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Oracle “Processor” License Counting Cheat Sheet
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...
read moreVMware Cloud Solutions in AWS, Azure, GCP, and OCI.
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...
read moreOracle Cloud Infrastructure – Licensing, Discounts, & Support Rewards
This article is part of our 10-part series on Oracle's Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). In this article, we will go over a few important areas that can have a major impact on the economics of an OCI journey. Whether you end up optimizing your OCI investment while managing...
read moreOracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) – Part 2 – OCI Contract Types
This article is part of our 10-part series on Oracle's Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). This article is basically a summary of the contract types available to OCI customers, as described in the Oracle PaaS and IaaS Universal Credits Service Descriptions document (pages...
read moreCost Reduction and Cloud Migration Planning
It's a match made in heaven. When planning a move to the cloud, methodical migration planning can help any company reduce and optimize its go-forward footprint - and hence, cost - in the cloud. This has two important effects - reducing the actual spend on cloud...
read moreOracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) – Part 1
Oracle's Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) continues to evolve as new services and capabilities are added. We've assisted many of our clients navigate their move to various cloud platforms. For several of my Oracle-heavy clients, OCI has turned out to be a natural choice. I...
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