Category Archive: Software Asset Management

Introducing the Oracle Costimizer Beta Program

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Compliance, Consolidation and Migration, Cost Reduction, Licensing, Maintenance, Software Asset Management

January 30, 2012

I’m looking for beta testers of software that helps organizations reduce the cost of running Oracle.

The Oracle Costimizer is inspired by the reality that most organizations struggle to manage their Oracle assets effectively, let alone set themselves on a path towards savings. Does that remind you of your own organization?

Features of the “Costimizer” include automated compliance analysis, financial modelling of alternative deployments and maintenance renewal discount analysis. It is 100% web-based, cross-browser and drag-and-drop enabled. Both deployment and CSI data may be uploaded via CSV file, and future-state modelling is enabled via the Oracle product catalog and SPECint results for server comparisons.

Please contact me directly for more details on how to participate.

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How to License Oracle Software

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Licensing, Software Asset Management

November 22, 2011

Here’s what I’ve learned after being in the Oracle food-chain for 15 years and advising 100s of clients on Oracle software licensing: license what you need, when you need it, when Oracle is ready to negotiate.

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Oracle Licensing 101, 201

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Licensing, Software Asset Management, Unlimited License Agreements

October 25, 2011

Two articles of mine have been published at the Oracle-specific page of TechTarget: part 1 and part 2. If you aren’t familiar with SearchOracle.com, then I recommend that you visit the site regularly. Industry experts including Mark Fontecchio, the editor, publish regularly.

Please don’t hesitate to send me questions about the articles or anything else by visiting my FAQ page.

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Fingerprinting

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Licensing, Software Asset Management

September 13, 2011

To my knowledge, there is no mainstream industry standard to which software publishers may adhere to make their products discoverable. In other words, it’s exceptionally difficult to answer the question what do we have installed? Many in the software asset management (SAM) community refer to this as fingerprinting. As in, how does a software product allow itself to be identified once installed and/or in use.

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Oracle Asset Discovery from iQuate

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Software Asset Management

July 12, 2010

My friends at iQuate are pleased to announce that IQSonar is the first license discovery tool to be verified by Oracle. The press release can be found here.

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