THE MIGRATION MATH

Most cloud migrations carry a hidden licensing tax.

Three structural patterns show up in nearly every Oracle and SQL Server estate we touch.

1

Non-production consuming premium entitlements.

Dev, QA, DR, and reporting databases default to Enterprise Edition, RAC, Database Vault, and Advanced Security because that is what the production template ships with. The licensing model never gets revisited.

2

On-prem assumptions ported into the cloud.

Oracle RAC for high availability where the cloud platform’s native HA would do the same job at a fraction of the licensing demand. Premium Oracle options carried forward where native cloud services already cover the use case.

3

Dormant entitlements buried in old agreements.

NUP licenses bought for a long-finished program. Test and Development pools that were never reused. Anything covering the actual gap is invisible until someone parses the contracts.

When the migration budget hits the licensing math, the typical response is to buy more licenses. That changes nothing about the structural problem, and it costs seven figures more than it should. 

THE DELIVERABLE

A target-state model, not a spreadsheet.

An OLA is a structured inventory of your current Oracle and SQL Server estate and a target-state blueprint for your cloud strategy. House of Brick is your delivery partner.

Total cost of ownership

On-prem versus your cloud target, by workload tier.

Right-sizing recommendations

Based on actual usage, not allocated capacity.

Licensing strategy

BYOL vs. License Included, Dedicated Hosts, License Mobility, Managed vs. DIY. Comparative TCO for multiple deployment scenarios.

Architectural target-state

For your platform of choice (AWS, Azure, OCI, GCP, or on-prem modernization), with edition and option recommendations per workload.

90-day execution path

From blueprint to migration-ready, with sequencing and dependencies.

Continuous monitoring leave-behind

Oracle feature usage monitoring, Drift detection & notification.

AGENTIC OLA · POWERED BY OPSCOMPASS

A traditional OLA takes 30 to 45 days. Ours gives validated results in just a few.

Most assessments depend on net-new agents in your environment, manual data collection from your DBAs, and human-driven entitlement reconciliation against contracts you have to dig out yourself. The House of Brick agentic OLA runs differently.
TRADITIONAL ASSESSMENT

30 to 45 days. Agent install required.

30 to 45 days to blueprint

New agents installed in your environment

Manual contract reconciliation by your DBAs

Output stops at recommendations. No continuous monitoring.

Generic systems integrator delivery

House of Brick Agentic OLA

Under a week. No agents.

Under one business week from data ingest to blueprint

No new agents. Ingests from your existing SAM, hypervisor, and cloud APIs.

AI parses your contracts. Master Agreements, ordering documents, support renewals. Entitlements at the SKU level.

Continuous monitoring carries forward post-migration

28 years of Oracle and SQL Server consulting weight. 300+ audits defended.

How it works under the hood

STEP 1
Opscompass ingests your data.

SAM tools (Flexera, Snow, ServiceNow, Intune), hypervisors (VMware, Nutanix, IBM), cloud APIs (AWS, Azure, OCI, GCP), license entitlement PDFs. No new infrastructure.

STEP 2
AI processes your data & generates target scenarios.
Opscompass agents act as trained optimization architects to produce optimized models, an action report, and a summary presentation.
STEP 3
House of Brick consultants review.
Pressure-test the AI output, surface architectural decisions the AI cannot make alone, translate findings into a target-state blueprint.
STEP 4
You get Opscompass
Continuous drift, Oracle feature usage monitoring (free forever), SQL Server sprawl alerting. The next tipping point gets surfaced before it becomes a deficit.
CREDIBILITY
House of Brick has been the Oracle and SQL Server consulting practice for enterprise IT since 1998. We are not a SAM reseller, a cloud cost tool, or a generic systems integrator with a database practice on the side. Oracle and SQL Server licensing is what we do, across every major cloud and on-prem.
500+

audits defended

$5.7B+

cumulative license claims eliminated

25+

organizational years of database expert leadership

7,500+

organizations served, across AWS, Azure, OCI, GCP, and on-prem

FAQ

Common questions.

What does an assessment cost?
Pricing depends on the size and complexity of your estate. We scope and quote during a complimentary 30-minute discovery call. Some engagements qualify for cloud-vendor partner funding programs that can offset or cover the cost; we will help you determine eligibility before kickoff.
 
What clouds do you cover?

AWS, Azure, Oracle Cloud (OCI), Google Cloud, and on-prem modernization on Nutanix, VMware or IBM. Most engagements are cloud-target-led. We will scope the licensing and architectural fit for whichever direction you are heading, including hybrid and multi-cloud strategies.

Do I need to install anything in my environment?

No. Opscompass ingests from the tools and APIs you already operate. No new agents, no infrastructure stand-up, no security review for new software.

How long does it take?

Most engagements deliver a full blueprint in under one business week, depending on scope. The agentic data ingest and AI parse runs quickly; House of Brick expert review and report production layer on top of that. We will set the actual SLA when we scope your estate.

What about my existing SAM tool?

Flexera, Snow, ServiceNow, Intune, and Microsoft 365 are all supported as input sources. Your existing data is the starting point, not a sunk cost.

What happens to the data?

It stays under your control. Opscompass processes it under signed engagement governance terms. Specifics available on request before kickoff.

What about SQL Server?

SQL Server estates are covered under the same agentic process. Same blueprint deliverable, plus sprawl alerting on the continuous-monitoring leave-behind.

Will I have to buy more licenses?

Almost never. The agentic OLA usually surfaces enough dormant entitlement and architectural right-sizing opportunity to reverse the deficit through engineering, not procurement.

What about Oracle audit risk?

House of Brick has defended over 300 Oracle audits and saved customers $4.2B+ in cumulative license claims. The OLA produces an audit-defensible record of your licensing position.