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The Oracle Audit Defense Handbook.

The Oracle Audit Defense Handbook is a buyer side playbook for the 30 to 45 day audit response window, showing how GLAS runs an audit and how a line by line review of findings typically cuts the claim 60 to 80 percent.

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30 to 45Day response window
60 to 80%Typical claim reduction
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01 What is inside

An audit, end to end, from the buyer side.

An Oracle audit is a negotiation dressed up as an inspection. The handbook names each mechanism Oracle uses and gives you the move, so the preliminary number becomes an opening position you can take apart.

  • The response window. Why the 30 to 45 day clock in the Oracle Master Agreement is negotiable on timeline and scope.
  • How GLAS runs an audit. The audit clause, the collection scripts, and why running Oracle's scripts at all is a decision, not an obligation.
  • Options and packs detection. How a single click in Enterprise Manager can flag Diagnostics or Tuning Pack, and how to dispute usage that was never meaningful.
  • Policy versus contract. Why cluster wide virtualization claims rest on policy papers that are often weaker than your signed agreement.
  • The settlement framework. How to validate findings line by line, anchor on the defensible figure, and close on your terms.
  • A response checklist. A step by step workbook for the first 45 days after a letter lands.
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02 Why it matters

Audits are a sales channel, not just a checkup.

Analysts estimate 20 to 30 percent of Oracle on premises license revenue comes from audits. Findings feed ULA renewals, OCI commitments and Java subscriptions, so the number is engineered to move you somewhere commercial.

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03 FAQ

About the handbook.

It covers the 30 to 45 day response window, how GLAS runs an audit, options and packs detection, the partitioning policy versus contract distinction, and a settlement framework. A line by line review of findings typically cuts the claim 60 to 80 percent.
Yes. It is free behind a work email so we can send it and the weekly License Position note. There is no public price and no obligation.
No. The handbook stands on its own. If you want help, we work two ways, a Fixed Fee scoped up front or Gainshare with no risk to you, and we guarantee that we reduce your Oracle exposure or we reimburse our service fee.
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