Rythium Technologies, established in 2016, specializes in software license management and advisory services, focusing primarily on Oracle and Microsoft products. The company has helped over 200 clients achieve substantial cost reductions through various services, including license audits, contract analysis, and optimization strategies. Rythium emphasizes expert knowledge and confidentiality in its operations, ensuring no conflicts of interest in providing unbiased consulting.

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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)
200+ companies have achieved 30%-100% cost reductions

4. 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.

5. 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

6. 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 & PULA 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

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

8. 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.

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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)

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

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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