by Mohammad Inamullah | Jul 7, 2022 | Compliance, General, Virtualization, VMware
Methodically counting Oracle licenses across different environments and infrastructure types is a critical pre-requisite to effective Oracle license management. I figured it would be helpful to gather the most important concepts in this quick reference. We will be...
by Mohammad Inamullah | Jun 29, 2022 | AWS, Azure, Cloud, GCP, OCI, Oracle Cloud, Virtualization, VMware
The topic of VMware cloud solutions comes up often in my work for two main reasons: Cloud vendor comparisons around features and pricing. This includes minimum/maximum configuration specs, corresponding pricing, and cost-per-resource, and an illustrative high-level...
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 RedwoodCompliance | Nov 4, 2016 | Compliance, Virtualization
Disclaimer #1. While we are experts in Oracle licensing, the ultimate authority on all Oracle licensing issues is the contract you have signed with Oracle. Our advice, positions, and opinions below should not be taken as-is in assessing Oracle licensing. Situations...
by RedwoodCompliance | Nov 2, 2016 | Optimization, Virtualization
The rapidly emerging world of hyper converged infrastructure (HCI) promises many technical and financial benefits. The marketplace has been quick to recognize and validate the advantages of hyper-converged infrastructure. Leading vendors, particularly VMware and...
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,...
