Insights on Oracle licensing, OCI migrations, cloud architecture, and cost optimization.
A practical look at Oracle EU Sovereign Cloud for public bodies and regulated organisations in Slovakia: what "sovereign" means technically and legally, how it maps to the government cloud categories, and where it fits with NIS2, GDPR and DORA.
Read articleAn Unlimited License Agreement is the best deal Oracle sells to a company that is growing fast, and the most expensive one for everyone else. What a ULA actually is, how certification works, the cloud clause that decides whether your exit costs seven figures, and an 18-month plan for leaving well.
Read articleSince 2023 Oracle sells Java SE only per employee — all of them, not just the ones who use Java. This month the free updates for Java 21 end. A numbers-first guide to what you actually owe, which Java is still free, and the four realistic ways out.
Read articleA numbers-first guide to backup pricing on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure — what databases, block and boot volumes, file systems and object data actually cost to protect, in euros per terabyte, with worked examples and the retention, tiering and lifecycle mistakes that quietly double the invoice.
Read articleStraight answers to the Oracle questions companies actually ask — audits, VMware and partitioning, ULAs, OCI vs AWS pricing, EU Sovereign Cloud, and when an independent consultant makes sense.
Read articleOracle's partitioning policy decides most large audit findings. The hardest lesson: a technically sound, even physically isolated architecture can still fail — if it was never approved by Oracle in writing.
Read articleA practical decision guide to the four ways to run Oracle on OCI — Autonomous Database, Base Database, Exadata Service, and Exadata Cloud@Customer — covering control, pricing (ECPU vs OCPU, BYOL), high availability, and compliance for Slovak and Czech enterprises.
Read articleWhat Oracle Database 23ai (now 26ai) and AI Vector Search mean for enterprises — running RAG and semantic search inside your own database, an honest comparison with dedicated vector databases, and what it changes for licensing and data residency.
Read articleA practical guide to Oracle's Maximum Availability Architecture (MAA) on OCI — the five reference tiers and their RTO/RPO targets, RAC and Active Data Guard, managed vs DIY, EU Sovereign Cloud DR, and the licensing math that makes OCI cheaper for resilient databases.
Read articleAn independent, vendor-neutral comparison of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and AWS for running Oracle databases — licensing, compute pricing, network latency, storage, and the real-world cases where each one wins.
Read articleA practical, vendor-neutral guide to surviving an Oracle License Management Services (LMS) audit — what Oracle checks, the mistakes that cost companies the most, and how to prepare without panic.
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