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Optimize your Datacenter applications with Certero’s dedicated discovery & license management solutions.
Part of the CerteroX Software Asset Management Solution, Certero for Oracle addresses two major technology governance concerns: it helps you both respond to/defend against and manage Oracle compliance audits and optimize your global Oracle spend across Databases, Middleware and E-Business Suite environments.
Unlike most Oracle license compliance alternatives, Certero for Oracle covers your entire Oracle estate, including software installed on Windows, Linux and Unix devices. It provides coverage of application server Middleware products (WebLogic Server, SOA Suite) and has inbuilt functionality to apply vendor rules and policies automatically.
The Certero for Oracle product is verified by Oracle License Management Services to provide information that Oracle will accept whenever accurate measurement data is required.
Being a verified 3rd party toolset means that Oracle’s audit team can accept data from Certero for Oracle during an official audit, as an alternative to installing Oracle License Management measurement tools.
Certero for Oracle gives you constant clarity and understanding over your Oracle estate, enabling proactive management of Oracle license compliance, costs and strategy. It also means you’re fully informed during the audit processes, with full visibility of data being submitted.
Oracle Database & Database Options
Oracle Fusion Middleware
Oracle Java SE
Certero for Oracle works independently, giving full visibility of Oracle environments and enabling complete ELP and optimization support.
Certero for Oracle will help you scope your entire Oracle estate by finding all instances of Database, Middleware and E-Business Suite deployments. Full support for Windows, Sun Solaris, Linux, HP-UX and IBM AIX
Certero for Oracle
Oracle Discovery
Certero for Oracle supports Oracle-specific licensing rules, automatically applying criteria such as core factors and product minimums. It even explains what Oracle license compliance calculations have been applied and why.
Migrations and product replacements can be tracked over time, providing a rich history to support current Effective License Positions and decision-making around Oracle license optimization.
Understanding the full inventory of the Oracle estate is vital to compliance and optimization.
Certero for Oracle provides unparalleled inventory for Oracle instances.
Full hardware and virtualization configuration
Identifies enabled licensable and non-licensable Options and Management Packs
Certero for SAP Applications takes the complexity out of SAP licensing by making it easy to gather, analyze and present the data you need to understand real usage and ensure your SAP estate is fully optimized. With Certero’s dedicated solution in your corner, you’ll never be unprepared for a licensing conversation with SAP again.
The platform significantly reduces the manual effort required to assess your licensing position by automatically analyzing all deployed SAP systems and consolidating the results into a single, easy-to-understand view.
By removing the confusion around SAP licensing, Certero gives you control over a major area of spending, empowering you to optimize usage, reduce costs, and maintain continuous compliance.
Certero for SAP Applications can be provisioned in public or private Cloud, on-premises or any hybrid combination, with full functionality and no compromise. Cloud deployments can be implemented in minutes, not months, helping you meet your objectives quicker and deliver value faster than you can with any rival solutions.
All reporting and analysis are performed outside of SAP, removing any risk of affecting business-critical systems. Certero for SAP Applications works holistically and optimally with all Certero products via the Certero Unified Platform, comprising one single data source, one UI and one UX.
With Certero for SAP Applications helping you manage your SAP investments, you can rest easily and safely in the knowledge that there will not be any nasty surprises in your discussions with SAP. You will never be unprepared for a licensing conversation with SAP again.
Certero for SAP Applications doesn’t require local installation on your SAP systems, removing any risk of disruption to critical operations. It uses SAP’s standard interfaces to extract data safely, with no impact. Data collection can be scheduled to suit your business needs without affecting performance.
Certero uses a rule-driven, data-rich method to assign the right Named User license types. Owners can be linked to risks or actions. Role and authorization analysis helps uncover conflicts. Rules are simple to create but support complex license definitions based on your SAP contracts.
Interactive, customizable dashboards give teams flexible access to SAP data and licensing insights. Reports can be tailored by location or organizational structure to support internal cost allocation and planning, helping you visualize SAP use and licensing clearly across your entire business.
Certero enables fast, automated viewing of SAP user authorizations. See detailed role and transaction activity by user, helping uncover risks and conflicts of interest. The system alerts you to any violations, so actions can be taken quickly to maintain control and compliance.
Many businesses are required to run IBM’s License Metric Tool (ILMT), but ensuring it’s fully deployed and up to date can be tricky. Certero for IBM helps verify ILMT coverage, uncover gaps, and simplify complex licensing, giving you clarity and control to stay compliant and cut costs. It’s all part of the CerteroX Software Asset Management (SAM) solution.
It automatically discovers IBM applications across all platforms, so you can validate whether ILMT is accurately deployed. It generates an accurate IBM Effective License Position (ELP) using approved ILMT inventory data. The IBM ELP allows the identification of infrastructure optimization opportunities to realize true cost savings by reducing overall license consumption.
Organizations with complex Datacentre environments use Certero for IBM because it is:
Whether you have an in-house IBM licensing team or if you’d prefer to leverage Certero’s IBM licensing experts to help you to establish your compliance position; generating your Effective License Position (ELP) within Certero for IBM gives you longevity.
Certero for IBM can maintain live visibility of your IBM license compliance position as your estate changes, reducing the overhead of re-generating a compliance position and moving to a more accurate and realistic ‘live’ view of your IBM consumption and compliance, just maintain it as you buy fresh licenses.
Certero for IBM makes your verification, auditing and reporting on ILMT much clearer and easier, giving you live validation of the health of your ILMT deployment and that the information you’re seeing is correct.
Reporting on compliance is an essential indicator, but knowledge of what needs to change and being able to act is where business value is attained. Certero for IBM breaks down the barriers between being informed and being able to resolve issues, such as:
Certero’s own inventory can find indicators of where IBM may be deployed across your IT estate – highlighting where ILMT should be deployed, not just where it already is deployed.
If you’re under-licensed, Certero for IBM’s compliance screen enables a drill-down capability into the licenses required including a detailed breakdown of the virtual machines and hosts that make up this position, giving you all the intelligence you need to make optimization decisions.
Certero for IBM makes it easier than ever to reconcile IBM software and to map relationships between individual products and commercial bundles. This saves many hours of error-prone manual effort. To assist with this, a hyperlink through to the relevant IBM product License Information (LI) document is included so the user can be sure that any bundling is done correctly per the published IBM documentation.
IBM license entitlements can be captured, processed and reconciled against inventoried software usage. Full IBM software license management capabilities include downloading and importing Passport Advantage agreements, automatically calculating start and end date of maintenance agreements, capturing PO and other supplier or procurement information. The result is a fully informed, accurate view of entitlement as well as important information such as PVU values.
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