Today we have the second in our ‘Ask the Expert’ interviews with our guest Anton Els, Vice President Product Development for Dbvisit This is the second in a series of interviews with prominent experts in the Oracle world. Anton will also feature in our next podcast ‘Licence Management Today – Episode 09′. The interview is with Kay […]
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Hi, it’s Keith and I just wanted to share a question I had from a customer. Photo courtesy of psd(CC Attribution) The question was, “How do I cancel an Oracle ULA?” When I first heard that I thought, wow, that sounds a bit serious. I won’t share the exact details but the essence of the […]
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Today we have the first in our ‘Ask the Expert’ interviews with our guest Ann Sjokvist of SEJustLoveit.com This is the first in a series of interviews with prominent experts in the Oracle world.Ann will also feature in our next podcast ‘Licence Management Today – Episode 07 . The interview is with Kay Williams. For me Oracle Database […]
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Why do you need a Licence Risk Assessment? If Oracle was to audit you today, how would you fare? Most firms believe they are compliant or have little non-compliance. Every Oracle customer we have ever worked with has been non-compliant to some degree. They may well over licensed too, but Oracle is not in […]
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The challenges of systems architecture and Oracle licensing is known to be complex, costly and highly dependent on the architecture of the target system. System Architects are highly skilled and experienced in meeting their client’s system performance and availability needs. A decade or so ago, by far the largest expenditure was the hardware cost and […]
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6 Ultimate tactics to get a great deal with Oracle Whether you are the CFO, CPO or CIO I know from talking to many of you that you acknowledge Oracle software is solid, even great but you all complain that it is too expensive.Now I am not here to defend Oracle and talk about the […]
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Just how confident are you that you are licensed correctly? When I have off the record chats, I don’t meet many people who are convinced that they are fully compliant. Let’s be honest maintaining software compliance is a moving target. It is likely that your organisation is buying more and more software all the time. Even […]
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Have you considered moving your applications to Oracle Standard Edition? With the increasing cost of Oracle Enterprise Edition and its associated options, does it make sense to seriously consider moving your applications to Standard Edition? Traditionally Standard Edition was looked on as the Database for the small enterprise or the alternative to MS SQL Server. […]
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10 Oracle Negotiation Myths – Part 2 Myth “A widely held but false belief or idea.” In the Oracle eco-system a number of myths and misconceptions have grown up around purchasing from Oracle. We share 10 myths we have heard from talking to customers regularly. Perhaps you also know a few more you would like […]
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10 Oracle Negotiation Myths – Part 1 Myth – “A widely held but false belief or idea.” In the Oracle eco-system a number of myths and misconceptions have grown up around purchasing from Oracle. These are myths I’ve heard from talking to customers regularly. Perhaps you also know a few you can share. Here are […]
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