About House of Brick
House of Brick provides cutting-edge software innovation and industry-leading consulting experience to help navigate the most challenging cloud migration and operational challenges.
Oracle License & Audit Risk
Oracle Audits – Everything You Should Know
Oracle Audit Defense
Oracle Cost Optimization
Oracle License Optimization on VMware
Oracle Database Security
Cloud Services & Modernization
Cloud Migration
Cloud Modernization
AWS Oracle Database
AWS Oracle Licensing
Running Oracle on AWS
License & Compliance Management
Oracle License Management
Security & Compliance Assessment
VMware Cost Optimization Assessment
High Availability & Disaster Recovery
Infrastructure Design & Validation
Integration
Optimization
Performance Tuning
Managed Consulting Services Overview
House of Brick provides cutting-edge software innovation and industry-leading consulting experience to help navigate the most challenging cloud migration and operational challenges.

Learn best practices for configuring continuous database inventory with automated discovery, unified tracking, and historical snapshots to eliminate audit surprises.
Nathan Biggs (@nathanbiggs), CEO In November of 2016, I wrote a blog post that followed the announcement by VMware and Amazon about the VMware Cloud

Discover how Microsoft’s Kerberos Configuration Manager quickly identifies and fixes SPN and double-hop authentication problems in SQL Server.
by Jeff Stonacek, Principal Architect Oracle Spatial and Graph is a product that allows for the storage and processing of geospatial objects inside of the
Jonas Mason, Principal Architect Oracle Data Guard has long been Oracle’s recommended solution for providing DR protection for Oracle instances. If your production Oracle databases
Learn key considerations for disabling Oracle Database options and management packs, including licensing implications, compliance risks, and how to do it safely.
Nathan Biggs (@nathanbiggs), CEO When I was a kid I watched a lot of cartoons. This was before YouTube and social media, so that’s just
Dave Welch (@OraVBCA), CTO and Chief Evangelist Have you ever noticed that just about 100% of grade school through high school musicians are capable of
Shawn Meyers (@1dizzygoose), Principal Architect Recently while at a client site, I ran into a situation that stumped me for a bit and shows why
Jim Hannan (@jim_m_hannan), Principal Architect Back in 2014, I wrote a blog VMFS vs. RDM Part 1, and with the introduction of vSphere 6 and
Jeff Stonacek, Principal Architect Currently, the most common licensing metrics for purchases of core technology products are the following: Processor – Per-core licensing based on