Balance your Oracle licence costs and secure compliance.
Oracle technologies deliver high performance and security, but their licensing structure is complex and changeable, and requires strategic management. Beyond reviewing your existing licences, our consulting aims to optimise costs and reduce audit risk.
Why licensing consulting?
Cost transparency
Simplifying complex licence structures and avoiding unnecessary spending.
Risk management
Avoiding potential penalties with a compliant, Oracle audit-ready infrastructure.
Correct licensing
Matching the products and modules in use with their licensing requirements.
Return on investment
Putting existing licences to their most effective use.
Cloud and BYOL
Positioning on-premises licences in cloud environments for cost advantage.
SU BOP Model
Through the VDEL partnership, a scalable, cost-controlled licence structure instead of complex hardware-bound licences.
Consulting scope
Compliance and inventory
- Comparing usage scenarios with contract terms
- Identifying risks before an audit and taking corrective action
- A breakdown of all Oracle products by version, user and module
- Assessment by physical/virtual environment and by core
Optimisation
- Identifying unnecessary or excess licences
- Database consolidation and edition downgrades (e.g. from EE to SE2)
- Cost-effective use of Processor, NUP, ULA and Java licences
- Identifying risks arising from virtualisation and core counting
Cloud and contracts
- Compliant migration of existing licences to OCI, AWS or Azure
- Cost advantage with Bring-Your-Own-License (BYOL)
- Oracle Cloud Subscription and Universal Credits consulting
- ULA assessment, exit scenarios and contract renewal support
Alongside this service
Database Management
24/7 SLA-backed operations for Oracle, Exadata, PostgreSQL, SQL Server and MongoDB.
Database Migration
From Oracle, DB2 and Exadata to PostgreSQL and BigQuery; near-zero downtime with CDC.
SU BOP product page
Product details, features and licensing model.
Explore →A no-commitment start in three steps.
Discovery call
We spend 45 minutes understanding your environment and priorities. Free of charge.
Free initial assessment
After the meeting, a one-page note with initial findings and recommendations; the findings are yours to keep. A full health check and risk report are part of our accelerator packages.
Package or service
Start with an accelerator package or go straight to managed services.