Confidence in your Oracle Licensing
"Organisations don’t overspend on Oracle because the technology fails.They overspend when architectural and licensing decisions drift without control."
Oracle isn’t the problem. Uncontrolled usage is.
Customers consistently describe Oracle as rock-solid and mission-critical, but commercially uncomfortable .
They trust the engine.
Licensing anxiety shows up as:
- Enterprise Edition used “just in case”
- Packs enabled years ago and never revisited
- Virtualisation inflating licensable footprint
- Analytics layered onto OLTP systems, forcing paid options
- Audit preparation treated as defensive administration
The result
- Cost creep.
- Support uplift compounding annually
- Architecture decisions driven by commercial fear, not technical necessity.
Evidence First. Change Second. Savings Last.
RDB does not:
- Push migrations
- Sell licences
- Force cloud
- Prescribe solutions before understanding the estate
We start with evidence
Step 1: Licence & Usage Audit
- Editions deployed (SE / EE)
- Packs and options enabled vs licensed
- Diagnostics, Tuning, Partitioning, RAC usage trails
- Core counts vs real workload demand
Outcome: A defensible, evidence-based licence position.
Step 2: Workload & Estate Analysis
Which workloads genuinely require Enterprise Edition and which are there by habit?
We analyse:
- OLTP vs analytics separation
- Reporting impact
- CPU and memory pressure
- Virtualisation exposure
Step 3: Risk, Cost & Opportunity Mapping
Executives see cause → effect → cost in one structured view
- No guesswork.
- No vendor interpretation.
- No “best guess” compliance posture.
What does Success Look Like?
“Corporate Culture Matters. How management chooses to treat it’s people impacts everything for the better or for the worse” – Simon Sinek
With this in mind, Phill and Sue formed RDB Concepts in 2001, with the culture at the forefront of their minds
We believe that our clients deserve the same level of service all of the time and should expect the same level of excellence all of the time. We achieve this by being passionate, enthusiastic and obsessive about our clients and we consistently deliver a service that exceeds their expectations.
Harnessing our skills in database and application stack technologies, we provide a range of fully supported platforms to SME and larger clients, who can now take advantage of new cloud-based solutions as well as protect their core legacy systems.
Audit Confidence
An Oracle audit becomes procedural, not emotional.
Commercial Predictability
Support uplift and licensing exposure are controlled, not compounding.
Architectural Freedom
DBAs and architects design for performance - not licensing fear.
Success is not reducing Oracle to zero. It is ensuring Oracle is used intentionally.
Success means:
You know exactly which packs are in use, and why.
You understand which workloads justify Enterprise pricing.
You have removed reporting and analytics pressure where it inflates core counts.
You can enter a commercial negotiation with evidence, not anxiety.
Oracle becomes a governed asset and not a creeping liability.
Getting Started!
“Oracle should never feel like a financial event waiting to happen. It should be a governed asset that scales predictably with your business. Confidence in your licensing position changes how you negotiate, design, and plan.” Phill Evans, CEO
