Remend is a ruthless Oracle cost reducer! We market against, and write about, Oracle’s profit model—the associated policies and business practices—because Oracle is a relentless cost increaser. [...]
There is an industry of Oracle software consultants and service providers we affectionately refer to as “Satan For Less”, assuming you consider Oracle’s aggressive business practices evil at full [...]
That’s right: beg Oracle to audit you! Not only are formal license audits from Oracle nothing to fear but also the outcome can work to your advantage. If this seems backward to you, then you have [...]
Oracle’s products are complex and expensive while Oracle’s business practices are widely regarded as aggressive, even predatory. However, Oracle provides business-critical systems that its [...]
The CEOs of the big tech companies Google, Facebook, and Twitter testified recently before a Senate Committee on content moderation. These big tech behemoths are widely perceived to be [...]
There is a small community of consulting firms, service offerings, and consultants that advertise as disconnected from—even working against—Oracle’s aggressive sales and audit behavior. And, [...]
I cannot believe I am writing (again) about Oracle’s infamous, nonsensical, and punitive policy for VMware. Yet here I am. Oracle just updated its Partitioning Policy document to [...]
Most people rarely interact with lawyers, and that’s a good thing! After all, corporate lawyers are expensive and use scary phrases such as tortious interference. In the Oracle world, the [...]
If TikTok has you paying attention to Oracle—and you or someone you know is paying for Oracle software—then keep reading. I hinted in a recent post on acquiring TikTok that Oracle is in no [...]
Remend’s goal is ALWAYS cost optimization for customers. Period. We must say it is an especially pertinent goal here in 2020, given the geo-political factors around a pandemic-driven [...]