Congratulations to iQuate for being the first tool vendor to be verified by Oracle for License Management. The verification follows a nine month review and testing process to ensure their software provides the necessary detail and accuracy for the Oracle LMS Group (See Oracle to Verify Tools). “Oracle licensing is complex. As a result Oracle customers sometimes pay for software that is not being... 

This Quick Guide is available in PDF format here. This Quick Guide to Oracle Licensing has been provided by Mark van Wolferen of b-lay. Introduction Oracle’s software licensing is seen as complex and treacherous. The number of products and acquisitions made by Oracle over the years has resulted in numerous pricelists and a wide array of licensing possibilities and extended definitions. Keeping... 

Oracle deployments tend to slip through the net of most traditional ITAM tools. With no license keys to track and sometimes no executables to discover, reconciling Oracle is commonly a separate project outside of most ‘desktop’ inventory processes. “Even if the customer has very good ITAM processes and solid tools, discovering all Oracle instances, processors, CPUS, sockets SHARETHIS.addEntry({... 

I spoke to Pat Durkin at IQuate as his team prepares to showcase their technology at Oracle OpenWorld 2009 next week. Pat described how they have adapted their technology to allow their customers to gain an SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Trouble Finding Oracle on Your Network?", url: "http://www.itassetmanagement.net/2009/10/09/finding-oracle-on-your-network/" }); Read More →