by House of Brick Staff | Mar 24, 2016 | Oracle, Oracle Licensing
by Joe Grant (@dba_jedi), Principal Architect A frequent question that we receive from customers is “do I have to license the DR site?” As with most things in IT, the answer is “it depends.” It depends on how DR is being implemented and what technologies are being... by House of Brick Staff | Mar 15, 2016 | Oracle, Oracle Licensing, SQL Server
Shawn Meyers (@1dizzygoose), Principal Architect On March 10, 2016 Microsoft held a #DataDriven event touting all the really cool and neat features of SQL Server 2016. One of the topics covered was that Microsoft is going to be giving away free SQL Server licenses to... by House of Brick Staff | Mar 9, 2016 | General
Cameron Cameron, Senior Consultant “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” – Benjamin Franklin If your enterprise is running on an Oracle database, here’s another certainty – you need to maintain Oracle Support. Full... by House of Brick Staff | Mar 2, 2016 | Oracle, Oracle Licensing
Jonas Mason, Senior Consultant In part 1, I introduced a story that illustrates the impact of internal dynamics on Oracle performance and licensing costs. I described how various actors, and the perspectives they bring from their specific role in the IT process, can...