REDGUARD
Designed for Oracle
Know What Oracle Knows - Before They Tell You What You Owe
Oracle audits don't have to be a nightmare. But they are — when you don't know what you're running, what you're licensed for, and where the gaps are. RedGuard is a proactive, database-by-database license review that finds your compliance risks, quantifies your exposure, and fixes the problems before Oracle shows up with a bill. Because the best audit defense is never needing one.
License Assessment
Know Exactly What You Owe. What You're Running. And Where the Gaps Are.
Most organizations can't answer a simple question: are we compliant? Not because they're careless — because Oracle licensing is deliberately complex. Our consultants inventory every database, map every entitlement, and give you the truth before Oracle does.
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Complete Database Inventory - We scan and catalog every Oracle database instance in your environment — production, dev, test, DR, forgotten servers in the closet — nothing gets missed
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Entitlement Review & Mapping- We pull your Oracle contracts, ULAs, CSIs, and ordering documents, then map what you're licensed for against what you're actually running — line by line
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Gap Analysis Report - We deliver a clear, plain-English report showing exactly where you're over-deployed, under-licensed, or exposed — with specific databases, features, and options identified
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Feature & Option Usage Detection - Oracle charges for features you may have accidentally enabled — Diagnostics Pack, Tuning Pack, Partitioning, Advanced Security. We find every one of them before Oracle does
Risk & Compliance
Fix the Exposure Before the Audit Letter Arrives.
Oracle's License Management Services team doesn't knock on your door to be friendly. They come to collect. RedGuard finds your compliance risks now — while you still have the power to fix them on your terms, not Oracle's.
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Compliance Risk Scoring - We assign a risk score to every gap we find — critical, high, medium, low — so you know exactly where to focus remediation efforts and budget first
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Remediation Planning - For every compliance gap, we deliver specific, actionable remediation steps — disable this feature, reassign this license, consolidate these instances — with cost estimates for each option
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Audit Defense Preparation - If Oracle has already initiated contact, we prepare your response — reviewing their scripts, challenging their methodology, and ensuring you don't hand over more data than required
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Policy & Process Framework - We help you build internal Oracle license governance — approval workflows for new installations, quarterly self-audits, and feature activation controls so you stay clean going forward
Optimization & Cost Savings
Stop Overpaying Oracle. Start Right-Sizing Your Licenses.
Here's what Oracle won't tell you: most organizations are paying for licenses they don't need, running features they don't use, and structured in ways that maximize Oracle's revenue — not yours. We fix that.
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License Right-Sizing - We identify where you're over-licensed — unused options, idle instances, over-provisioned cores — and build a plan to reduce your Oracle spend without losing capability
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Consolidation Strategy - Fewer instances, fewer servers, fewer licenses. We design consolidation plans that reduce your Oracle footprint while maintaining or improving performance
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Contract & Renewal Advisory - Before you sign that renewal or true-up, we review the terms. Our consultants have seen thousands of Oracle contracts and know where the traps are
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Cloud vs. On-Prem Cost Modeling - Thinking about Multi-Cloud, BYOL, or staying on-prem? We model the true licensing cost of each option so you make the decision based on real numbers — not Oracle's sales pitch
Why RedGuard
Oracle's Audit Team Works for Oracle. We Work for You.
There is no such thing as a "friendly" Oracle audit. But there is such a thing as being ready for one.
Oracle's 'free' license reviews serve Oracle's interests. RedGuard serves yours. We find the same gaps they would — then help you fix them before they bill you.
Don't wait for the audit letter. A soft audit on your terms costs a fraction of what a true-up costs on Oracle's terms. The math is simple.
We don't do high-level estimates. We review every Oracle database instance individually — features enabled, options in use, processor counts, core factors — the full picture.
We don't hand you a report and disappear. Our consultants work alongside your team to close every gap, disable every unused feature, and document everything.