by Mohammad Inamullah | May 21, 2021 | Audit Defense, Compliance, General, Virtualization
In a word: Yes. Oracle’s “Processor” definition requires customers to license all cores on all processors where Oracle programs are “installed and/or running“. The “running” part is easy to understand. The...
by Mohammad Inamullah | Apr 29, 2021 | General
Is Oracle’s “Processor” license definition technically flawed? If yes, then what are the implications for license calculations, and the infamous “installed and/or running” language? How would this impact licensing on systems where Oracle...
by Mohammad Inamullah | Apr 15, 2021 | General
In the third installment, we will cover two articles I wrote for the NoCOUG Journal. In the first article, we do a deep-dive into Oracle’s licensing policy on licensing in third party cloud environments. We discuss the “Approved” and not-approved...
by Mohammad Inamullah | Mar 24, 2021 | AWS, Azure, Cloud, Compliance, GCP, ULA
We continue our journey through the Oracle licensing articles I wrote for the quarterly journal of the Northern California Oracle Users Group (NoCOUG). In this installment, we discuss Oracle’s policy on licensing its on-premise software in third-party cloud...
by Mohammad Inamullah | Feb 19, 2021 | AWS, Azure, Cloud, Compliance, GCP
Over the last couple of years, I have had the opportunity to write a number of articles for the quarterly journal of the Northern California Oracle Users Group (NoCOUG). The topics have mostly been about Oracle licensing in cloud environments, with a brief foray into...
