SaaS – background
As many small and medium-sized organizations looked for additional ways to control cost, modernize strategy, and consume on-demand solutions, software licensing became a very complicated issue. An example of this is Oracle, a company that was a bit late to the cloud licensing game. New server configurations were much more substantial with more sockets, more cores, and more RAM. Even with no change in utilization or software configuration, Oracle client charges increased to over a million dollars due to new server sizing. This affected strategy, economics, and eventually technical decisions on how to move forward in the face of shattered budgets and ROI calculations.
Many organizations lack the skills or resources to create ...
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