2Data helped a major European retailer address Oracle licensing risks following a merger. By consolidating agreements and improving visibility across its software estate, the group avoided $200M in non-compliance costs and secured a settlement of $186K.
→ Initial financial exposure of $251M identified during a major merger.
→ More than 20 business units operating under separate Oracle agreements with fragmented compliance visibility.
→ Access controls and complex internal cross-charging creating licence shortfalls between business units.
→ Cleaned up more than 100 instances and built a combined view of entitlements across global and local agreements.
→ Negotiated one consolidated Oracle Master Agreement to replace fragmented local contracts.
→ Structured a separate Oracle Cloud Infrastructure agreement to support the client’s future cloud strategy.
→ Avoided $200M in non-compliance costs with a settlement reduced to $186K.
→Established clear visibility across the combined Oracle estate.
→ Simplified contract management through one consolidated Master Agreement.
→ Improved financial predictability through long-term price protection and an audit waiver.
A major European retailer with more than 300,000 employees was undergoing a merger with another large enterprise. Initial financial exposure of $251M was identified across the combined group’s Oracle estate.
The group operated under two Oracle Master Agreements alongside several contracts signed by individual business units. More than 20 business units held separate agreements and servers, making it difficult to establish a clear view of deployments, entitlements and compliance.
Usage covered Oracle Database, Middleware, Java and on-premise applications including Oracle Business Intelligence, E-Business Suite and Hyperion.
The group lacked a unified inventory, particularly following migration activity. Inefficient access controls and complex internal cross-charging also created licence shortfalls between business units.
2Data helped clean up more than 100 instances and brought together entitlement information from global and local agreements. This established a clearer view of the combined estate and its licensing position.
2Data negotiated one combined Master Agreement for the Global Business Unit, replacing fragmented local contracts and simplifying the group’s contractual structure.
The negotiations secured an audit waiver and long-term price protection, giving the retailer greater financial predictability.
A separate Oracle Cloud Infrastructure agreement was structured to support the client’s future cloud strategy.
The engagement helped the retailer avoid $200M in non-compliance costs, with the settlement reduced to $186K.
The clean-up and consolidated entitlement view gave the group a clearer understanding of its Oracle position across global and local agreements.
One combined Master Agreement replaced fragmented local contracts, making the group’s Oracle agreements easier to manage.
Long-term price protection and an audit waiver strengthened the retailer’s commercial position. A separate cloud agreement also supported its future technology plans.
A merger brings together software estates as well as businesses. Separate agreements, incomplete inventories and unclear access rights can create substantial licensing exposure.
By bringing the retailer’s Oracle deployments and contracts into one clear view, 2Data helped address that exposure and secure a more manageable agreement for the combined group.
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