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Navigating Oracle Java’s Shifting Landscape: A Comprehensive Guide to Licensing Changes
Oracle Java has undergone significant transformations over the years, from its acquisition by Oracle Corporation to the evolving licensing structures that impact organizations worldwide. Understanding these changes is essential for businesses to ensure compliance and...
Oracle “Processor” License Counting Cheat Sheet
Methodically counting Oracle licenses across different environments and infrastructure types is a critical pre-requisite to effective Oracle license management. I figured it would be helpful to gather the most important concepts in this quick reference. We will be...
VMware Cloud Solutions in AWS, Azure, GCP, and OCI.
The topic of VMware cloud solutions comes up often in my work for two main reasons: Cloud vendor comparisons around features and pricing. This includes minimum/maximum configuration specs, corresponding pricing, and cost-per-resource, and an illustrative...
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure – Licensing, Discounts, & Support Rewards
This article is part of our 10-part series on Oracle's Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). In this article, we will go over a few important areas that can have a major impact on the economics of an OCI journey. Whether you end up optimizing your OCI investment while managing...
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) – Part 2 – OCI Contract Types
This article is part of our 10-part series on Oracle's Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). This article is basically a summary of the contract types available to OCI customers, as described in the Oracle PaaS and IaaS Universal Credits Service Descriptions document (pages...
Cost Reduction and Cloud Migration Planning
It's a match made in heaven. When planning a move to the cloud, methodical migration planning can help any company reduce and optimize its go-forward footprint - and hence, cost - in the cloud. This has two important effects - reducing the actual spend on cloud...