Understanding the Impact of Oracle’s Java Subscription Changes
Earlier this year, Oracle changed its Java SE Subscription requirements. Customers are now required to purchase Java SE Universal Subscriptions aligned with their total number of employees; even if they...
Consequences of Oracle’s Per-Employee Java Subscriptions
Oracle has announced their 2023 per-employee pricing for their standard Java software, causing worry among customers about the potential impact on those costs. This pricing is determined by the total...
Projected Rise in IT Spending Increases the Need for Managed Services
Businesses are focusing on multi-year projects in 2022, as companies move away from 2020’s turnkey technology projects and 2021 efforts to fix and pad the technology stack. For the first...
Oracle to customers: Spend more on cloud, save on support
With Oracle Support Rewards, the company hopes to tempt existing on-premises customers to move workloads to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. In its ongoing push for the cloud, Oracle is willing to cut...
Coronavirus raises the software audit stakes
IT asset managers say they are receiving more requests from software publishers to check for license discrepancies. A recent poll conducted by the ITAM Review found that IT departments continue...
The cloud deal question that follows on from an Oracle audit
On 17 December 2019, the US District Court, Northern District of California, San Jose Division, dismissed the 2018 class action case brought by the City of Sunrise Firefighters’ Pension Fund...
Oracle customers complain of cloud coercion
In December, Oracle won its day in court – but a poll reveals a sales tactic based on audit threats combined with heavy cloud discounts. Earlier this month, a poll...
Oracle to launch fresh court appeal against US Department of Defense’s $10bn JEDI cloud contract
Database giant has confirmed it will appeal the US Federal Court’s dismissal of its previous legal challenge over JEDI cloud contract. Oracle is launching another legal action over the US...
Oracle does-in Dyn, resets DNS services to cloud
Oracle wants its DNS customers to migrate from its Dyn service to Oracle Cloud services, but some of those customers are very unhappy. Some may call it a normal, even...
Oracle introduces hybrid cloud solution – for its own cloud
Combination of on-premises and cloud services works great if you are invested in Oracle’s cloud. I’m beginning to understand why Thomas Kurian left Oracle to try and right the foundering...