Software licensing can be a tricky issue, especially with all of the different software policies and the high number of moving parts involved in a licensing agreement. To help customers correctly license their Oracle environments while optimizing their architecture, a recent DBTA webcast provided a frank and direct conversation about how to properly adhere to a customer’s existing contract in order to correctly license virtualized infrastructure for Oracle.

The webcast was sponsored by VMware, in partnership with the Independent Oracle Users Group (IOUG), and featured moderator Don Sullivan, Oracle Certified Master VMware vExpert, and VMW CTO Ambassador; and presenters Dave Welch, CTO & chief evangelist, House of Brick Technologies; Daniel Hesselink, managing partner, License Consulting; and Dan Young, chief data architect, Indiana University.

Dave Welch compiled a list of assertions from Oracle representatives regarding licensing Oracle on VMware that are non-contractual. These assertions, he said, are that…

SOURCE: dbta.com