Companies, including large multinationals that virtualise Oracle databases using VMware products, are finding it challenging to remain compliant with Oracle’s complex licensing policies. Such ...

Oracle’s response to questions from CIO.com about its VM licensing was an e-mail with the following links to descriptions of its license pricing, both alone and with Virtual Iron products.

In addition, Oracle’s licensing policy for VMware environments remains too expensive compared to other options, according to Wolf, who addresses the topic at length in his post.

In launching version 3.0 of its virtual machine, Oracle is making some bold claims: that it scales up about four times better than VMware does, delivers all the storage-management features that ...