Quick post to point my readers to this: http://houseofbrick.com/explosive-disclosures-validate-hob-experience-with-oracle-audits/ An absolute must read if you want to know more about licensing and audits.
Six alternatives to replace licensed Oracle database options
More and more I hear companies looking into replacing expensive licensed database options with more cost-effective alternatives, for various reasons: simple cost reduction, or avoiding lock-in, or because of other strategic considerations. In order to kickstart the creative thinking, here…
Five reasons to choose VMware vs Oracle Multitenant
While busy preparing another blogpost on my dedupe analyzer tool, I was triggered to write a quick hotlist of reasons why one would strategically choose VMware virtualization over Oracle multitenant option if the goal is to achieve operational and cost…
Questions & Answers to replatforming webcast
A list of questions being asked to my most recent webcast on Oracle replatforming together with Madora Consulting. I decided to put the Q&A on the blog so anyone can benefit instead of just the 100+ attendees we had on…
Legal case – Oracle vs customer
Another example of Oracle apparently ignoring all business ethics and charging a customer €300,000.- for an environment where common sense leads to a more reasonable license fee of €4,000.- I always wonder why customers (even very large and powerful ones)…