Defend against audit risk, optimize costs, and simplify your Oracle licensing with full-spectrum coverage.
Identify all entitlement sources across your Oracle ecosystem, and analyze deployed and used Oracle software.
Map current and future operational needs against current Oracle licensing entitlements to assess optimization opportunities.
Determine remediation and optimization opportunities across your Oracle ecosystem, aimed at cost reduction and compliance management.
Negotiate from a position of strength with full-spectrum commercial negotiation support from seasoned Oracle experts.
Ensure ongoing compliance assurance and cost control with full coverage of Oracle management and optimization activities.
Gather all relevant contractual documents as well as all the technical outputs to be reviewed by our Oracle experts (e.g. DB Queries outputs, CPU Queries outputs, LMS Collection Tool exports, OCI exports, etc.) Our experts will validate the completeness and accuracy of all data provided.
Identify all the entitlement sources (OMA, OLSA, Agreements, Addendums, Appendixes, Support Renewals, Cloud Subscriptions Invoices, etc.,) in order to build a comprehensive Bill of Material of current license entitlements/subscriptions. Provide detailed overview of the terms and conditions, use rights, metrics & metric definitions, limited use, full use, and historical discounts.
Analyze the deployed and/or used Oracle software (Database, Middleware, Java, Oracle Applications). Look into the hardware discovery, software inventory, software configuration, installation and usage (active vs. authorized) information and non-system data(e.g. revenue, employees, etc.)
Based on the current inventory, assess future deployment needs across the Oracle ecosystem to determine a financially and operationally optimal product roadmap.
Provide clean-up instructions, advisory for the different compliance issues that can be mitigated or how the risk can be decreased as much as possible. Provide a manual to be further used by the customer in implementing internal procedures to maintain the compliance state after the engagement is finalized.
Upload your Oracle license entitlements into the SAM tool, ensuring accurate configuration of deployment, usage, and compliance. Our service includes detailed setup and continuous monitoring to help you maintain compliance with Oracle software licensing requirements, optimizing your software asset management processes for efficiency and accuracy.
Develop an audit defense plan to enable internal measurement and validation prior to the official audit. This ensures the accuracy of audit results and strengthens compliance posture. Provide continuous support throughout the audit process—from the initial audit notification to the final report—with the goal of minimizing potential noncompliance risks.
The 2Data team will work with you to create a unique Negotiation Playbook that reflects the optimal position you’d like to achieve with Oracle. It incorporates our global market insights and tested strategies for securing best-in-class agreements.
2Data’s Oracle experts offer step-by-step support throughout the negotiation process, either in an advisory capacity or through hands-on participation in your negotiations with Oracle.
Conduct the hardware discovery, software inventory and usage analysis twice a year (or more) in order to maintain a compliance state. For Cloud, run the subscription analysis assessment twice a year to review the usage and under-consumption rates, as well as to keep in control the requirement for new subscriptions.
Get perpetual, responsive access to our team of SAP experts for licensing queries. By leveraging this expert access, clients can proactively address licensing risks, optimize software usage, and align their software strategy with evolving business and vendor requirements.
Conducts a comprehensive Business Review to align strategies with the client’s evolving business objectives.
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We run successful projects across multiple organizational sizes, industries, and geographies. On average, companies reduce their contract costs by 32% with
2Data regardless of company size.
LSP’s can be helpful for compliance maintenance, but because they resell vendor licenses there’s an obvious conflict of interest. An independent advisor safeguards your best interests by remaining totally vendor and tool agnostic.
Read our success stories An LSP is there to support you with the operational aspects of your contract. Our focus at 2Data is on helping you reduce costs through market insights, benchmark data, and proven tactics to support you in your contract negotiations separate to your LSP.
Read our success stories This depends on your organizational needs. Most once-off optimizations take between 3-6 months, while our Optimization as a Service offering gives you comprehensive coverage over a longer period.
Read our success stories We use an equitable pricing model that accounts for number of devices/users and geographic considerations. We offer the choice between a flat fee, or a success fee tied to the outcomes of the project.
On average, companies make back 15 times the cost of our services through both realized cost savings and cost avoidance.
2Data is an independent software licensing advisory specializing in Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, Salesforce and IBM optimization. We help companies reduce contract costs, manage risk, and simplify their software licensing.
