Take control of your Oracle roadmap with third-party support

Key Takeaways

Oracle's lifetime support policy offers assurances for IT roadmap control but encourages upgrades from legacy products, often without a clear business need.

The support policy is designed in a way that can create significant pressure for customers to move to newer versions of Oracle software.

Customers have options for maintaining legacy Oracle systems, including exploring third-party support solutions that can provide alternative assistance.

Oracle’s software and systems come with a lifetime support policy that, on the surface, offers customers assurances that they will always be able to retain control of their IT roadmap and stay supported as long as they need. The truth is that Oracle’s support policy is structured to create significant disincentives to stay on legacy products, pushing customers to upgrade even if they have no business reason to do so.

This guide by Spinnaker will answer key questions Oracle customers may have, such as:

  • How is Oracle’s support policy structured and what level of service will I receive on Oracle Sustaining Support?
  • Why does Oracle want me to upgrade so badly?
  • What options do I have for my legacy Oracle systems?
  • How can third-party support for Oracle help me?

Download the whitepaper to learn more.