The OpenWorld Quiz – Win an iPod Touch

Oracle licensing quizFor our friends at iQuate a questionnaire was prepared to be handed out at their stand at Oracle Open World. People who would give answer to the 8 Oracle licensing questions, were be able to win the newest iPod Touch: Sponsored by License Consulting.

In this post you see the Questions that we came up with. Read more

Oracle vs License Consulting: Round two

It’s been a while since my last post on the legal case that Oracle initiated against License Consulting. As said, during the preliminary injunction the court ruled that Oracle’s mission resembled a fishing expedition and their request to obtain the data would not be honored without a full fledged trial. Under Dutch law, Oracle must complete the full legal procedure until the very end, so the show must go on.

But time has passed, and Oracle no longer has a commercial interest in legally pursuing this case. As such, Oracle tried to settle. The settlement agreement drafted by Oracle said that License Consulting:

a) May not talk about the details of the settlement, Read more

Saving a million on Oracle licenses within 2 days

Sometimes all pieces fit together.

A customer hired License Consulting to take a look at their Oracle environment. The investigation concluded that the company was incompliant with Named User licenses, and even after a migration, a substantial amount of processor licenses should be bought. To be precise: Oracle licenses valued at 1,000,925.44. Read more