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Oracle Database Standard Edition High Availability

Sharon TrembleyOracle database

Oracle announced a High Availability option for use with Oracle Database Standard Edition 2 (SE2) beginning with version 19c.  So far, as of Release Update 19.7, Oracle has included these operating systems: Linux, Solaris, and Microsoft Windows.  More are planned in the future. Oracle customers can still use the maximum supported 16 CPU threads per instance during normal operations as well as Failover. Rather than using RAC as before, RACless version 19 SE2 customers can use free of charge storage […]

Licensing Disaster Recovery Solutions for Oracle, Microsoft, IBM & Salesforce

Shawn DonohueUncategorized

Date: February 11, 2020 Time: 2:30pm EST Place: Online Webinar – Register Here Will your Disaster Recovery solution cause you to fail a license compliance audit? Join us for this informative webinar where we’ll cover how to properly license your disaster recovery and business continuity solutions to maintain compliance and not fail an audit. Our analysts will be available for a Question and Answer session after the presentation. Disaster Recovery Licensing: Oracle – failover vs. standby vs. testing Microsoft – […]

Oracle Enterprise Metrics

Greg WeissOracle audit, Oracle database, Oracle Enterprise Metrics, Oracle license, Oracle Licensing Tip, Uncategorized

For large companies that utilize Oracle products, one of the main goals often remains sustaining both manageability and cost.  In order to do so, Oracle provides a number of different ways in which to license their products.  A range of factors influences which particular licensing model makes the most sense for a given product. What type of environment will this product be used in, such as production, pre-production, or development? Is the user base expanding, contracting or remaining the same? […]

Java Licensing for IBM

Sharon TrembleyIBM, JAVA, licensing, Uncategorized

IBM, or other Vendor, Hardware and Software users may not be immune to Oracle Java changes The short of it:  If you have downloaded a version of Java from java.com, it’s Oracle Java. Since January 2019, Oracle requires subscriptions for any updates, including security updates, for Oracle JDK.  Please refer to Miro’s previous blog post on Oracle’s announcement:  Java updates will require a Commercial License for Businesses after January 2019 In addition to Miro’s previous blog post, IBM made a […]

Oracle Licensing Guide 2019

Shawn DonohueOracle, Oracle license, Oracle Licensing Compliance, Oracle Licensing Tip

Oracle Licensing Guide 2019 now available New York, NY – Miro is a leading global provider of software asset management and subscription management services for Oracle, Microsoft, IBM, Adobe, and Salesforce.  We specialize in license management, audit advisory, negotiation tactics, support management, and cloud services. Miro Consulting has just released the 2019 version of its Oracle Licensing Guide, available for free here: http://p.miroconsulting.com/oracle-licensing-guide Due to changes in Oracle policies and rules, managing Oracle Licensing and maintaining compliance can prove challenging.  […]

Does IBM audit cloud?

Sharon TrembleyCloud, Compliance, IBM

There is a misconception that ‘IBM does not audit cloud’. This statement cannot be considered universal.  Cloud describes different services and cannot be simplified in such a fashion.  Let’s review what Cloud could be, and whether there is something to examine for licensing purposes. Software as a Service (SaaS) that is provided by IBM, such as IBM Analytics (Cognos), Bluemix, or API Connect.  IBM is aware of one’s usage of these software products because they host and invoice the client […]

How to Buy Oracle, Microsoft & IBM Blockchain Products

Greg WeissBlockchain, Cloud, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle

There’s a new buzzword that you may be hearing, both in technical circles as well as in the mainstream: Blockchain. While generally mentioned in reference to cryptocurrency, blockchain will soon be brought up in situations outside of the news you hear of Bitcoin rocketing upwards and plummeting downwards more than your average roller-coaster.  From tracking financial transactions, to the maintenance of medical records, to providing reliable tracing of products and goods from source to customer, the technology has the potential […]

Oracle Virtualization Compliance

Wayne FedericoCompliance, Oracle, Oracle database, Oracle license, Oracle Licensing Compliance, Software audit, software license, Virtualization

Any mention of virtualization causes many people to immediately think of VMware, as they remain to be a main player among virtualization technologies. The challenge of keeping up with Oracle’s evolving licensing requirements of virtualization platforms can be a daunting endeavor for many IT departments and Oracle database administrators. Any technological advancement made by VMware, specifically relating to any abilities to easily move server sessions around the virtualized environment, prompts a new possible interpretation of licensing requirements by Oracle on […]