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This is an independent review of Lime Software for Oracle License Management. Review Summary Product: Lime Discovery, Inventory and License Manager Version: Lime Discovery 3.1, Lime Inventory 4.6, Lime License Manager 2.6 Version Released: January 2014 Year Company Founded and Turnover:...
This is an independent review of FlexNet Manager for Oracle. FlexNet Manager for Oracle Summary Product: FlexNet Manager for Oracle Version: 2013 Version Released: 25th June 2013 Year Founded / Turnover: Founded as ‘InstallShield’ in 1987, Turnover not disclosed. Total number...
Easytrust has been built from the ground up specifically to manage Oracle licensing. The company has a good foundation of customers in France and is now growing internationally via channel partners. The Easytrust Oracle License Management offering consists of the following main components: Agent...
This is an independent review and comparison of specialist tools for managing Oracle licensing. Solutions reviewed: Easytrust Flexera Software HP Lime Software Snow Software How are Oracle databases configured? Whilst Oracle has hundreds of product lines, ITAM Review readers...
Avoid unnecessary costs Oracle is a key software publisher in the datacentre and for many organizations represents a large proportion of their software spend and an essential part of their IT infrastructure. Taking the right approach to Oracle licensing is vital; a poorly managed...
This is our first foray into Podcasting, so forgive me if it’s a bit rough around the edges. In this session we delve into Oracle, Oracle Licensing and Oracle License Management. Thanks very much to our guests and Oracle experts: Piaras MacDonnell, Craig Guarente and Richard Spithoven...
Oracle announced back in 2010 that it would begin to verify the data provided by ITAM tools. Oracle is notoriously difficult to manage from an ITAM perspective because Oracle products don’t install like most other publishers (no .exes to track in your inventory tool) and the configuration...
“Reality is changing – I’d suggest you get involved” As with almost any complex area of life or business, Software Asset Management is seldom black and white. Like most of us, SAM practitioners need to deal with various shades of grey. This is the first of two articles...
Cowardly Lion; Solve Fear, Solve the Problem In this informative session Jason Keogh from iQuate and Will Monin from VMware explore how to optimize Oracle licensing within VMware environments. Topics: How Oracle is licensed? Processors, Cores and Core Factors Hard vs. Soft Partitioning VMotion Virtualization...
The following question has been posted within the Virtual User Group (VUG) by an ITAM Review reader. If you have experiences or advice to share regarding managing this type of Oracle licensing scenario please post your comment below or respond directly within the VUG. Thank you. Question: Introduction We rely...