We are Independent Software Licensing Experts

Rythium Technologies started as India's first independent Oracle licensing advisory firm. We have grown into a global leader in the field, and now work across many other publishers.

We exist for one reason: enterprises deserve licensing advice from someone who isn't paid by the vendor selling the licences.

You'll work with the principals, not a hand-off.

Managing Partner (License Management)

Sheshagiri Anegondi

A former Vice-President at Oracle Corporation, Sheshu spent years inside the machine that writes and enforces Oracle's licensing rules. He now uses that knowledge for the client's side of the table.

He is the author of “Licensing Oracle”, and leads Rythium's advisory engagements personally, from ULA certification to audit defence.

Oracle: 1998 to 2015, in leadership roles including Vice President Sales
Before: Compaq and Digital Equipment Corporation
Author: “Licensing Oracle” (Notion Press, 2021) (ISBN 10: 1639046887)

Co-Founder

Anil Nahata

Anil co-leads Rythium's practice, bringing deep software asset management and commercial negotiation experience across Oracle, Microsoft and the wider publisher landscape.

Co-founder: Designated partner of Rythium Technologies LLP since 2015
Before: Reliance Communications: Vice President heading the telecom towers infrastructure business, and group Chief Procurement Officer
Experience: More than two decades across the telecom, software and financial industries

Vice President, Delivery & Operations

Ritesh Verma

Ritesh leads technical service delivery and project management. He is responsible for the discovery and analytical tools for Oracle products, and for SAM managed services.

Before: CIO of Indian Oiltanking
Experience: A 25-year career, implementing multiple Oracle applications
Board: Sits on the board of a cloud and IT services firm

Together, the principals keep every engagement senior, independent and accountable to one party only: the client.

Three things No-Conflict-Of-Interest gives you

The honest number

We tell you your real Effective License Position, including when it means you owe nothing, or should buy far less than you were quoted.

The unpopular recommendation

Walk away from a ULA. Refuse a renewal. Move to third-party support. We say it when it's right, because no publisher pays us to say otherwise.

A defence, not a settlement

In an audit, we work to reduce your exposure, not to smooth the path to a purchase order. Our incentives point the same way yours do.

We are Independent Software Licensing Experts

Most licensing “help” is a sales channel in disguise.

That conflict shapes the advice, whether or not anyone admits it.

Rythium was built to remove the conflict entirely.