Two days, taught by our Managing Partner, a former Oracle Vice-President.

Oracle License Training and Licensing Masterclass

A two-day Oracle licensing course for the people who manage Oracle licenses, on premises and in the cloud. Run it in-house for your team, built around your own contracts, or join a public workshop for the Certified Oracle Licensing Practitioner, held quarterly in India and the UAE.

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20+years of Oracle licensing experience behind the course: Sheshagiri Anegondi delivers most of it

Two ways to take the course

Format	Where
In-house masterclass	On-site, virtual
Public workshop	India, UAE

Public classes are held quarterly.

In-house

The Oracle Licensing Masterclass, for Your Team

Two intensive days that take your team from beginners to confident Oracle licensing practitioners, using real contracts, real audit cases and real negotiation transcripts. Some of the biggest companies in the world have put their SAM, procurement, IT and legal teams through it.

Day 1, morning: foundationsLicense metrics, agreement types, support rules and the policies Oracle treats as contract
Day 1, afternoon: your contractsA working session on your own agreements: entitlements, gaps and traps
Day 2, morning: the hard topicsULAs, Java, virtualization, cloud and BYOL, and how audits unfold
Day 2, afternoon: negotiation labMock renewal and audit-response exercises against Oracle’s playbook

FormatTwo intensive days, on-site or virtual.

Taught byOur Managing Partner, Sheshagiri Anegondi, a former Oracle Vice-President.

Built aroundYour own contracts.

MaterialsPlaybooks and templates, yours to keep.

CohortsSmall enough for every attendee’s questions to be about their own estate.

Starting pointNo prior licensing knowledge assumed on day one.

Public workshop

Certified Oracle Licensing Practitioner: The Two-Day Syllabus

License Oracle runs an instructor-led two-day workshop for the Certified Oracle Licensing Practitioner. It helps participants manage Oracle licenses well, and keeps them up to date as Oracle licensing changes.

Day one	Day two
Introduction to Oracle licensing	Oracle Application Server and WebLogic licensing
How Oracle treats client-server, three-tier and internet set-ups, and hosting	Differences and similarities in Oracle Database and Middleware licensing
The Oracle technology stack	Oracle distribution agreements
License definitions and license types	Oracle contract documents
Oracle Database options and management packs licensing	Special clauses in Oracle contract documents
Licensing Oracle in different environments and data recovery situations	Cloud Services Agreement
Licensing Oracle in virtualized environments	Support status, support levels and migrations
Oracle’s view of server partitioning	Oracle license audits
Sun, IBM and HP partitioning	Maintaining a baseline of Oracle license positions
Clustering

Products covered

Oracle Database, Database options, Enterprise Manager and management packs, Oracle Middleware, Oracle E-Business Suite, Siebel, Business Intelligence, Identity Management, acquired products and Oracle Cloud.

Documents covered

The Oracle Master Agreement, ordering documents, license schedules and annexures, Oracle licensing and services agreements, the support policy, license definitions and rules, distribution agreements, contract amendments, audit notices, ULA and PULA.

Who attends

Who Should Attend Oracle License Training

Software asset managers and SAM teams.
Procurement managers and vendor management teams.
Datacenter and infrastructure managers.
Oracle DBAs.
IT finance and in-house counsel.
Oracle license management advisors.

I can say with absolute certainty that there is no one better than Sheshagiri to learn about Oracle licensing. His depth of understanding of the basis of Oracle licensing, his knowledge of the contractual terms and of policy changes over the years, his practical experience of Oracle negotiations and his passion for teaching helped us learn Oracle licensing and immediately get control of our engagements with Oracle.

IT head, EPC and oil distribution company

Public classes are held quarterly in India and the UAE: contact License Oracle for the dates. For an in-house cohort, use the form below.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does the Oracle license training cover?

Oracle Database and its options and packs, Enterprise Manager, Middleware, E-Business Suite, Siebel, Business Intelligence, Identity Management, acquired products and Oracle Cloud, and the contract documents from the Oracle Master Agreement to audit notices, ULA and PULA.

How long is the course?

Two intensive days.

Who teaches it?

Most of it is delivered by our Managing Partner, Sheshagiri Anegondi, a former Oracle Vice-President with over 20 years of Oracle licensing experience.

Can we run the course in-house?

Yes. The Oracle Licensing Masterclass runs on-site or virtually for your team, built around your own contracts, with cohorts small enough for every question to be about your own estate.

When and where are the public classes?

Quarterly in India and the UAE. License Oracle has the dates.

What is the Certified Oracle Licensing Practitioner?

The instructor-led two-day workshop that License Oracle runs for the people who manage Oracle licenses, on premises and in the cloud.

Do we need prior licensing knowledge?

No. No prior licensing knowledge is assumed on day one.

Who should attend?

Software asset managers, procurement and vendor management teams, datacenter and infrastructure managers, Oracle DBAs, IT finance, in-house counsel and Oracle license management advisors.

Do you sell Oracle licenses or support?

No. Rythium is independent and does not resell licenses or support, or earn income from Oracle or any support provider.

Oracle license training

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Sheshagiri AnegondiManaging Partner, Rythium. Former Vice-President, Oracle Corporation.