CPA Global Consolidates Licenses and Rationalizes Servers with Virtualized Environment
 
 

CPA Global Consolidates Licenses and Rationalizes Servers with Virtualized Environment

  • Oracle Customer:  CPA Global
    Location:  St Helier, Jersey, United Kingdom
    Industry:  Professional Services
    Employees:  1,500
    Annual Revenue:  $1 to $5 Billion

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CPA Global, a world-leading provider of intellectual property management and legal outsourcing, supports its clients throughout the entire legal and intellectual property (IP) lifecycle. Founded by attorneys in 1969, initially to handle patent renewals, the organization now has offices in eight countries and a worldwide customer base.

 
 

 
 

Challenges

A word from CPA Global

  • “We found it very helpful to work with Oracle License Management Services. It was an entirely collaborative approach, and Oracle provided us with detailed cost and benefit information to help with our decision-making.” – Kevin Egre, Architect, CPA Global

  • Ensure that all Oracle licenses are up-to-date following a series of acquisitions of IP and IP software organizations in recent years to support the growth of the business
  • Consolidate Oracle installations to remove unnecessary duplications resulting from the acquisitions
  • Bring handling of Oracle licenses in-house to replace third-party management and reduce costs
  • Centralize management of all Oracle infrastructure and virtualize systems where possible to improve efficiency and reduce costs

Solutions

Oracle Product and Services

  • Worked with Oracle License Management Services to collate and analyze license information from offices across the world
  • Ensured that organization is fully up to date with all Oracle licenses to meet stakeholder expectations for a specialist in intellectual property and legal outsourcing
  • Consolidated from seven servers to just one virtualized environment, in line with corporate strategy to drive efficiencies that ensure continued success in a diversified, competitive environment
  • Improved understanding of Oracle licensing and optimized deployment of database licenses to streamline the organization and improve efficiency following several acquisitions of patent research and IP software and support companies during the past decade
  • Worked with Oracle License Management Services to rationalize Oracle installations by performing detailed cost-benefit analyses with the help of new information
  • Improved awareness and knowledge of licensing requirements throughout the organization