LMT Episode 08 - Interview with Alex Andrew

06/28/15 • 28 min

Today we have an interview with our guest Alex Andrew, Managing Director of Lime Software. This is the third in a series of interviews with prominent experts in the Software Asset management software tools arena.Alex will also feature in our latest podcast ‘Licence Management Today – Episode 08′ The interview is by Kay Williams.In this interview Alex discusses the two products offered by Lime Software, namely Lime Inventory Tool and Lime License Manager. Both products are license management systems just for Oracle. The tools’ key focus is on databases but also supports middleware, and e-business suite.Alex gives a good explanation of the significance of being part of the group of Oracle verified Tools; which in summary means the customer can be certain that they have the same data Oracle would use in an audit.The interview runs through the main pros and cons of agentless versus agent-based discovery tools. There’s also some good advice on how to be prepare to deal with an Oracle audit.Listen to the interview for an insight of the speed and flexibility Lime Software offer customers.

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LMT Episode 07 - Interview with Ann Sjokvist

This is the first in a series of interviews with prominent experts in the Oracle world. For me Oracle Database is just the Database – “Crème de la Crème”. The Standard Edition Database is like a Rolls-Royce or Maserati Ghibli without the air-condition. This database edition is still a “wow”. The Maserati I do not yet have, but the Oracle Standard Edition (=SE) Database I know how to “drive”. Ann Sjokvist In this interview, Ann shares her vast experience of using Oracle Standard edition over the years. Ann shows that with some creativity the shortfalls in not being able to use the enterprise options can be overcome. Ann sees Oracle Standard edition as a very viable option that should be considered by large and small enterprises alike. Unless the customer really needs Advanced Security most other requirements can be handled through additional scripting or the use of third-party tools. The price of Oracle Standard Edition plus the potential cost of additional people hours and third party tools still provides excellent value for customers. Ann also shares some useful tools and sources: Carlos Sierra. EDB360 provides a number of reports giving a 360-degree view of an Oracle Database Toad for Oracle Database admin and development tool DBVisit – replication and standby solutions Tanal Poder’s Snapper, provides superb trouble shooting scripts.