ULA Case

The Client :

Banking Institute in the UK employing over 1000 staff 
The Situation 
Customer coming to the end of their Oracle Unlimited License Agreement (ULA) and required to provide Oracle with a declaration of usage and make decision on extending the agreement. 

Current ULA was not fully utilised in terms of products used, number of new acquisitions needed to be included and a decision was required on what software was needed.

Customer had insufficient knowledge of Oracle products to undertake a project of this scale. 
 

The Solution 
To undertake professional services to independently verify the compliance position, analyze vendor reports and license contract validation. 
Investigation of entire architecture not just from a licensing perspective but technically in terms of configuration Undertaking further investigation with regard to business operations, users, and how the applications were being accessed 
The Software Asset Company provided the methodology and techniques to measure Oracle software, pro-actively mitigate risk, and identify and accommodate future growth. 
The Result 
Eliminated the need to renew or extend the Oracle ULA, valued at $2 to $3 million. Provided an accurate reflection on current Oracle usage and products deployed, as well as indication based on future growth and deployment of the Oracle software and related hardware, before the termination of the ULA. 
Client was only charged for the annual support applied on the agreed Oracle software declaration i.e. what was required going forward.