection Background Diageo PLC is the world’s largest producer of alcoholic spirits, with brands like Smirnoff and Johnny Walker. They paid SAP about $70M for use of the mySAP Business Suite, which included licensing and maintenance fees. SAP had sued Diageo for violations of the contract, and a UK judge decided the case in SAP’s favor, awarding SAP an additional $67M, essentially doubling Diageo’s costs. […]

The 7 Most Common Oracle Support Management Mistakes

March 9, 2017May 23, 2017 Shawn DonohueCompliance, Contract Lifecycle management, Oracle, Support, Third Party Support

Managing Oracle Support contracts is costing your organization time and resources that may be better spent elsewhere. 1. Overpayment of fees It’s easy to accidentally over pay for support fees if each line item isn’t carefully reviewed. Errors can be made in the costs from year to year. To avoid overpaying, organizations must meticulously check every detail of the contract. 2. Submitting incorrect contracts There is no verification when uploading POs. This can lead to accidentally renewing a contract which […]

AWS Cloud Crash Shows Why Some IT Assets Should Stay On-Premise

March 6, 2017March 6, 2017 Shawn DonohueCloud, Compliance, IBM, licensing, Microsoft, Oracle Licensing Compliance, Uncategorized

The Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud located in the company’s Virginia data center crashed on February 28, 2017, causing many of the largest sites and apps on the internet to slow or stop working entirely. Amazon referred to the incident as an “increased error rate” at the time and has now traced the issue to a mistyped command by an Amazon employee. The outage highlights what many cloud vendors don’t want their clients to know, that some assets are actually […]

Compliance Risk – Oracle alters license allocation rules for Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services Environments

February 20, 2017August 1, 2017 Wayne FedericoUncategorized

Oracle has introduced new rules on how to apply on premise licensing for use in Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services environments. The changes result in an effective doubling of requirements for most Azure and AWS environments, while keeping Oracle Cloud requirements the same. Compliance risk to current clients who use Oracle within AWS and Azure environments still remains unknown at the time of this writing, but expect this to definitely impact any future deployments of Oracle on Azure or […]

New Updated Rules Make Oracle Cloud Less Expensive than Amazon AWS

February 20, 2017August 1, 2017 Shawn DonohueCloud, Oracle, Oracle database, Oracle license

On January 23, 2017, Oracle introduced significant updates to their “Licensing Oracle in a Cloud Environment” guidelines document. Miro has been reviewing the document to identify the key changes, and how they relate to current environments and decisions for future environment plans. As is typically the case with Oracle, the document does not express a clear view of the true comparative impact of the changes they made against the previous guidelines. The changes appear to favor the Oracle Cloud over […]

Adobe Has A New Way of Tracking Non-Licensed Software

February 20, 2017 adminUncategorized

Adobe’s new Genuine Software Integrity Service validates installed Adobe Software. It automatically checks for counterfeit software, invalid licenses and alerts Adobe of fraudulent use. The process looks for illegitimate serial number and if it includes software hacks. Once verified, Adobe notifies the company/violator that their software is not genuine. Companies still should have a program in place to track the full lifecycle of their software assets, to have full control and understanding on: Software requests vs Actual software need Centralized […]

Warning: Your Software Asset Management (SAM) Tool is NOT Certified

February 20, 2017August 1, 2017 Shawn DonohueCompliance, IBM, licensing, Microsoft, Microsoft Licensing Compliance, Miro News

IT professionals must remember that a tool does not understand the rules Many software license management tools claim to be certified by Oracle, Microsoft, IBM and others, but none actually are. For example, Oracle’s LMS page does list a number of tools, but only as supplements, not as certified tools, and they often miss 90% of Oracle products. “Tools from the following vendors have been verified to provide the required data set to supplement a LMS engagement. The scope of […]

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