What is an Oracle Audit

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1. What is an Oracle Audit? · A contractual right Oracle has embedded in all their contracts giving them rights to audit you after giving you official notice · Oracle’sonly contractual method of forcing a client to give them information regarding Oracle license deployments · A significant part of Oracle’s revenue stream, even if license or cloud purchases are being made · A process that should not significantly impact your ability to do business or put an onerous amount of pressure on your staff
2. An Oracle audit is NOT the following: A contractual right for Oracle to get any information they want in any form they want by simply asking for it. Oracle’s audit rights require that notice be given, so if no official written notice is received, then no audit! It is not an open-ended fishing expedition where Oracle can ask for things outside of their contractual rights – If it is not listed in the contract, it is not part of the audit Oracle cannot dictate timelines nor responses unilaterally; they are not in control – You are!
3. Oracle's Audit Language WHAT TO LOOK FOR · If there is a notice period – In this case, the client has 45 days · That it requires “reasonable assistance and information access” but that is also modified by giving Oracle rights to run their measurement tools! · What does it say about your audit data collected and is it subject to the confidentiality section of your contract – in this case, it may limit the client’s ability to get help analyzing the data or sharing it for review · How Oracle can treat non-compliance – in this case, the client must pay within 30 days, or Oracle could cancel the agreement or shut off support!