by Bob Lindquist | Sep 21, 2021 | AWS, Licensing, Oracle, Oracle Licensing, SQL Server
The House of Brick Partner Podcast The House of Brick Partner Podcast is a series of conversations with important partners and clients. The intent of the podcast is to share, educate and advise listeners on best practices for business-critical database platforms. From... 
by Bob Lindquist | Aug 12, 2021 | AWS, Cloud, Licensing, News, OpsCompass, Oracle, Oracle Licensing
In this informative session from the AWS Database Modernization Week, House of Brick, Oracle Licensing Specialist and AWS Advanced Consulting Partner, Nick Walter addresses common Oracle cost traps- plus the fear, uncertainty, and doubt that Oracle customers face in... 
by Nick Walter | Jun 23, 2021 | AWS, Cloud, Licensing, Oracle, Oracle Licensing
Executive Update – June 22, 2021 This excellent blog post from House of Brick’s Nick Walter was originally published in September of 2020. Not even three months later, in a release dated December 12, 2020, Oracle released “An Overview and Clarification” for “Real... 
by Jeff Stonacek | Jun 8, 2021 | AWS, Cloud, OpsCompass, Oracle, Oracle Licensing
Overview AWS provides the option for installing your own operating system (OS) or hypervisor on their physical hosts. While this is not a common way to deploy workloads on AWS, it does provide additional options in certain situations. For those familiar with... 
by Bob Lindquist | May 11, 2021 | AWS, Cloud, Licensing, News, OpsCompass, Oracle, Oracle Licensing, Uncategorized
Written by: Mike Stone, Principal Architect; Joe Grant, Principal Architect; Bob Lindquist, Client Solutions Director House of Brick consultants have helped many clients assess Oracle engineered systems, like the Oracle Database Appliance and Exadata platforms,... 
by Scott Griffith | Apr 9, 2021 | AWS, News, OpsCompass, Oracle, Uncategorized
OpsCompass recently completed three AWS programs essential to helping AWS customers with their needs: The Partner Transformation Program, Oracle Competency and the AWS ISV Foundational Technical Review. The completion of the AWS Partner Transformation Program (PTP)...