About Oracle License Management Services

License Management Services (LMS) is a global team of expert licensing professionals chartered to work closely with Customers and Partners to help in understanding and adhering to Oracle's licensing policies and business practices.

In today's ever changing and evolving IT and regulatory climates, software asset management and licensing strategies have become a focus for many organizations. Developing adequate processes for managing software licenses acquired and deployed is an important part of sound software asset management practices.

Furthermore, changes to corporate structures (such as following a merger or acquisition), business functions, and infrastructure technologies will often significantly impact software licensing structures and contractual agreements.

Software is both a valuable asset and a significant investment. Failure to effectively manage software assets can lead to significant risk exposure, including:

• Financial Risk: lack of budget control and planning, including unbudgeted compliance liabilities and/or overspending.
• Operational Risk: lack of control over software asset allocation and availability.
• Legal Risk: breach of software license agreements and corporate governance legislation.

The License Management Services division at Oracle has been established to assist our customers and partners in managing this risk exposure. LMS assists Customers and Partners in addressing these issues with a range of service offerings.

Our services are designed to address different needs in the Oracle marketplace. Today LMS is able to share its expertise through these service offerings:

• Managed Services: this service is most suitable for enterprise businesses that want to implement sound and proven practices for effective software asset management.
• Advisory Services: this service is targeted at providing specialist advice on specific scenarios such as the impact on licensing when implementing new technologies and infrastructure.
• Compliance Review Services: this service provides detailed evaluation of the licensing position, assessment of the license deployment and creation of the most appropriate licensing solution for Customers and Partners.

Deliverables of these services include:

• Providing assessment of current and future licensing needs
• Advice on how internal controls comply with Oracle practices
• Advice on the use of Oracle methods and tools
• Validation of roles and responsibilities
• Reconciliation of licenses with deployment
• Education of Oracle licensing policies and business practices
• Advice on suitability of licensing structures in meeting and optimising the licensing of Customer's or Partner's business and system environments