Energy company Santos says it expects to pay upwards of AU$830,000 in licensing fees to Oracle next year due to a complex licensing model it can't easily exit. The Australian-owned oil and gas ...

In the last week, two reports about Oracle licensing have caught the eye. Both are aimed at the same thing: a mild pitch at negotiation in the run up to Oracle's financial year end. One from Forrester ...

Software licensing can be a tricky issue, especially with all of the different software policies and the high number of moving parts involved in a licensing agreement. To help customers correctly ...

The US General Services Administration (GSA) has announced an agreement with Oracle it claims offers a 75 percent discount on the vendor's license-based technology.… However, experts have pointed out ...

Will treat each core as three-quarters of a chip when calculating license costs, bringing it more in line with rivals. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge ...

Oracle’s licensing practices have created a “hostile” relationship “filled with deep rooted mistrust” between the vendor and its customers, according to a survey that looked at users’ business ...

Many organisations have found that the amount they are spending with Oracle has increased, but savvy IT departments that are able to run older software, or are prepared to negotiate every minutiae of ...

Spurred by changes In Oracle’s Java licensing, Azul says businesses are turning to the company’s OpenJDK platform as an alternative, spurring demand through the vendor’s VAR, systems integrator and ...