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Unlocking value: Oracle enterprise license models for optimal ROI

CIO Business Intelligence

With tight IT budgets getting tighter, many Oracle licensees with Unlimited Licensing Agreements (ULAs) are tempted to consider an exit plan to avoid the pinch of rising support costs. Most enterprises want to avoid expending unnecessary time, effort, and resources on licensing issues, so they can focus on maximizing value and results.

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Per-User License Misalignment

KineticData

What is per-user license pricing? There’s a lot of talk these days about per-user licensing models. Here’s what you need to know about per user license misalignment and how to avoid it. What is per user license misalignment? The impacts of misaligned budgets and processes extend far beyond the books.

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Seattle wants to charge DoorDash and other gig companies 10 cents per order for new license fee

GeekWire

The bill, referred to the City Council last week, would require “network companies” operating in Seattle to pay the fees to obtain an annual license. In a statement, Instacart said the proposed tax “forces residents to foot the bill for an ill-advised ordinance amid record inflation and tightened budgets.”

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NASA overspent $15 million on unused Oracle licenses as it failed to track usage

CIO Business Intelligence

The report attributes the huge over-expenditure to vendor lock-in and NASA’s unwillingness to risk a license audit by Oracle because of its lack of visibility into software management. These challenges expose the agency to increased costs because of penalties for violations of software licensing agreements, the report showed.

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Report: Nearly half of software licenses are unused, wasting $44M+ per month

Tech Republic

Only 5% of IT leader respondents to a Nexthink survey have complete visibility into the software licenses their organization uses. The post Report: Nearly half of software licenses are unused, wasting $44M+ per month appeared first on TechRepublic.

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6 tips for making the most of a tight IT budget

CIO Business Intelligence

IT leaders seeking to drive enterprise growth through technology investments are often saddled with budgets that make their tasks of increasing the top and bottom lines challenging. Despite an estimated increase to IT budgets of 5.1% The year 2023 seems to be no different.

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Surviving the Budget Cycle - Tips & Tricks

CIO Musings

We are talking about the budget cycle. Budget approaches vary widely and cost-plus, to zero-based and others. I have worked in places where the budget never changed from year to year and I have worked in places where every year we prepared 5%, 10% and 15% cut scenarios for the consideration of the budget department.

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