The Oracle License Assessment provides a comprehensive assessment of your organization’s Oracle software license position. By simulating an Oracle audit environment and methodology, this engagement delivers precise reports and compliance analysis identical to those produced during an actual audit.
This proactive approach enables the identification of both over and under-utilized software, offering opportunities to optimize deployments, mitigate risks, and reduce costs. The resulting baseline serves as a critical foundation for informed license purchase, support renewal and audit defense decisions.
Deployment Discovery for the Oracle License Assessment
The following methods are used to obtain an enterprise wide understanding of installed and used Oracle software:
- Scripts to check the presence of Oracle in different machines
- Scripts to get detailed information of Oracle products installed including all the features enabled & used
- For very large server farms, Agentless Network Scans are used to determine hardware servers & deployment architecture in the enterprise network
- Scripts & agentless scans to get virtualization information (for VMware)
Contracts Analysis
- Determine your entitlements of different Oracle licenses
- Understand your oracle agreements, standard usage rights & license definitions
- Analyze the rights, obligations & risks of any non-standard language in your contracts
Effective License Position
- Global Oracle deployment report & Oracle Server Worksheet across your enterprise
- Server-wise Oracle license assessment & analysis
- Financial analysis for exposure and risks including license & support fees
Optimization and Re-balancing
- Recommendations to optimize license usage through architectural changes
- Feature usage remediation recommendations
- Reduce compliance gaps & costs
Deliverables of a the Oracle License Assessment
- Global deployment report / Oracle Server Worksheet
- Evidence of Feature Usage
- Effective License Position
- Remediation & Cost Reduction Strategy
We provide one-time assessments as well as Annual/Bi-Annual Assessment Services
You might want to read more about our CEO Sheshagiri Anegondi. He is one of the foremost Oracle license experts globally. You can contact him for a deeper understanding of Oracle licensing.
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Sheshagiri Anegondi
Managing Partner of Rythium Technologies. Seventeen years at Oracle, from 1998 to 2015, in leadership roles including Vice President Sales, after Compaq and Digital Equipment Corporation.
Author of “Licensing Oracle: The Reference Manual for Managing Oracle License Compliance & Procuring Oracle Software, Hardware, Cloud & Services” (Notion Press, 2021) (ISBN 10: 1639046887).
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