Strategies for Effectively Negotiating Oracle's OCI and UCC Models

Insights for IT Negotiations

Welcome to Insights for IT Negotiations, a podcast by UpperEdge, a leading IT sourcing, negotiation, and project execution advisory firm. Join John Belden, UpperEdge’s Chief Research and Strategy Officer, and Kylie Chisholm, UpperEdge’s Marketing Manager, every other week as they share valuable insights to help you maximize the value of your key IT relationships.

This week, John and Kylie chatted with Shane Griffin, one of UpperEdge’s Oracle advisors, to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and Oracle's Universal Credits model. These licensing models are notoriously tricky to unravel, but understand the key components of the services can help you effectively evaluate and negotiate with Oracle. This episode gives you the strategies you need to better understand and leverage these models.

Resources Mentioned:

• UPCOMING WEBINAR – Vendor AI-Enabled Delivery Models: Extracting Value from Your IT Suppliers
• ON-DEMAND WEBINAR – Unraveling Oracle’s OCI and Universal Credit Model

Other Resources:

• BLOG POST – 5 Tips for Negotiating with Oracle
• PODCAST – Oracle Q4 FY24 Earnings: How Customers Can Navigate OCI Growth Opportunities

Explore our Oracle Advisory Services to see how we help our clients optimize their Oracle deals. For a more tailored conversation around your organization’s Oracle relationship and goals, reach out today to chat with our expert advisors.

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