Whichever Oracle product you are using, our Oracle license consulting services and Tools help you to stay on track in the licensing jungle. The Oracle license rules are complex, diverse, vary between different products and are often not even properly defined or documented. Oracle’s interpretations of these rules usually have little to do with the definitions in your contracts. How to remain in-charge and keep such a situation under controll?
The answer is simple: most of the time you simply cannot (at least, not on your own). And unfortunately, Oracle seems to be doing this on purpose.
Our experience since 2002 has shown that almost all Oracle customers are not optimally licensed and therefore unnecessary risks and costs arise.
We offer you a range of services and solutions that can give you a better understanding and significantly improve your situation.
Whichever Oracle products you use, we organize your license usage and help you to get the most out of your investments or to reduce costs.
This is always the first step on the way to an optimised cost situation for your Oracle licenses.
We will document and analyse your infrastructure, Oracle installations and effective usage and your existing license agreements. The outcome is our starting point for individual optimisations tailored to your environment and needs.
Prerequisite is the outcome of the compliance assessment.
We help you to structure and monitors the realisation process of the recommendation, which will ultimately lead to improved license usage of your Oracle products.
All changes are verified for correct implementation through another compliance analysis.
With your optimised license requirements and your individual Oracle strategy, we now take a close look at your contracts. In most cases, we will be able to achieve a cost reduction through restructuring or negotiation of your existing license agreements.
Ongoing support with compliance and license contract negotiations through our profound experience and detailed knowledge about oracle products, licensing rules and budget planning.
Our SWOT analysis shows you the strengths, possible risks and the optimisation potential of your Oracle license management.
This gives you an idea whether you have already considered all relevant aspects from a licensing point of view, or whether it is advisable to take a closer look.
Oracle turned JAVA SE into to a commercial product in 2019, which requires users of the formerly free-to-use platform to pay royalties now.
With your individual JAVA strategy tailored to your individual needs, you can save a lot on those license fees. Not doing anything will most likely create a bad hit on the TCO for Java-based solution in your company.
We support you by asking the right questions at the right time and providing the best individual answers with the information needed.
This is an all-inclusive package offer for Oracle customers who’s Oracle product footprint is still quite small.
You get:
Such a workshop is always worth its money, since one tiny mistake in the usage or the infrastructure Oracle is running on usually means that you may have to cash-out a few hundred thousands or more to regain licensing compliance.
If you have already signed an Unlimited License Agreement (ULA), are pending an extension of the ULA or if you are thinking of switching to this contract model, we can help you with the decision-making process and save you a lot of money with useful information.
Have you received an “Audit Letter” from Oracle?
Don’t panic, first get someone on board who knows the audit process well and whom you trust! This is the most important tip and it will save you the most stress and sweat – not to mention the non-budgeted costs if Oracle serves you unexpected results.
How do you proceed? What are your rights in an audit? Which people are necessary? Which communication rules should be followed? These and many other questions ultimately decide on the outcome of the audit?
Is your IT strategy based on a virtual environment?
As is well known, this is always a difficult situation for Oracle licensing, as most of the common technologies for your data center and client virtualization can catapult the licensing requirements for Oracle products to critical heights.
Oracle has only half-heartedly taken note of the criticism of these valuation practices. However, Oracle created the option of only having to license parts of the virtual infrastructure with a “VLAN Segregation Approval”.
What homework and preparations you have to do, what consequences this will have on your future infrastructure planning and what structures have proven themselves will be shown and prepared for you in this service.
We come to your company and train your staff so that where the errors occur, there is a detailed and clear picture of which licenses exist in your company and which Oracle product functionalities can be used with them.
How does Oracle licensing work? What do you have to pay attention to? What types of contracts are there and how do they differ?
This proactive step can drastically reduce the surprises in an Oracle audit. And your employees look forward to learning something new about their subject. The content of the training is based on your existing licenses and the groups of people.
There are two main focus groups: On the one hand, the IT staff who are operationally responsible for the Oracle products or the infrastructure.
On the other hand, the management staff who have to procure, negotiate and administer the licenses.
Our experience has shown that building knowledge in the right places reduces the error rate by over 50%.
Our Oracle SWOT analysis shows you the strengths, possible risks and the optimization potential of your Oracle license management.
This gives you an impression of whether you have basically considered all the important points from the licensing point of view or whether we will take a closer look at one or the other environment afterwards.
As you know, Oracle made JAVA SE chargeable in 2019.
Save a lot with your individual JAVA strategy, which is based on your circumstances, specifications and decisions. Sitting out is usually the worst solution for the TCO in your company.
We support you in asking the right questions at the right time and providing the best individual answers with the information you need. It is important not to lose track of the project and to work with good quality infrastructure data.
This is an all-inclusive package offer for Oracle customers who operate a small Oracle database environment.
You get:
It is always worthwhile for you, since a mistake in the usage or the infrastructure usually means an investment of 6-digit amounts for additional licenses.
Have you already signed an Unlimited License Agreement (ULA), are you due for a ULA renewal or are you thinking of switching to this contract model? We support you on the decision path so that you save a lot of money with the right knowledge.
Have you received an “Audit Letter” from Oracle?
Don’t panic, first get someone on board who knows the audit process well and whom you trust! This is the most important tip and it will save you the most stress and sweat – not to mention the non-budgeted costs if Oracle serves you unexpected results.
How do you proceed? What are your rights in an audit? Which people are necessary? Which communication rules should be followed? These and many other questions ultimately decide on the outcome of the audit?
Is your IT strategy based on a virtual environment?
As is well known, this is always a difficult situation for Oracle licensing, as most of the common technologies for your data center and client virtualization can catapult the licensing requirements for Oracle products to critical heights.
Oracle has only half-heartedly taken note of the criticism of these valuation practices. However, Oracle created the option of only having to license parts of the virtual infrastructure with a “VLAN Segregation Approval”.
What homework and preparations you have to do, what consequences this will have on your future infrastructure planning and what structures have proven themselves will be shown and prepared for you in this service.
We come to your company and train your staff so that where the errors occur, there is a detailed and clear picture of which licenses exist in your company and which Oracle product functionalities can be used with them.
How does Oracle licensing work? What do you have to pay attention to? What types of contracts are there and how do they differ?
This proactive step can drastically reduce the surprises in an Oracle audit. And your employees look forward to learning something new about their subject. The content of the training is based on your existing licenses and the groups of people.
There are two main focus groups: On the one hand, the IT staff who are operationally responsible for the Oracle products or the infrastructure.
On the other hand, the management staff who have to procure, negotiate and administer the licenses.
Our experience has shown that building knowledge in the right places reduces the error rate by over 50%.
What you get:
… all it takes, so you do not have to be afraid of your next Oracle audit!
Depending on your region, on-site or remote-sessions are possible.
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