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House of Brick provides cutting-edge software innovation and industry-leading consulting experience to help navigate the most challenging cloud migration and operational challenges.
Dave Welch (@OraVBCA), CTO & Chief Evangelist New Class Action Filings Against Oracle’s Executive Leadership There are two recent and related class action lawsuits against
Learn how Active Data Guard licensing works, what triggers it, the cost per license, and how to avoid accidentally activating ADG on your standby database.
Nathan Biggs (@nathanbiggs), CEO This blog post is the latest in a series of articles that House of Brick is providing, which use quotes and
Nathan Biggs (@nathanbiggs), CEO Over the past four years, House of Brick has seen tremendous growth in our license services line of business. Throughout this
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Overview of general Oracle database licensing when preparing for a LMS audit or for taking inventory before renewing an Oracle contract.
Dave Welch (@OraVBCA), CTO & Chief Evangelist Tactical Law Group’s Pam Fulmer does the non-attorneys among us who work in the Oracle licensing industry a

Learn about Java 11 licensing splits, Oracle JDK subscription models (processor vs NUP), exceptions, and compliance recommendations.
by Jeff Stonacek, Principal Architect Overview Oracle licensing is a very complex topic. To further complicate things, different metrics have been used to license core
Dave Welch (@OraVBCA), CTO & Chief Evangelist See my 12/15/17 blog post The Sound of Silence: Celebrating the Two Year Anniversary of the Dismissal of