Oracle license and contract expertise

• One-off Oracle compliance assessment and licensing optimization plan

We enable you to reliably assess your Oracle license compliance. To collect the data, we use the same tools and methods as those used by Oracle during audits, and our compliance calculations and optimizations are reliable and can be used against Oracle in the event of a license audit. We help you implement the recommended optimizations (technical, contractual, commercial, etc.) to achieve the savings identified.

• Quarterly, semi-annual or annual campaigns

We offer regular compliance and optimization inventories, using an inexpensive, highly reliable tool that does not require installation. The results can be presented in the form of dashboards showing the evolution of license consumption and potential financial risk.

• Oracle strategy and contract negotiation

We support our clients in their strategies and contractual negotiations. We have acquired strong expertise in the management of various Oracle contracts: ULA, OLSA, OMA, Pool of Funds and more particularly in strategies related to the ULA contract (exit or renewal). At the end of an ULA, two options are available to you: renew / negotiate or exit / certify. Because the decision has huge financial and technical implications, it is essential to carefully analyse your deployments, your current compliance, and your future needs.

In case of exit / certification, we help you to:
 

Maximize compliance in virtualized environments: negotiate an agreement with Oracle on current and future rules

Do not forget anything: a certification is a declaration, and any “forgotten” installation will be counted in the future

Fill out the GDR document, which is very time-consuming and can elicit questions from Oracle if it is incorrectly completed

See page: I need help with contract management and renewal

• Oracle Java risk analysis

Following changes in the Oracle Java licensing model, Elée helps you assess your risk and choose the right strategy: buy licenses or adopt another Java framework. For this we deploy a step-by-step method including:

Collecting Java usage, including paid commercial features, using a specific script developed by our R&D team

Determining whether it is Oracle Java, subject to Oracle’s licensing policy, and whether it is embedded and covered in an application

Detecting versions and production / non-production environments in order to determine whether the usage is chargeable or not

Depending on the usage detected and whether it is chargeable, we recommend the best strategy to adopt.

• Oracle licensing tools

Collection: the collection scripts offered by Elée and used by our consultants for many clients provide reliable data, recognized in the event of an audit.

Compliance: the compliance calculation tools developed by our R&D team and continuously updated have been used by large organizations for 10 years. They produce reliable results that are identical to those obtained by the publisher and that can be used in the event of an audit. Our tools perform compliance calculations on Oracle Database & Options, including in a virtualized VMware or other environment, but they are also able to calculate a Siebel compliance, WebLogic compliance, Oracle Business Suite compliance and many others with unparalleled accuracy. Indeed, the calculation engines that we develop are built specifically for each product, unlike the SAM tools on the market which use generic rule engines with limited power.

Optimization: Elée's goal is to provide you the best license optimizations on the market. Our allocation and optimization tools for Oracle licenses deliver substantial savings to our customers, often millions of dollars.

Onboarding into a SAM tool: if you have opted for a commercial SAM tool, such as Snow, Flexera, Aspera, or ServiceNow, we can onboard purchases and licenses into the tool and we can configure the tool to optimize your compliance.