March 2021

Technology Law Update

Sweat the Small Stuff When Licensing Oracle Software Oracle allows its licensees to use “Hard Partitioning” to limit the number of software licenses required for a server or a cluster of servers. However, while Hard Partitioning may mean different things to different IT administrators, it means a set of specific requirements for Oracle. Read Blog

Arguments Against IBM ILMT – What Does and Doesn’t Work?

The ILMT requirement is where most businesses get into trouble with IBM’s PVU licensing. In the event of an audit, it makes more sense to look at aspects of the ILMT-deployment process and the relationship with IBM to see if there may be defenses against the ILMT requirement. Here are three examples. Read Blog

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