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Is Oracle’s “Processor” licensing definition technically flawed?

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...

Oracle & VMware: Part II – Key points to keep in mind

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,...

Oracle & VMware: Part I – What you can learn from Mars Vs. Oracle

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...

Oracle audit resolution – the final stage.

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,...

What happens if your ULA “certification” is not good enough?

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...

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