Oracle’s ULA: Ready to Leave or Willing to Stay? Consequences of Both When your company is in an Oracle Unlimited License Agreement (ULA), the deal is that you hand over a single up-front payment and you get access to the licenses…
Tips for Surviving a Microsoft EA True Up
Tricks for your Microsoft EA True Up If you have an Enterprise Agreement (EA) with Microsoft, then you are probably familiar with the EA’s annual True-Up. It’s a straightforward way of condensing a year’s worth of headaches and frustrations around purchasing…
Properly Sizing Azure for Your Organization
The Many Complexities of Azure Cloud Sizing Moving to Microsoft’s Azure can be an exciting experience, with so many services including File Storage and Machine Learning Analytics, SQL Databases, and Data Transfer, to name just a few. With so many infrastructure…
Understanding Software Contracts
How to Go Through Your Software Contracts Before a Negotiation You’ve been handed a software contract in the wake of a negotiation with your software vendor, and it’s an inch thick with tiny font and a lot of words you’ll need…