Insights Into Oracle Software Licensing

Miro Newsletter Volume #45 October 2007 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

in this issue

-- What's To Know About Oracle's DB Management Tools?
-- Miro's Guide to Smarter Oracle Software Licensing; It's Free for the Asking
-- Miro to address annual IAITAM conference in Palm Springs, CA
-- Elizabeth Arden's Diana Nardella wins a BOSE Home Entertainment System
-- Deloitte Names Miro to their Prestigious Technology Fast 500 award
-- Miro visiting Oracle's OracleWorld event in SF
-- NJBIZ names Miro to their 50 Fastest Growing Companies List 2007
-- About Miro Consulting, Inc.
-- Unsubscribe

Greetings!

What's To Know About Oracle's DB Management Tools?
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A feature known as Automatic Workload Repository (AWR) is built into Oracle database versions 10g/11g. What is AWR? In short, AWR gathers all of the metrics and statistics that are utilized by the Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor (ADDM), which in turn enables a significant amount of database management tools and self-management functions

So what does AWR have to do with Oracle software licensing and why should I pay attention to it?
If your database administrators' are making use of the AWR information (and they likely are), it's a good bet you'll need to be licensed for the following two Oracle database management tools: Oracle Diagnostics Pack and Oracle Tuning Pack.

Clients that have employed ADDM and AWR functionalities report having experienced increased database performance. Additionally, associated applications were reported to have run smoother. And managing the ongoing performance was seen to be more comprehensive. So if you own Diagnostic Pack and Tuning Pack, you ought to be leveraging these benefits. On the other hand if you don't yet own these products, then you should strongly consider purchasing them.

Call us if you'd like to learn more.

Miro to address annual IAITAM conference in Palm Springs, CA
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Miro's CEO and Founder, Scott D. Rosenberg, is one of the distinguished speakers at the 4th annual IAITAM conference to be held in Rancho Las Palmas Country Club in Rancho Mirage, CA.
Miro will also be sponsoring a booth, so please feel welcome to stop by!
About IAITAM. IAITAM - The International Association of Information Technology Asset Managers' goal is to define and advance the profession of IT Asset Managers. International Association of Information Technology Asset Managers, Inc. IAITAM officially incorporated in 2002, and is located in Suffield, OH

Elizabeth Arden's Diana Nardella wins a BOSE Home Entertainment System
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Miro Consulting was a proud sponsor of this year's SIMposium conference just held in Memphis. We are also please to announce that Diana D. Nardella, Director, Elizabeth Arden, won our raffle that featured a BOSE Home Entertainment System. Congrats to Diana.

Deloitte Names Miro to their Prestigious Technology Fast 500 award ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Deloitt congratulates Miro Consulting, Inc. on being named to Deloitte's Technology Fast 500, an annual listing of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications and life sciences companies in North America based on percentage revenue growth over five years. Miro will appear as a Technology Fast 500 winner on www.fast500.com beginning Tuesday, October 23, 2007

The North American Technology Fast 500, founded in 1995, is a program of Deloitte's Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) Group. The Technology Fast 500 recognizes the 500 fastest-growing technology, media and entertainment, telecommunications and life sciences companies in the United States and Canada. Winners, selected from nominations and extensive research, are announced each fall.

Miro visiting Oracle's OracleWorld event in SF
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Miro's sales team will be on the ground in SF the week of OracleWorld, November 11-15, and will be available to meet.

NJBIZ names Miro to their 50 Fastest Growing Companies List 2007
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NJBIZ magazine has named Miro Consulting, Inc. "New Jersey's Finest Company" winner for the third year in a row! This prestigious award recognizes the fifty fastest growing companies in New Jersey.

About Miro Consulting, Inc.
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Since August 2000, New Jersey-based Miro Consulting, Inc. has provided advisory services to Oracle and Microsoft clients needing assistance in managing the fundamental changes in their software licensing assets. This highly successful consulting practice has helped 250+ clients throughout North America to optimize their total cost of ownership. Miro has overseen over $700 million in Oracle and Microsoft transactions.
Miro Consulting Inc. is a privately held company based in Fords, New Jersey. In 2006, the company was recognized on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 list as one of the fastest-growing technology companies in the U.S., and by NJBIZ as one of the 50 fastest growing companies in NJ three years' running. Its leadership was recognized by Ernst & Young as a finalist in their prestigious Entrepreneur of the Year awards NJ in 2006 and 2007. In addition, Inc. Magazine named Miro to the Inc. 500, which represents the nation's fastest growing private companies.
More information can be found at www.miroconsulting.com

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