The presentation gives details about Rythium's Oracle License Management Services. We pioneered the Independent Oracle License Audit process in India in 2015. Since then we have worked with clients across India, Africa, Middle East, South Asia, UK & US. Our clients save between 30% to 100% of their license exposure. We are now offering Independent Third-Party Support on Oracle products reducing annual costs by 50%+; and also offer Software Asset Management Services on Microsoft, Red Hat, Adobe and other publishers. www.rythium.com

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Rythium’s
Oracle License Management & Advisory
rythium.com
Services & Product Catalogue

2. Contents
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Introduction to Rythium
Principles of Operations
Services Catalog
Popular Oracle Products for
License Management
Oracle License Audit
Defense
Migration to Cloud
License Optimization &
Hardware Architecture Review
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Oracle Baseline Audit
Process
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Oracle License Training
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Oracle Contracts
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3. Introduction to Rythium Technologies
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▪Company formed in 2016
▪Focus: Services for
‒ Software License Management
‒ Software Asset Management
▪Lines of Business
‒Oracle License Audits & Audit Defense, ULA Optimization & Renewals
‒Microsoft Baseline License Audits and EA Renewal Advisory
‒Managed SAM Services ( all publishers & products)
160+ companies have achieved 30%-100% cost reductions

4. License Consulting Operative Principles
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• No reseller relationships with
any OEM / Software Publisher
• Do not conduct license audits on
behalf of publishers
No Conflict
Of
Interest
• Minimum 15 years licensing /
license management experience
for any consultant
• Engagements led by partners of
our firm
Expert
Knowledge
• No written references in any
marketing material
• Minimal distribution of data
within Rythium – only on need
to know basis
Confidentiality

5. Rythium’s Oracle License Management Services
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Rythium provides the following License Management Services
for customers on their Oracle license deployments:
▪ License Assessment Review
▪ Oracle ULA Services
▪ Java License Review
▪ Oracle Audit Defence
▪ Oracle Contracts Analysis
▪ Remediation & Rebalancing
▪ Cloud Migration Advisory (Oracle licensing for OCI & any 3rd Party clouds)
Our goal is to optimize Oracle investments to mitigate license risks & reduce costs

6. Oracle Product Sets for License Review
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Our Most Popular License Review Services

7. Oracle Contracts
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Rythium provides services for customising Oracle contracts & planning on annual support costs reduction.
The goal of these exercises is to minimise compliance risk & future commercial exposures with Oracle.

8. Baseline Licence Review Procedure
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PROVIDE
SCRIPTS
Rythium will provide
scripts for conducting
hardware & software
discovery
CONDUCT SOFTWARE &
IT ASSET DISCOVERY
Server, Virtualization, OS &
Installed Oracle Software
will be discovered
ANALYZE ENTITLEMENT
CONTRACTS
Entitlements, Proof of
Purchase, Contractual
Terms will be analyzed
DELIVER BASELINE
LICENSE AUDIT
REPORTS
Hardware Assets, Software
License Deployed, Entitlement &
License Compliance Reports will
be submitted
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Note: In cases where scripts might not work, Rythium will suggest a
procedure to obtain product usage information

9. Typical Oracle License Review Engagement
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▪Conduct Baseline Review
‒ Conduct a one-time scan of all the servers in the client’s customer network
‒ Discover installed Oracle database software on all the above systems and
provide raw deployment inventory.
‒ Analyze Oracle database contracts/ordering documents and update the
entitlements into Rythium’s SAM tool
‒ Provide Effective License Position

10. Typical Oracle License Review Engagement…cont.
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▪Conduct Baseline Review
‒ Conduct a one-time scan of all the servers in the client’s customer network
‒ Discover installed Oracle database software on all the above systems and provide raw deployment
inventory.
‒ Analyze Oracle database contracts/ordering documents and update the entitlements into
Rythium’s SAM tool
‒ Provide Effective License Position
▪Compare Oracle Report to Baseline
▪Oracle Audit Defense Advisory

11. Audit Defense Services for Oracle
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▪Conduct Baseline Review
▪Analyze
‒Oracle LMS reports
‒Oracle Support Requests & Correspondence
‒Oracle Contracts
▪Compare Oracle Report to Baseline
▪Oracle Audit Defense Advisory Report
‒ Rythium view on Oracle’s draft/final LMS reports
‒ Rythium view on customer risk/exposure
‒ Defense Strategy
▪Initial correspondence with Oracle
▪Negotiation with Oracle (optional)

12. Cloud Migration
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▪ Understand the licensing implications for its existing and future Oracle
products in the cloud
▪ Explore options for realizing greater value from existing on-premise
license entitlements
▪ Licensing in Authorized Cloud Environments
▪ BYOL licensing during migration and transition periods
▪ULAs and OCI Migrations

13. Hardware Architecture Review & License Optimization
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▪License Cost Reductions based on current hardware deployment
▪License consolidation and Optimization
▪Virtualization Potential
▪Oracle Engineered hardware-based consolidation potential

14. Oracle License Training
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TRAINING GOALS
− Targets audiences who manage / procure
Oracle licenses.
− Goal is taking attendees towards expert levels
of licensing knowledge.
− Provide capability of independent audit
engagement with Oracle.
BROAD TRAINING AGENDA
− Oracle Technology, Middleware & Applications
Licensing
− Oracle Contracts
− Oracle ULAs
− Oracle Inventory Discovery Methods
− Oracle License Optimization
− Oracle Audits & Audit Defense

15. A few of our Oracle Audit Defense customers
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Oracle ISV
3000 Oracle Database Instances
700 Weblogic Servers
Java Review
3 Global datacenters
Financial Service Leader
300+ Servers
Oracle Technology Products
Oracle ERP
Multiple domains
Multiple geographies
Java Review
Manufacturing Company
12,000 desktops
200 locations
5 Data centers, 600 servers
Oracle Database, Middleware and
Other Technology Products
Leading Global Telecom
14,000 + Servers
Oracle Database, Middleware, EBS,
Siebel, Comms Specific Products,
Multiple legal entities
IT Services Leader
1,00,000+ Desktops/Laptops
7,000+Servers
Multiple Data Centers
Global Spread
Oracle Database, Middleware, Java,
EBS
Java Review
Banking
ULA Services
10,000 + Servers
Oracle database, Middleware, EBS

16. ULA Renewals & Exits …. India, UK, US, UAE
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Oracle OPN Partner (ISV)
Financial Services ISV
Baseline Deployment Assessment leading to
advise to enter into a ULA. After end of term,
we recommended a renewal to add
additional products
Financial Services
Leading NBFC with multiple entities
Baseline deployment assessment led to
advise to enter ULA, at end of term
recommended renewal with product
addition. Advised exit at second renewal
Manufacturing
Large Automotive Conglomerate
Three ULAs analyzed. Recommended exit on
one and renewal on two. Later, on term end,
we recommended complete exit.
Largest Siebel certification
ITES/BPO
Global BPO Giant
ULA mid-term audit defense. Later,
optimized and recommended ULA exit.
Largest technology products certification
Mobile Telecom
Global Telecom Giant
Split one single ULA into multiple contracts.
Recommended 2 exits and 2 renewals.
During second term end, recommended 1
exit and 1 renewal
Retail
Regional Retail Franchise Leader
ULA deployment analysis, optimization and
exit recommended.
Banking
Leading Global Banking Giant
Baseline deployment analysis, ULA Contract
analysis, Maximization of ROI from ULA,
ULA Certification documentation
Insurance
Regional Insurance Major
Oracle License Continuous Compliance,
Maximization of ROI from ULA,
ULA Certification Documentation
Telecom Infrastructure
Leading Telecom infrastructure provider
Baseline deployment analysis, ULA Contract
analysis, Maximization of ROI from ULA,
ULA Certification documentation, License
Assignment Advisory

17. Rythium’s Oracle LMS Consulting Leaders
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Sheshagiri Anegondi (Sheshu)
Sheshagiri is the CEO of Rythium Technologies, a company focused on products & services for software asset management. He has worked in Oracle between
1998 – 2014 in various leadership roles including Vice President Sales. Earlier he was in Compaq & Digital Equipment Corporation. Sheshagiri, in his current role,
has helped customers save millions of dollars in unwanted software license costs. Authour of “Licensing Oracle: The Reference Manual for Managing License
Compliance & Procuring Oracle Software, Hardware, Cloud & Services”
Anil Nahata
Anil comes with more than two decades of experience in the telecom, software and financial industries. His longest stint was with Reliance Communications where
he was Vice President heading the Telecom Towers Infrastructure business and the Chief Procurement Group. Anil is a veteran and expert in vendor management.
He has first hand experience of software licensing challenges across a very large variety of publishers.

18. Licensing Oracle – The Book
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Licensing Oracle
The Reference Manual For Managing Oracle License Compliance & Procuring Oracle Software,
Hardware, Cloud & Services
Licensing Oracle offers insights designed to help understand the mechanisms behind
licensing, contracts & compliance of Oracle products. Helpful to Chief Information Officers,
Chief Finance Officers, Vendor Managers, IT Asset Managers, Oracle DBAs, Oracle architects,
Oracle partners & personnel responsible for managing Oracle deployments or assets. ULAs,
ODs, OMA, OPN, OTN, FUDA, KAD Program, Sales Behaviour, License Audits and Database,
Weblogic, E-Business Suite, Java, Siebel are some of the topics discussed.
Author: Sheshagiri Available on Amazon

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