In September of 2021 Oracle released their distribution of Java 17 under the No Fee Terms and Conditions (NFTC) license. This was most likely a response to the severe backlash from their April 2019 decision to start charging for Java licenses. Under this NFTC license Oracle Java was seemingly magically free again, although there were many Terms and Conditions that still needed to be adhered to. One of the conditions of note was that one
History of Product Packaging and Price Increases following a Merger or Acquisition of a Leading IT Company It is a story that anyone who has
Introduction Today, organizations of all sizes are migrating their databases and applications to cloud environments to provide enhanced scalability and cost-efficiency. Now with more organizational
Introduction Oracle customers who find themselves in certain precarious situations relative to their Oracle licensing often find that the cure-all salve from Oracle is the
In June of 2023 Oracle announced support for their database on ARM-based platforms. The significance of this is the fact that ARM architecture is making significant
The biggest risk our clients face related to Oracle licensing is the risk of unknowingly using database features. With Oracle, these features all require a
Business Case for OLA The lifecycle of public cloud adoption for mission critical workloads continues to progress. More of our clients every year embrace public
As database administrators, one of our key responsibilities is to maintain the security and integrity of the database. I have seen many examples where we
In January of 2023 Oracle updated their Java price list to change the metric for Java subscriptions. The change was from traditional processor and user
Monitoring for License Compliance in VMware-based Private Cloud Environments In part 3 of our series on calculating the potential cost of non-compliance in private and
This post is the second in our content series on exploring the risks of non-compliance with security, financial, architectural, or vendor requirements when deploying mission/business-critical
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