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11-JAN-2006 01:29 PM
As part of its continued commitment to provide
customers with simple, flexible and transparent licensing models, Oracle today announced an
update to its multicore processor pricing and licensing policy. The new policies improve parity
among hardware vendors and help ensure that customers receive the most advantageous pricing
for their Oracle technology software, regardless of the hardware on which it is deployed.
After working closely with its customers over the past several months, Oracle chose to
update its pricing policies to help customers take advantage of the recent advancements in multicore processor chips from leading vendors such as AMD, IBM, Intel and Sun Microsystems.
While Oracle will continue to recognize each core as a separate processor, the processor
definition has been amended as it relates to counting multicore chips to determine the total
number of processor licenses required. Now, the required processor licensing is dependent upon
the specific multicore chip on which the Oracle software is deployed.
*Oracle Processor Licensing: UltraSparc T1
--Processor Factor--0.25
*Oracle Processor Licensing: AMD/Intel
--Processor Factor--0.50
*Oracle Processor Licensing: All other Multicore Servers
--Processor Factor--0.75
*Oracle Processor Licensing: Single Core Servers
--Processor Factor--1.00
For example, if an AMD, IBM, Intel or Sun UltraSparc T1 multicore server was
installed and/or running Oracle software on 8 cores, the licenses would be calculated in the
following manner:
* IBM multicore server - Requires 6 processor licenses (8 multiplied by a factor of .75
equals 6)
* Intel or AMD server - Requires 4 processor licenses (8 multiplied by a factor of .50
equals 4)
* Sun UltraSparc T1 server - Requires 2 processor licenses (8 multiplied by a factor of .25
equals 2)
"As technology evolves, we have adapted our licensing models to accommodate those
changes. In the same way that the shift from mainframes to client/server and client/server to
multitiered architectures required new licensing metrics, advancements in multicore chip
technology represents the same," said Jacqueline Woods, vice president, Global Pricing and
Licensing Strategy, Oracle. "These new pricing policies will enable our customers to leverage
the advancements in multicore chip technology and derive even more value from their Oracle
technology software."
Licensing by processor is one of only several choices Oracle provides its customers.
Other options include licensing per user and per employee. Oracle also offers the option of
licensing its software on a term or perpetual basis (1-year, 2-year, 3- year, 4-year and 5-year).
Oracle's policy regarding the licensing of multicore processors, as well as all of its
policies, metrics and options are published online. See Oracle's pricing/licensing Web site for the
Software Investment Guide and other examples of transparency at
http://www.oracle.com/corporate/pricing/sig.html.
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