Defend against an Oracle software audit

Safeguard your business: prepare for Oracle software audit, minimise risks and costs

If you use Oracle enterprise software, you may receive an Oracle audit letter – an increasingly common experience for many organisations. Oracle’s audit activity has surged in recent years, partly due to rapid business changes and economic challenges.

These audits can uncover non-compliance, often resulting in unexpected costs and added pressure on your IT and procurement teams.

Being prepared for an Oracle software audit is essential. Our team of license experts specialises in Oracle licensing and compliance, helping enterprises prepare for and navigate the audit process.

We work alongside you to ensure your licensing position is accurate, defend against unwarranted claims, and minimise unplanned procurement expenses.

Whether you’ve already received an Oracle audit letter or want to proactively safeguard your organisation, our specialists can guide you through every stage.

Our approach to mitigating the cost and risk of Oracle software audits

Diagnosis

A diagnosis or health check is a strategic review of your licence estate. It identifies the risks of non-compliance and opportunities related to the management of your software assets.

Discovery, Baseline and Optimisation

Based on the Diagnosis, we may perform a detailed Discovery and Baseline to determine compliance. We will highlight areas of risk and propose optimisation and remediation.

Resolution

If you need to buy licenses or re-negotiate with your vendor, we can help you create a plan. This can minimise unexpected costs and give you more benefits, creating a fit-for-future license estate

Benefits of software license audit services

Cost reduction

Risk mitigation

Volume discounts

Better vendor relationships

Optimal license agreement

Value added procurement

Our optimisation expertise helps to deliver financial risk reduction of over 82% on average during audit scenarios.

Our license team was able to resolve our banking client’s non-compliance concern, reducing the exposure from £150m to £3m.

Our license experts worked with our investment bank client on Oracle audit defence removing the need to procure £12.2m list of additional software.

Our Oracle software audit services encompass the following;

Oracle Java subscription audit defence

Our audit defence service for Oracle Java covers a license compliance review, audit preparation, risk analysis and strategic negotiations with Oracle as necessary.

Oracle application and technology audit defence

Our audit service for Oracle apps and tech includes a license compliance assessment, audit preparation, risk analysis and strategic negotiations with Oracle as required.

Case study – Oracle software audit support

We reviewed our client’s Oracle’s £150m audit, challenged technical findings, and negotiated directly with Oracle.

Our expertise reduced non-compliance costs to just over £3m and secured an appropriate future license agreement, providing substantial savings for our client’s VMware environment.

Prepare for a software audit

How do you prepare for an Oracle software audit or react to a request? Your response at this point is critical to a successful audit outcome for you.

Stay informed with our recent fireside chat with Jason Pepper, Head of SAM Practice, as he highlights some of the key actions and activities to consider as part of your Oracle software audit preparation and action plan.

Take back control in an audit situation.

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