Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) offers compelling economics for Oracle Database workloads — but navigating the Oracle licensing landscape, ULA terms, and the OCI architecture requires expertise that most enterprises don't have in-house. RLM advises objectively on Oracle Cloud fit, licensing optimization, and contract strategy.
RLM advises enterprises on OCI workload fit, Oracle Database licensing on OCI, ULA and EA strategy, and the hybrid Oracle architecture that maximizes value from your existing Oracle investments.
A structured advisory process — from discovery and market evaluation to negotiation and post-deployment optimization — tailored to your specific environment and objectives.
We assess your current Oracle license position — database editions, options, ULAs, and support contracts — and identify optimization opportunities before any OCI commitment that changes your licensing exposure.
We evaluate OCI for your specific Oracle workloads — Autonomous Database, ExaCS, DBCS, and E-Business Suite — and design the OCI architecture appropriate for your performance and availability requirements.
OCI's BYOL options are significantly more favorable than AWS and Azure for Oracle Database. We model the licensing economics of OCI vs. other cloud providers for your specific license position.
Oracle contracts are notoriously complex. We advise on negotiation strategy, ULA deployment optimization, support renewal leverage, and the contract structure that protects your interests.
These are the dimensions that consistently separate successful deployments from costly ones — and the questions RLM will help you answer before any commitment.
Oracle's license counting rules differ by cloud provider and service. Ensure you understand the licensing implications — including hard partitioning requirements — for every OCI service you plan to use.
OCI BYOL economics are typically superior for licensed Oracle Database workloads. Quantify the cost comparison for your specific license position rather than relying on general benchmarks.
Oracle Autonomous Database automates patching, tuning, and scaling. Evaluate which of your Oracle workloads are candidates for migration to ADB and the operational savings available.
OCI's networking architecture — VCN design, FastConnect, load balancing — differs significantly from AWS and Azure. Evaluate the network design required for your application architecture.
Oracle Cloud support is bundled differently from AWS and Azure. Evaluate support entitlements and the operational model — self-managed vs. Oracle Managed Services — appropriate for your team capacity.
Oracle's proprietary services create potential lock-in. Evaluate workload portability and the commercial protections needed in your OCI contract to maintain negotiating leverage at renewal.
"RLM helped us rationalize our multi-cloud spend and identify over $1.2M in annual savings. Their approach was methodical and unbiased — exactly what we needed."
"Our migration was stalled for months. RLM came in, assessed the gaps, and helped us select a managed services partner that got us across the finish line in 60 days."
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