$3.0M
Forced ULA renewal costs avoided
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CLIENT SUCCESS STORY · ORACLE ULA CERTIFICATION & THIRD-PARTY SUPPORT TRANSITION
$5.09M Saved: ULA Certified Clean, Then Moved to Third-Party Support
How Rizen's proactive Oracle ULA certification readiness assessment removed non-compliance risk, avoided a forced renewal, and unlocked a third-party support move that cut ongoing Oracle costs.
$5.09M Saved
Across ULA Renewal Avoidance & 3-Year Oracle Support Savings
Delivered through a proactive certification-readiness assessment, remediation, and a post-certification move to third-party support.
$2.09M (₹20 Cr)
3-year Oracle support (ATS) saved via 3rd-party move
SUPPORTING DETAIL
1,368
Servers scanned — 175 middleware & 47 database hosts / 54 instances
$1.4M
Non-compliance exposure remediated pre-certification
407
Spare physical cores identified for harvesting
52%
Of databases unsupported — moved to third-party support
Client Snapshot: A large Indian general insurance company running an extensive Oracle Database and Middleware estate under a multi-year Oracle Unlimited License Agreement (ULA), approaching its ULA certification deadline and evaluating its renewal options.
The Challenge
With the ULA certification window approaching, the client's environment carried undetected non-compliance risk — programs deployed without entitlement, and others deployed beyond the licenses actually purchased. Certifying without addressing these gaps could have forced a costly full ULA renewal instead of a clean, defensible certification.
Compounding the decision, over half of the client's database estate was running on versions no longer supported by Oracle, leaving the question of how to manage ongoing technical support costs — and whether third-party support was a viable path — unresolved going into certification.
Our Approach
Certification Risk Assessment & Remediation
Rizen proactively analyzed the client's ULA certification risks ahead of renewal — scanning across 1,368 servers and analyzing Oracle deployments on 175 middleware hosts and 47 database hosts. We identified every compliance risk — unlicensed program usage and entitlement over-utilization alike — and recommended specific remedial actions for each.
Verification, Harvesting & Support Transition
After the client implemented the remedial actions, we independently verified the environment to confirm a clean, defensible position before certification — while also identifying license harvesting opportunities from idle VMware capacity to strengthen the certified count. Once the client successfully certified, we guided the transition of unsupported, aging databases to third-party support.
The Results
ULA certified clean and a forced renewal avoided Worth $3M, plus $2.09M (₹20 Cr) saved over 3 years by moving eligible databases to third-party support after certification.
$1.4M in potential exposure — from unlicensed program usage and entitlement over-utilization — was identified, remediated, and independently verified before the client certified with Oracle.
Idle VMware capacity across existing hosts surfaced up to 407 spare physical cores — claimable capacity to strengthen the certified position and support future growth.
The environment was re-verified after remedial actions were implemented, giving the client confidence in a defensible certification before submitting to Oracle.
With over half the database estate already unsupported by Oracle, Rizen guided a post-certification move to third-party support, cutting Annual Technical Support costs materially.
How We Got There
| Step | Action |
|---|---|
| 1 | Proactively assessed ULA certification risk across the full estate ahead of the renewal decision |
| 2 | Identified non-compliance from unlicensed usage and entitlement over-utilization, and recommended remedial actions |
| 3 | Verified the environment post-remediation to confirm a clean, defensible position |
| 4 | Identified license harvesting opportunities from idle VMware capacity to strengthen the certified count |
| 5 | Supported the client through successful ULA certification, avoiding a forced renewal |
| 6 | Guided the post-certification move of unsupported databases to third-party support |
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