A question I tend to ask my customers almost always is what their current state is regarding IT transformation and journey to the cloud. Of course such a strategy does not work very well on bare metal and some kind…
Explosive Disclosures Validate HoB Experience with Oracle Audits
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.
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…
Webcast: How to save on Oracle licensing fees by replatforming on Dell EMC
On Jan 24th, I will host a webcast on Oracle cost optimization via database replatforming. Database license fees drive over 80% of total system cost. Many organizations virtualize their applications, but Oracle is often an exception for a variety of…
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)…