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DSP advises clients on complex Oracle licence requirements
Licensing can be a minefield and with constant changes to both the calculation and the rules governing licence allocation, distribution and use. Due to DSP's proven track record in providing Licence Audit Services to a number of clients, Oracle has approached DSP to undertake reviews on behalf of the Licence team.

As DSP is an independent consultancy our audit service is tailored specifically for our own use and therefore we can flexible in both our approach to the audit and offer neutral advice should any licensing questions arise.

Reasons why software licences can be hard to manage:

• Prevalence of the Internet and the ability to download and install software by technical resources

• Changes in the licensing methodologies and metrics by Oracle Corporation

• The evolution of the technical architecture within the enterprise

• Project demands to go live ahead of time and within budget; software is often forgotten...as is post implementation support

Are you over or under licensed -  Is your License Compliance under control?

 Organisations, more specifically, the senior management are held responsible for not managing and controlling software assets within the company. Also, your organisation could be paying for support on old purchased licenses and it is hard to keep track on.

IT Governance requires that companies control their investments in software assets – it is simply illegal to be under-licensed and is considered a form software piracy.

Oracle Licenses are necessary for any live system and keeping up to date with them can be an organisational headache. You will need to purchase new licenses for a range of projects inlcuding:

The type of useage is also important and analysis of the user community should be undertaken to identify:
  • Full Users
  • Application Server Full User
  • Restricted Users
  • Multi-Core Processor Options

By analysing your license requirements and current environment DSP can help to ensure that you have the correct level of licensing.

For further information please contact DSP to discuss any Oracle Licensing issues that you may have


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