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Is Oracle’s “Processor” licensing definition technically flawed?
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 "installed" part isn't. After all, who has ever heard of a...
read moreOracle Cloud Licensing – NoCOUG Journal – Part V, VI
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 software is not actually...
read moreOracle Cloud Licensing – NoCOUG Journal – Part III, IV
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 cloud vendors, Oracle...
read moreOracle Cloud Licensing – NoCOUG Journal – Part II
We continue our journey through the Oracle licensing articles I wrote for the quarterly journal of the Northern California Oracle Users Group (NoCOUG). In this installment, we discuss Oracle's policy on licensing its on-premise software in third-party cloud...
read moreOracle Cloud Licensing – NoCOUG Journal – Part I
Over the last couple of years, I have had the opportunity to write a number of articles for the quarterly journal of the Northern California Oracle Users Group (NoCOUG). The topics have mostly been about Oracle licensing in cloud environments, with a brief foray into...
read moreOracle License Audits – Outlook for 2021
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 change...
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