US customers want to spend less with Oracle, says Rimini Street
The majority of Oracle’s US customers responding to a Rimini Street survey say they are currently or actively planning to reduce their spend with the enterprise software vendor.
The majority of Oracle’s US customers responding to a Rimini Street survey say they are currently or actively planning to reduce their spend with the enterprise software vendor.
More than 10 Australian federal and state government agencies have shifted their enterprise software support from Oracle and SAP to Rimini Street.
Third-party Oracle support provider, Rimini Street, has been ordered to pay a further US$27.7 million in ‘prejudgment interest’ to Oracle for infringing the ERP giant’s copyright.
CIOs gathered in Sydney to discuss how they are managing the rising cost of maintaining their ERP infrastructure and allocating resources to innovative projects that enhance their competitive advantage. The luncheon was sponsored by Rimini Street.
Toll Group has slashed ERP software maintenance costs by 50 per cent annually by engaging third-party support provider, Rimini Street.
Third-party ERP support provider Rimini Street has seen a spike in job applications from Oracle engineers over the past few weeks as speculation circulates that the software giant is offshoring its Australian support operation.
Rimini Street has declared that ‘customers and free market choice are the winners’ a week after the third-party ERP support provider was ordered by a US court to pay Oracle $50 million in damages in a software maintenance case.
Oracle has been awarded US$50 million damages in a lawsuit against Rimini Street, which provides software maintenance for Oracle customers.
Oracle has been given a September trial date for its lawsuit against Rimini Street, which sells cut-price maintenance and support services to Oracle software customers.
Rimini Street wants to shake up the local market for third-party ERP support, claiming that companies are overpaying for software maintenance, which company founder, Seth Ravin, says earns SAP and Oracle a 90 per cent gross margin.
Oracle isn't satisfied that Rimini Street's new procedures for third-party support for Oracle software are legal, a stance that could further extend the companies' long-running intellectual property lawsuit.
Rimini Street has put on a brave face following a federal judge's determination that it stole Oracle's intellectual property in the course of providing software support to its customers.
A federal judge has dismissed a defamation claim against Oracle by third-party support vendor Rimini Street, saying Oracle was telling the truth when it accused the company of "massive theft" of its software.
Rimini Street is continuing to rapidly grow revenue for its third-party software support business despite its ongoing litigation with Oracle.
An independent Solaris OS support provider has countersued Oracle for unfair competition and violation of U.S. antitrust laws.