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    Oracle and VMware Partner Up to Support Customer Hybrid Clouds – A Licensing Viewpoint

    Oracle and VMware announced a hybrid cloud partnership — but the licensing implications aren't as customer-friendly as the press release suggests. We analyze the deal from a compliance perspective and flag the provisions that could create new exposure.

    Dean Bolton

    Dean Bolton

    Chief Architect, LicenseFortress

    September 2019
    4 min read
    Oracle and VMware Partner Up to Support Customer Hybrid Clouds – A Licensing Viewpoint

    Oracle and VMware announced a hybrid cloud partnership — but the licensing implications aren't as customer-friendly as the press release suggests. We analyze the deal from a compliance perspective and flag the provisions that could create new exposure.

    The bottom line

    Oracle and VMware announced a hybrid cloud partnership — but the licensing implications aren't as customer-friendly as the press release suggests. We analyze the deal from a compliance perspective and flag the provisions that could create new exposure.

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    From our case files

    Partnership announcements do not change licensing policy. Two engagements that turned on the actual rules:

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    ESSP cut Oracle costs 90% and DR costs from $40K to $5K/year by migrating to Standard Edition 2 and Azure with LicenseFortress.

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    About the author

    Dean Bolton

    Dean Bolton

    Chief Architect, LicenseFortress

    Dean leads LicenseFortress' technical licensing practice, covering Oracle, VMware, virtualization and infrastructure licensing rules.

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