Quick post to point my readers to this: Explosive Disclosures Validate HoB Experience with Oracle Audits An absolute must read if you want to know more about licensing and audits. 4,797 total views
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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)…
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