Our expert analyst team will conduct a comprehensive license review of the organization’s Oracle software deployments, entitlements, usage, contracts and purchasing documents to help the organization remain in compliance with Oracle’s licensing policies
Miro’s 3 Step Process is designed to help organizations prepare for and defend against software license audits. It guides an organization through the identification of all deployed software assets so they can be analyzed against all contracted licensing entitlements. This analysis produces strategies and information that organizations can use to make the best decisions for their businesses.
Miro does a license assessment (friendly audit) of the organization for comparison to its entitlements, to establish a baseline compliance position, through a review that parallels the vendor’s own license compliance assessment.
License reviews establish the baseline required for building or resetting a software asset management (SAM) program. Inventory (i.e., entitlements) is compared with the deployments, applying the appropriate licensing rules for the edition and version of each product as it pertains to the boundaries set within the organization’s contracts.
An Oracle License Assessment is a point-in-time review of an organization’s software license estate, with a detailed strategic report that outlines various options to mitigate shortfalls, surpluses, and future changes. After the initial assessment, Miro’s Managed Services (link) is available as a long term option for organization’s to stay compliant on an ongoing and continual basis.
While many organizations have active software management programs, their teams often interpret the vendor’s policies and rules differently than the software vendor itself. This leads to situations where the organization believes it’s fully compliant when it’s actually not. Miro bridges the gap between these interpretations and helps organizations understand where they may have significant compliance issues.
Proof of ownership is vital for establishing a defendable position. An asset repository in the form of software licensing agreements (SLAs), subscriptions, invoices, and other renewal or procurement documents establishes proof of ownership, as well as includes information regarding terms of use. Miro helps organize and interpret these documents.
Miro provides various options to optimize an enterprise’s software deployment and procurement based on the organization’s needs and future planning
Miro will provide a detailed impact analysis report showing how the suggested changes will affect the organization’s licensing estate.
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Miro can recommend advanced deployment strategies for an organization to use the licenses it already has instead of purchasing new licenses to cover its requirements. This includes both advanced strategies on configuration and license allocation.
The organization can choose from the presented strategies based on which is most suitable for their needs. Miro can assist in executing strategies that may include license procurement, contract negotiations, license migrations, license upgrades, and what-if licensing scenarios based on recommendations around changes to server allocations and environment redesigns. Any of these may be required to keep the organization in compliance, or to execute its future strategy.
This deliverable reveals shortfalls and/ or surpluses, and recommends strategies for addressing them. Miro works with the organization to design a strategic plan based on precedent and profile, with an established primary negotiation position and acceptable secondary or tertiary positions. This is used in preparation for and during the course of negotiations with the vendor. Miro licensing experts can participate either directly or indirectly in the negotiation sessions.
These are recommendations made to the organization on strategic ways to procure the licenses and subscriptions required for their business needs that achieve the best possible price, terms and conditions.
Numerous events and scenarios that may impact the organization will be considered, including past, present and future projected changes such as implementations, data centers, acquisitions, divestitures, consolidations, virtualizations and similar. The organization will receive a detailed plan with the recommendations and several options on how to optimize Oracle software licensing.
If you have an urgent question regarding your software licensing or a software audit, please contact Miro right away.
Miro is a leading global provider of software asset management services, specializing in license management, audit advisory, negotiation tactics, support management, and cloud services. We help our clients maximize ROI on their software license investments, stay in compliance, and minimize the impact of audits. Miro's performance guarantee promises that our long-tenured, diverse, and passionate team of expert analysts provides insightful and actionable advice to help our clients achieve the best possible outcomes.
Miro’s no risk Performance Guarantee is that the amount of cost savings that we uncover will be more than our fees.