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Shelfware: How to Find Unused Software Licences and Stop Paying for ThemWhere shelfware hides, how to find unused software licenses, and how to stop paying support on them without triggering Oracle's repricing rules.
Software Licensing Consultants: What They Do and How to Choose OneWhat software licensing consultants do, who pays the advisers you are offered, how their fees work, and the questions to ask before you hire one.
Effective License Position (ELP): What It Is and How to Build OneWhat an effective license position is, where its data comes from, and a worked Oracle Database example at 2026 list prices, with the mistakes to avoid.
Snow Software Asset Management After Flexera: Your Options in 2026Snow License Manager 9 has been out of support since 31 March 2026. What Flexera's ownership means, your three options and the migration mistakes to avoid.
Oracle License Compliance: What It Means and How to Stay CompliantWhat Oracle license compliance means, the gaps that cost most (options, VMware, standby, cloud, Java), how to measure your position and how to stay compliant.
5 Ways to Reduce Enterprise Software Licensing CostsHow to reduce software licensing costs: build your effective licence position, remove unused licences, fix the metric, negotiate on your data, use alternatives.
Software Asset Management Tools Compared: 10 Options and How to ChooseFlexera, Snow, ServiceNow, USU (Aspera), Ivanti, ManageEngine, Lansweeper and more: what each SAM tool is best for, what to watch for, and how to choose one.
The Oracle License Audit Process: A Step-by-Step GuideHow an Oracle license audit runs: notice, declaration, scripts, analysis, findings and the commercial proposal, what triggers one and how to handle each step.
Lessons from DeepSeek about Reducing Oracle License CostsDeepSeek showed what doing more with less looks like. What it teaches about Oracle and enterprise software costs, and how far those costs can come down.
Oracle License Self-Audit: An Eight-Step GuideRun your own Oracle license audit before Oracle does: collect contracts, find every installation, check options, packs and Java, count by Oracle's rules, fix.
Tips for Oracle License Audits in 2025How Oracle license audits work and how to prepare: types of audit, who runs them, the stages, triggers, Oracle's remedies, ULA and Java risks, and our defence.
Reduce Oracle License CostsYou can reduce Oracle license costs with benchmarks, contract review and support action. Rythium's points, with links to cost guides.
Oracle Database License Control
Oracle License Review: What It Covers, When to Run One and What It FindsWhat an Oracle license review covers, when to run one, the gaps and savings it usually finds, and why it should be independent of Oracle's own licence reviews.
Oracle License Compliance in 2024-25The most common Oracle licence compliance issues, from options and packs to NUP counting, VMware, restricted-use contracts and M&A, with best practices.
Oracle License AssessmentAn Oracle licence assessment that mirrors an audit: discovery scripts and scans, contract analysis, Effective License Position, and optimisation advice.
Leading Indian Bank Slashes Java Costs by 85%How an Indian bank facing a sharp Oracle Java cost increase cut its Java licensing costs by 85% through deployment optimisation and negotiation.
Conquer the Oracle License Audit: Defense and ComplianceWhat triggers an Oracle license audit, how the process runs and how to defend it. Includes the 45-day notice and 30-day payment clause.
Oracle License Audit Defense: Change the gameWhy Oracle audits, how the process runs, and settling well.
How to Choose an Oracle Licensing Consultant: 10 QuestionsTen questions to ask any Oracle licensing consultant: are they a reseller or partner, do they know the contracts, and can they cut the claim?
Rythium LMS Partner ProgramRythium's sales and referral partner program for Oracle license management services: referral fees, customer savings and trusted advisor status.
Oracle ULA Audit IssuesCommon Oracle ULA problems in an audit: products outside the ULA, unreported changes, weak inventory and exit mistakes. What to check before you certify.
When Should You Do an Internal Oracle License Audit?Run an internal Oracle license audit yearly and after major changes such as a cloud move, acquisition or ULA renewal. The 13 triggers.
Oracle 10-Day Rule for Failover ServersOracle's 10-day rule lets you use an unlicensed failover server for up to ten separate days a year in a cluster with shared storage.
Oracle Audit Thermometer: Will You Be Audited?Answer ten yes or no questions to see how likely an Oracle license audit is. One yes means some risk, six or more means very high risk of an audit.
A Change in the Oracle LMS ProcessOracle LMS audits may skip the preliminary report and go to a final report, starting the 30-day clock at once. What it means for audit targets.
Oracle Court Action by Mars Over License Audit ActivityMars filed a court action against Oracle over audit practices under a 1993 agreement. A summary of the news and a link to the original report.
4 Misconceptions About Software AuditsFour beliefs about software audits that cost companies money: only big firms get audited, only Microsoft audits, contracts mean compliance, nothing helps.
10 Ridiculous EULA Clauses, and the Enterprise Ones That Cost Real MoneyFamous EULA clauses, from iTunes banning nuclear weapons to audits at any hour, and five enterprise licence clauses that cost real money when nobody reads them.