Competition
In the market for relational
databases, Oracle Database competes against commercial products such as IBM's DB2 UDB
and Microsoft SQL Server. Oracle and IBM tend to
battle for the mid-range database market on UNIX and Linux platforms, while
Microsoft dominates the mid-range database market on Microsoft
Windows platforms. However, since they share many of the same
customers, Oracle and IBM tend to support each other's products in many
middleware and application categories (for example: WebSphere, PeopleSoft,
and Siebel Systems CRM), and IBM's hardware divisions work
closely with Oracle on performance-optimizing server-technologies (for
example, Linux on zSeries). The two companies have a
relationship perhaps best described as "coopetition".
Niche commercial competitors include Teradata (in
data warehousing and business intelligence), Software AG's ADABAS, Sybase, and IBM's Informix,
among many others.
Increasingly, the Oracle database
products compete against such open-source software relational database
systems as PostgreSQL, Firebird, and MySQL. Oracle acquired Innobase,
supplier of the InnoDB codebase to MySQL, in part to compete better
against open source alternatives, and acquired Sun Microsystems,
owner of MySQL, in 2010. Database products licensed as open source are, by the
legal terms of the Open Source Definition, free to distribute and
free of royalty or other licensing fees.
Pricing
Oracle Corporation offers term
licensing for all Oracle products. It bases the list price for a term-license
on a specific percentage of the perpetual license price. Prospective purchasers
can obtain licenses based either on the number of processors in their target
server machines or on the number of
potential seats ("named users").
Enterprise Edition
As of July 2010, the database that
costs the most per machine-processor among Oracle database editions, at $47,500
per processor. The term "per processor" for Enterprise Edition is
defined with respect to physical cores and a processor core multiplier (common
processors = 0.5*cores). E.g. An 8-processor, 32-core server using Intel Xeon
56XX CPUs would require 16 processor licenses.
Standard Edition
Cheaper: it can run on up to four
processors but has fewer features than Enterprise Edition—it lacks proper
parallelization, etc.; but remains quite suitable for running medium-sized
applications. There are not additional costs for Oracle RAC on the latest
Oracle 11g R2 standard edition release.
Standard ONE
Sells even more cheaply, but
remains limited to two CPUs. Standard Edition ONE sells on a per-seat basis
with a five-user minimum. Oracle Corporation usually sells the licenses with an
extra 22% cost for support and upgrades (access to MetaLink—Oracle
Corporation's support site) which customers need to renew annually.
Oracle Express
Edition (Oracle XE)
An addition to the Oracle database
product family (beta version released in 2005, production
version released in February 2006), offers a free version of the Oracle RDBMS,
but one limited to 11 GB of user data and to 1 GB of memory used by the
database (SGA+PGA) XE will use no more than one CPU and lacks an internal JVM. XE runs only on Windows and on Linux, not
on AIX, Solaris, HP-UX and the other operating systems available for other
editions. Support is via a free Oracle
Discussion Forum only.
Note: These Prices are vary country to
country e.g. if you purchase Oracle License in United Arab Emirates (Dubai) than
discount margin is different if you are purchasing same product in Pakistan
than discount margin will be different.
The ABCD of our Implementation approach
ReplyDeleteAlignment
Business requirementsare consolidated keeping a future growth /expansion path in mind. Change requests are considered carefully and collectively before being executed. Associated risks, implications on a project timeline, impact on the upgrade path and costs are evaluated and communicated as part of the recommendation.Triad works transparently in identifying the best possible solution for a customer’s needs ensuring a meaningful alignment of customer’s visionwith the project deliverables.
Business understanding
Triad’s reputationhas been built by its consultants who are the brand ambassadors bringing to the table rich consulting experience and customer facing skills. The Lead Consultants are all Sage certifiedwith 6 to 12 years of relevant experience and understanding of domains like Trading, Distribution & Logistics, Manufacturing, Projects, Property Development and Leasing, Retail and IT Services.
Consultative Approach
Business applications are meant to solve business problems. In line with this vision Triad consultants recommend a suitable Customer Chart of accounts for the ERP or Segmentation in CRMto facilitate accurate MIS reports.We reconsider inventory segments and codification to support efficient tracking and reporting and if required give our independent recommendations, We suggest controls in processes surrounding the ERP/CRM implementation to facilitate accurate data collection or aggregation and without tying down the salesmen to their desks.
Documentation
Documentation is a key element of the project communication plan. Clear comprehensive documentation can significantly de-risk a project. As part of the project implementation Triad provides
MS Project Plan with deliverables and milestones that can be tracked
Training power-points for ongoing training
System Specification manual for your technical IT team
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