Oracle ULA season is coming!
Are you ready to harvest?
For many it’s ULA season. On January 31st we have co-hosted a webinar with iQuate to explain why and how ULA clients should monitor their ULA to harvest what was seeded. No more than that, but also no less.
If you want to engage in a ULA, or are about to certify soon, this is a must know. Read more…
VMworld presentation available online
Upon request we’ll send you the full presentation including some notes.Just leave your name and email, and it will be sent instantly. Should you have any further questions, feel free to contact us.
VMworld video about licensing Oracle in virtualized environments
A brief summary on video about the presentation we’ve given at VMworld Barcelona, pointing out the Oracle licensing issues in virtualized environments. We hope this will clarify some of the misunderstandings, and enable you to better position yourself with more confidence. If you want a full version of the presentation, go to this post.
VMworld 2012 Reloaded: Barcelona
VMware has planned a video interview with us and our IP lawyer, which will be recorded prior to the session APP-BCA1751 at 15:30-16:30 on Oct 9th at VMworld Barcelona. After there will be a round table from 17:00-18:00 to discuss things we can’t say on camera 
If you want to add your question in regard to Licensing Read more…
The impartial objective of Oracle’s compliance auditors: A 5 Million Dollar target
When I used to work at Oracle LMS, the paycheck of an auditor did not depend on the outcome of a customer case. There was indeed no financial incentive, in order to remain as impartial as possible. And it really worked.
If your financial books are audited by someone who’s paid depending on an additional tax bill, you would be deeply worried (and be living under a corrupted regime).
Nowdays, auditors get that bonus and have an annual target of approximately US$ 5.000.000 each. Read more…
VMworld TV – Oracle on licensing VMware / virtualized environments (Updated)
Much to our surprise, Oracle’s Director for Cloud Business Development laid out the Oracle licensing scheme in virtualized environments during VMworld 2012. The resulting video (below) was published only hours before our session at VMworld in San Francisco, where we were going to explain our view of the game.
As expected, the video was soon pulled Read more…
VMWorld 2012 session: Caging the Licensing Dragon
From August 26 to August 30 the San Francisco Moscone Center will host VMWorld 2012. Some time ago, VMWare Benelux had suggested that we speak at VMWorld, and with only 12% of all registrations being invited we’re honored to do so. During the session we’ll will tear Read more…
Oracle’s PR machine working for License Consulting
The SIG (Special Interest Group) Health of the Oracle Benelux User Group connects quite a few hospitals and other healthcare providers. On December 8, 2011, a meeting of this group was planned in Oracle’s new office in Utrecht. Some time before this date we were invited by the SIG Health to tell them something about our dealing with Oracle audits in the Healthcare markets: There are specific licensing issues within this market which License Consulting is well aware of. Read more…
Oracle LMS Audit Analyzer in BETA – Get FREE advisory!
Every client that is audited by Oracle knows them: The LMS Review Lite scripts. They measure the database editions and versions used, what (payable) options are being used, and what management packs are being used.
Clients hire us to analyze the output for them, so they understand what issues they have before sending the output to Oracle (or even better: change the environment so that they only use what they should really use, avoiding compliance discussions with Oracle in the fist place). Analyzing the output is a intense and time consuming job. Read more…
Certification of an Oracle ULA Agreement (or: Need to defuse a bomb?)
One of the most read articles on this site is about Oracle ULA contract risks. When talking to clients it turns out that many don’t see the entire picture. I’ll try to be a bit more explicit, and you’re not going to like it. Read more…
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