by RedwoodCompliance | Jul 28, 2016 | Audit Defense, Compliance, Virtualization
If you read our previous blog post about Oracle in VMware and the Mars case, you may be tempted to assume that running Oracle software in VMware is easy, risk free and straightforward. After all, there is a court case that supports this assumption. This assumption,...
by RedwoodCompliance | Jul 28, 2016 | Audit Defense, Compliance, Virtualization
The subject of running Oracle software in VMware has been a contentious one for some time. Oracle’s own contract language does not deal with it directly or explicitly. Oracle’s position has been to essentially not recognize VMware as a means of reducing...
by RedwoodCompliance | Jun 6, 2016 | Audit Defense, Compliance
Often times, customers don’t realize there is plenty of opportunity to reduce the Oracle audit findings at any stage – even the final report stage. In fact, this is an excellent point to take full stock of the entire audit, review all the data provided,...
by RedwoodCompliance | Apr 15, 2016 | Audit Defense, ULA
Ask any Oracle ULA customer, and they will tell you how much Oracle wants them to renew their ULAs. Letting a ULA expire and certifying is not in Oracle’s best interests – whether or not the customer wants to. As such, Oracle will often apply negotiation...
