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    No, Your DBA Should Not Be in Charge of Your Software License Compliance. Here's Why.

    Your DBA knows databases — not licensing contracts. Putting license compliance on their plate creates dangerous blind spots, from miscounted processors to overlooked virtualization rules. Here's why this common shortcut backfires and who should actually own compliance.

    Michael Corey

    Michael Corey

    Co-Founder, LicenseFortress

    January 2024
    5 min read
    No, Your DBA Should Not Be in Charge of Your Software License Compliance. Here's Why.

    Your DBA knows databases — not licensing contracts. Putting license compliance on their plate creates dangerous blind spots, from miscounted processors to overlooked virtualization rules. Here's why this common shortcut backfires and who should actually own compliance.

    The bottom line

    Your DBA knows databases — not licensing contracts. Putting license compliance on their plate creates dangerous blind spots, from miscounted processors to overlooked virtualization rules. Here's why this common shortcut backfires and who should actually own compliance.

    • LicenseFortress is an independent software licensing advocate — we never sell vendor licenses and take no vendor commissions.
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    • Licensing experts working alongside software contract attorneys.

    From our case files

    Two environments where technical decisions created licensing exposure:

    Medical Robotics Company Avoids $360K in Oracle Diagnostics Pack Liability with Proactive ArxPlatform Monitoring

    The ArxPlatform caught unauthorized Oracle Diagnostics Pack use, helping a medical robotics firm avoid $360K in licensing liability.

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    A Manufacturing Company with a Small Oracle Investment Had Big Compliance Issues

    Understand how a little Oracle investment can still equal big compliance issues.

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    About the author

    Michael Corey

    Michael Corey

    Co-Founder, LicenseFortress

    Michael writes on vendor strategy, audit behavior and the business realities of enterprise software agreements.

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