What should customers do in November 2023 to February 2024
What are we seeing about Java license deals in the market?
Oracle has started concluding deals with some customers with the new ‘Employee’ metric in different geographies – we have seen deals happen in the USA, Europe and in India.
Deal sizes are upwards of $200k per year for small customers, $1m for medium sized customers and above $3m per year for large customers.
Customers are being asked for past 2- or 3-year usage of Java.
Oracle is making the statement to customers very vigorously: even if one machine has commercial Java, you need to pay for every employee. Interestingly we have customers who have found they need to pay nothing to Oracle.
Customers who are getting intimidated are paying up.
Customers are being threatened with Java audits.
What should customers do?
Do not get intimidated. You need to respond to Oracle but do it with expert advise or legal advice from your internal counsel.
There are many ways to license Java. Understand Java licensing and then go ahead and discuss with Oracle.
Do an internal Java deployment review. You might be pleasantly surprised with the outcome.
Plan your Java deployment and usage strategies.
Plan your Java procurement looking at all the possible alternatives and understanding the value you are getting from the deployments.
How can we help you on Java license changes
We have developed a Java License Analyzer (available as a product and a service) that will help you understand your Oracle & non-Oracle Java deployments.
We can provide you with key understanding of the convoluted mosaic of Java license change and its impacts on compliance and costs.
We can help you with audit defense if Oracle pushes for a Java audit.
We can provide you with the data and justifications for the best price for doing a deal with Oracle for Java.
About Rythium Technologies
Rythium Technologies is a leading provider of software license management services (LMS). We help our clients reduce their software costs & manage license compliance. Our Oracle LMS portfolio consists of a wide range of licensing services, including: Oracle ULA services, Java License Advisory, Oracle LMS and audit defense, Oracle license review.
We have worked on more than 180 Oracle license management projects in the past 7 years.
Click here if you want to know the features of the Java License Analyzer
Click here if you want to download our guide on ‘How to analyze and license Oracle Java’
You might want to read more about our CEO Sheshagiri Anegondi (Sheshu). He is amongst the foremost Oracle License Experts globally.
