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 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...
