Oracle

Considering an Oracle ULA? Beware of Paying Expensive Support Fees in Perpetuity

February 6, 2018
Erwann Couesbot
Reading Time: 4 minutes

If your organization is considering Oracle for application or technology products, you’ll have to determine which licensing model best suits…

Categories: Contract Negotiations, Oracle

Bold Claims in Oracle’s FY18 Q2 Earnings

January 24, 2018
Jeff Lazarto
Reading Time: 3 minutes

It is never too early to start preparing for Oracle’s year-end sales push with their fast approaching 2018 fiscal year…

Categories: Cloud, Contract Negotiations, Oracle

Can Your Oracle Cloud Renewal Get Stormy?

September 29, 2017
Jeff Lazarto
Reading Time: 3 minutes

Oracle is ramping up to put a full court press on its installed base to migrate their perpetual license on-premise…

Categories: Cloud, Contract Negotiations, Oracle

Oracle Baseline Assessment: Failing to Prepare is Preparing to Fail

September 26, 2017
Erwann Couesbot
Reading Time: 3 minutes

Does your team know exactly how many license entitlements you have purchased from Oracle? Can you provide a log identifying…

Categories: IT Sourcing, Oracle

Oracle’s “Total Support Stream” Tsunami

September 7, 2017
Jeff Lazarto
Reading Time: 4 minutes

Many of you have heard stories or experienced first-hand the number of ways Oracle’s contracts can lead to vendor lock-in…

Categories: Oracle

Does Your ERP Provider Run Your Business?

August 30, 2017
Jeff Lazarto
Reading Time: 4 minutes

Sounds like a simple question, but the answer may be more complex than you think. SAP had a tagline that…

Categories: Application Management Services, ERP Program Management, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP

Top 10 Excuses to Not Implement Best Practices and 5 Things to do About it

August 22, 2017
John Belden
Reading Time: 5 minutes

Over the past 30 years, a great deal of research has been conducted on IT-enabled business transformations. As a result…

Categories: ERP Program Management, IT Sourcing, Oracle, SAP

Software Audits Continue to Rise: Understand the Software Vendor’s Audit Playbook

August 15, 2017
Len Riley
Reading Time: 4 minutes

Software vendors have developed an array of strategies and tactics to extract revenue from customers beyond an initial transaction. These…

Categories: Cloud, Deloitte, ERP Program Management, IT Sourcing, Oracle, SAP

Will SAP Competitors Fight the Indirect Access Madness?

July 24, 2017
Jeff Lazarto
Reading Time: 4 minutes

Now that the public is aware of SAP’s Indirect Access rules after the recent lawsuits with Diageo and the arbitration…

Categories: Application Management Services, Cloud, ERP Program Management, Oracle, SAP

Are SAP, Oracle, and Microsoft Making Bank in the Cloud?

July 16, 2017
John Belden
Reading Time: 2 minutes

Over the past few years, cloud has been the growth engine of the software and consulting industry. The marketing machines…

Categories: Accenture, Cloud, Deloitte, ERP Program Management, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP

Oracle

Considering an Oracle ULA? Beware of Paying Expensive Support Fees in Perpetuity

Bold Claims in Oracle’s FY18 Q2 Earnings

Can Your Oracle Cloud Renewal Get Stormy?

Oracle Baseline Assessment: Failing to Prepare is Preparing to Fail

Oracle’s “Total Support Stream” Tsunami

Does Your ERP Provider Run Your Business?

Top 10 Excuses to Not Implement Best Practices and 5 Things to do About it

Software Audits Continue to Rise: Understand the Software Vendor’s Audit Playbook

Will SAP Competitors Fight the Indirect Access Madness?

Are SAP, Oracle, and Microsoft Making Bank in the Cloud?

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