by RedwoodCompliance | Feb 18, 2021 | General
With 2020 out of the way, it’s as good a time to plan for the likely Oracle audit wave of 2021. While IT departments have focused on cost savings and optimization during 2020, Oracle license audits were on the back burner in the minds of many. We expect that to...
by RedwoodCompliance | Apr 13, 2017 | General
On January 23, 2017, Oracle stirred up a storm in its user community by announcing a significant change to its licensing policy in third party cloud environments. With this unilateral pronouncement, Oracle effectively doubled the price of moving traditional on-premise...
by RedwoodCompliance | Feb 18, 2017 | General
Overview Oracle’s Pool of Funds (PoF) agreements allow customers to pre-purchase Oracle software licenses for a period of time and consume, or burn down, that credit as their usage increases. PoF agreements specify a selection of Oracle products, their...
by RedwoodCompliance | Feb 5, 2017 | Compliance, General, ULA
Any company with an Oracle Unlimited License Agreement (ULA) will sooner or later be faced with the following key questions, among others: How much value was gotten out of the ULA? How much value is being left on the table? What compliance risks is the company...
by RedwoodCompliance | Oct 17, 2016 | General, Software Asset Management
Management and tracking of software assets is a critical element for any modern IT organization. The benefits are obvious. Effective software asset management (SAM) enables optimization of the software investment while guarding against costly non-compliance....
by RedwoodCompliance | Aug 22, 2016 | General
We had an amazing outing at the Northern California Oracle Users’ Group (NoCOUG) Summer Conference on August 18, 2016. Held at the Chevron offices in San Ramon, California, the session brought in over 150 visitors from all over the SF Bay Area. Redwood...
