Unravelling a fortune 200s Oracle Fusion Cloud subscription puzzle

In the vast world of global conglomerates, a prominent organisation faced a complex software puzzle as it prepared for a corporate spin-off. With over 100 legal entities and a complex Fusion Cloud setup, the organisation turned to SoftwareOne’s Oracle Fusion Cloud Advisory Services. Find out about their journey, key challenges, and impactful outcomes here below.

Decoding complexity with SoftwareOne

The organisation's Fusion Cloud subscriptions were a web of complexity, involving multiple purchase orders for various cloud services across different divisions. The imminent spin-off added urgency to the need for a detailed examination of the actual entitlements and consumption of the different Fusion Cloud environments within the different divisions and business units. SoftwareOne, known for its Oracle expertise, stepped in to unravel the intricacies.

SoftwareOne's teams crafted customised subscription overviews for each division, specifying which cloud services belonged to which Fusion Cloud subscriptions and how these changed over time due to Oracle’s bundling practice(s). In addition, SoftwareOne conducted a detailed consumption analysis determining which individuals within the different business units were authorised and/or consumed the different cloud services belonging to the different Fusion Cloud subscriptions.

This provided the organisation with a clear insight on what remediation actions could be performed to remediate the compliance issues identified.

The consumption analysis uncovered critical insights into discrepancies with Oracle's Saas Service Usage consumption reports. In short, the bundling of the different cloud services into the available Fusion Cloud subscriptions was not considered by Oracle, resulting in incorrect automated consumption reports from Oracle.

What were the results for the organisation?

Due to SoftwareOne’s Oracle Fusion Cloud Advisory Services, the organisation was not only better prepared for the spin-off but also gained a stronger negotiating position with Oracle. With an investment of USD $800.000, our services enabled the organisation to save approximately USD $57 million, by disabling:

• un-licensed cloud services deployment resulting in a cost avoidance of USD $51.3 million per year.
• authorised users that did not actively use the different Fusion Cloud services resulting in a cost avoidance of USD $5.5 million per year.