Client Profile
$70B Retailer with Over 300K Employees
Client Situation
- Company was taking an initiative to evaluate whether to renew its ULA or move to a component-based model after the current ULA expired
- Had multiple Oracle product types across database products and applications, with some products licensed under the ULA and others licensed under a component-based model
- Sought to gain insight into the competitiveness of its Oracle commercial construct and potential audit exposure
- Limited knowledge of market competitive pricing and commercial arrangements
Services & Results
UpperEdge developed a mark-to-market assessment of historical and current discounting and commercial terms:
- Completed a utilization assessment which uncovered over $6M in annual support fees paid to Oracle that were not leveraged
- Performed compliance assessment with potential exposure using multiplexing and virtualization
- Exposed an audit risk of over $2.5M in license and back support fees associated with over deployed licenses that exceeded license entitlements
