by Bob Lindquist | Oct 27, 2020 | Licensing, OpsCompass, Oracle, Oracle Licensing
This is Part 2 of a two-part blog covering Oracle licensing tools and best practices. As noted previously in our Part 1 post, Oracle sales behaviors with customers have been arduous, even though Oracle still provides enterprise-grade technologies....
by Bob Lindquist | Oct 20, 2020 | Licensing, OpsCompass, Oracle, Oracle Licensing
This is Part 1 of a two-part blog covering Oracle licensing tools and best practices. Oracle produces a number of very good enterprise technologies, particularly their Database and related Technology stack of products. Companies of all sizes have been running their...
by Joe Grant | Aug 21, 2020 | Licensing, Oracle Licensing
by Joe Grant (@dba_jedi), Principal Architect Tax Day 2019 was not only a day when Americans had to pay their taxes, but it was also the day that Oracle started charging a Java tax – no longer was Java free for commercial use. So, starting on April 15, 2019 any...
by House of Brick Staff | May 22, 2020 | Licensing, Oracle, Oracle Licensing
David Woodard, Principal Architect Standard Edition 2 Can be a Great Value Oracle database Standard Edition 2 (SE2), as well as past editions Standard Edition and Standard Edition 1, can be a great value and cost significantly less than Oracle Enterprise...
by House of Brick Staff | Apr 15, 2020 | Licensing, Oracle Licensing
Bob Lindquist, Director of Client Services Given the current economic climate, many organizations are identifying cost cutting options. The fees for Oracle licensing and support are usually some of the largest costs in an organization’s IT budget. However, there are a...
by House of Brick Staff | Apr 8, 2020 | Licensing, Oracle Licensing
Jeff Stonacek, Principal Architect The theme of this blog is, “it’s complicated”. PowerVM is not necessarily complicated to the point where it is difficult to understand, but is complicated compared to other hypervisors when it comes to Oracle licensing. ...