Showing posts with label technology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label technology. Show all posts

Tuesday, 9 August 2016

Hundreds of Oracle systems breached in Russian hacker attack

Russian hackers compromised Oracle computer servers, targeting the company’s Micros unit, which produces internet-connected cash registers used by retailers, hotels and restaurants.
The culprit is believed to be a Russian organized cybercrime group known for hacking into banks and retailers KrebsOnSecurity reported on Monday.,  The hackers implanted malware in Oracle’s Micros systems, which provided access to usernames and passwords of customers who used the company’s support site. Oracle is asking clients to update their login information.
Source:-bizjournals
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Wednesday, 27 July 2016

What's the biggest trap for users in an Oracle licensing agreement?

Let's assume you've made it past the signing of your contract while staying in compliance. Now you're faced with a never-ending series of contractual terms that can lead you into a noncompliant position. Can your organization use the software outside its home country? Can external clients use the software? What happens if your company is acquired? All of these questions are real issues faced by businesses every day. If you don't anticipate such issues when negotiating an Oracle licensing agreement, it's very easy to find yourself accidentally out of compliance.

    If you try to fix your license problems by starting with the technology and counting processors, you're just digging yourself into a deeper hole.

As if that wasn't bad enough, there's more. There are also some contractual licensing traps that aren't actually in your Oracle contract. An Oracle licensing agreement contains a lot of links to further resources on Oracle's licensing policies. Why do you think Oracle doesn't include links to those documents in the final contract? If it really wanted you to read them, it would have left them in the contract itself.

In addition, there are various policies that Oracle doesn't even mention in its contracts. For instance, there's nothing about virtualization -- the Oracle policy document says it's not part of the contract. As you may already know from past experience, this lack of clarity causes major problems.
Source:-techtarget
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