Clarity Before Cloud
Why Every IT Leader Needs
an Oracle Database Licensing
Assessment Before a Cloud Move
We’ll break down the Oracle to AWS landscape, explain what’s changing and offer a practical framework to evaluate your options with TekStream’s proven Oracle to AWS license assessment approach leading the way.
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Getting Cloud Ready: Oracle to AWS License Assessment
Cloud migration can unlock major gains in performance, scalability and cost savings — but when Oracle is part of your environment, the path forward isn’t always straightforward. IT teams who get it don’t rush to the cloud, they start with clarity to get it right. Oracle’s licensing structure is complex, often by design, and the stakes are high. A misstep can lead to unexpected costs, compliance issues or wasted investments.
This guide explores how a Database Optimization and Licensing Assessment (DB OLA) gives you the visibility and confidence to make the right moves — whether you’re planning a cloud migration to AWS, modernizing on-prem or simply looking to optimize your current footprint.
Tension and Trust: Getting Comfortable With an Oracle to AWS License Assessment
As a CIO, you need clarity and confidence when it comes to your data. TekStream’s DB OLA gives you both, by providing a detailed, data-driven review of your Oracle database environment. You’ll gain visibility into usage patterns, performance gaps and areas where tuning or modernization can drive real impact.
We’ll also assess your cloud readiness and identify which workloads are best suited for migration to AWS, helping you make informed, strategic decisions that boost efficiency and reduce risk. What are the technical challenges will you face that an OLA addresses?
The Benefits Don’t Stop There
There are a number of things that hold companies back around cloud-based Oracle licensing, but the looming threat of an Oracle audit is real, and they happen more often than you would expect. With a DB OLA, your firm will fine-tune licensing compliance, minimizing the financial and reputational risks associated with an audit proactively.
Understanding reliable methods to avoid an audit will start with leveraging an expert resource. Our team will provide guidance and recommendations including:
- Performance Insights and License Optimization: Reliable migration partners like TekStream take a detailed look at database usage and performance, surfacing inefficiencies and areas where tuning or modernization could yield better outcomes.
- Operational Efficiency: By uncovering inefficiencies in database usage and configuration, a DB OLA can help your IT team improve performance and reliability without expensive hardware upgrades.
- Risk Management and Cost Control: Reduce the risk of costly audits and fines. A DB OLA pinpoints where Oracle licensing costs can be reduced, either by eliminating unused licenses, consolidating databases or rightsizing environments.
- Cloud and Modernization Strategy: The assessment provides clear, actionable insights into which databases are good candidates for cloud migration or modernization, enabling better long-term technology planning.
What if There’s Nothing to Fix?
If there isn’t anything to fix, you’ll still walk away with clarity, confidence and control. Our Oracle license assessment gives you a comprehensive, data-backed review so you can validate your current environment and move forward with complete confidence in every decision.
- Custom Licensing Plan: This framework includes an assessment of the current license position, identified license surpluses and a future plan based on a move to AWS.
- High-Level Technical Draft: An overview of AWS configurations, including RDS, EC2, Oracle Database@AWS or even migration to Aurora, Postgres or similar will be provided.
- Migration Estimates: Receive a bounded range estimate for the hours a migration would take. This includes the availability of AWS MAP funding, exclusively available to TekStream based on our long-held AWS certifications and the hundreds of migrations under our belts.
All of these will be rolled into a business case that consolidates the info into a final summary you can share with stakeholders. We will equip you with the ROI statistics that will enable confident decision-making.
Take Control of Your Oracle Future With an
Oracle to AWS License Assessment
Starting a DB OLA with TekStream isn’t just a smart step, it’s a strategic move. You’ll get a clear, unbiased view of your Oracle environment, uncover hidden savings and ensure you’re fully prepared for cloud migration or future audits. There’s no risk, no disruption. Just the clarity and control every CIO needs to make confident, forward-looking decisions.
