The World's Greatest (Licensing) Podcast
The World's Greatest (Licensing) Podcast is a technology-focused podcast hosted by Craig Guarente, President and Founder of Palisade Compliance. From software licensing to emerging innovation, we bring together leading experts to give you the most up-to-date knowledge and expertise around what's happening with technology vendors around the world.
Episodes
30 episodes
VMware vs Allstate: Progress with the Lawsuit Brought by VMware
A few weeks ago, we first reported on the lawsuit brought by VMware against Allstate over a license audit. In this episode, we look more deeply a...
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Episode 30
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31:07
Luis Nunez – the World’s Greatest Oracle EBS Expert – Works for Us
In today’s episode we welcome Luis Nunez, Senior Director of Data Analysis and Delivery at Palisade Compliance. Luis talks about his incredible journey that started out with an unpaid job and a stack of Oracle PL/SQL manuals and led to his role...
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Season 1
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Episode 29
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1:00:16
Inside the SAP–Teradata Legal Battle and What it Means for Enterprise Databases
In this episode we revisit SAP and Teradata's legal battle that began in 2018. The Bridge Project, SAP and Teradata's joint venture designed to bridge SAP's ERP with Teradata's analytics database, is the foundation of the lawsuit.
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Episode 28
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49:35
Business Software Challenges and Predictions, with Lisa Morgan
In the final episode of 2025 we welcome Lisa Morgan, writer for InformationWeek. Software is more essential than ever and the rules around using it keep getting messier. Lisa brings her expert insight to the software challenges busines...
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Episode 27
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38:01
When Fire Safety Meets Software with Drew Slocum
Fire code compliance, inspections, and safety operations is a niche yet vital industry that relies on processes that can become outdated and inefficient. When public safety is on the line, having a streamlined digital solution to simplify every...
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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38:09
ITAM, Audits, and Finding Your North Star with Martin Thompson
In this episode we welcome Martin Thompson, founder of ITAM Forum, a non-profit trade body run by ITAM professionals designed to educate companies on ITAM with a focus on business value. Martin and Craig explain how vendors use audi...
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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40:48
Fidelity vs Broadcom: The VMware Standoff
On November 14, 2025 Fidelity Technology Group filed a lawsuit against Broadcom (owner of VMware), stating that Fidelity has a right to renew its subscription without price spikes. Broadcom is threatening to terminate Fidelity's software subscr...
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Episode 24
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1:13:27
Big Tech to Boutique Insight with Steven Dickens
In this episode, we welcome Steven Dickens, founder of HyperFRAME Research and former IBM leader to unpack the rise of boutique analyst firms, the AI wave changing their playbooks, and the simple operating principles behind building a seven-fig...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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50:13
When Policies Replace Contracts, Customers Pay
The truth about audits is that many audit teams aren't deep experts any more. They're efficient machines that run on templates, throw jargon around, and rely on you to prove them wrong.In this episode we welcome back Matt Giulia...
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Episode 22
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45:36
Policy, Talent, And Markets: Building Real Growth In Africa
In this episode we welcome Foster Awintiti Akugri, a Ghanian innovation strategist and fintech leader with over a decade of experience driving product development, market expansion, and strategic partnerships across Africa, the Caribbean, and N...
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Episode 21
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46:20
Jim Ball on How Entrepreneurs Build Teams, Systems, and Momentum
In this episode, we sit down with serial founder and advisor Jim Ball to unpack how real companies grow: through teams, systems, and clear roles that compound over time. Entrepreneurship is a disciplined craft, not a daredevil act.We dig...
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Episode 20
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44:16
Your Coffee Mug Doesn’t Need an App (But Your Contract Might!)
An ad in a Sunday paper, a faxed resume, and a week later Craig Guarente was on a plane to start at Oracle. That origin story sets the stage for a tour through three decades of deals, from paper contracts and fax machines to cloud subscriptions...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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43:31
From Arcades to Algorithms: Anthony Gaud on Esports and Rebuilding Shared Culture
In this episode we sit down with Emmy‑winning executive and esports entrepreneur Anthony Gaud to map the real terrain of competitive gaming and the fractured media world we all inhabit now.The conversation widens to the media shift hidi...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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1:04:01
Process-Driven Software Asset Management - Why Tech Alone Won't Save You
The software asset management industry has long suffered from a fundamental misunderstanding: that technology alone can solve compliance challenges. In this episode, we welcome Rory Canavan, founder and CEO of SAM Charter. Rory and Craig discus...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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50:35
Simplifying Contracts: Ken Adams on Breaking Free from Copy-Paste Hell
The contract world is broken, and Ken Adams, Head of Adams Contracts - a division of LegalSifter, has spent over two decades trying to fix it. In this episode, the world's foremost authority on contract language reveals why most business agreem...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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56:26
Ashley Cruz - From Calling Agent to IT Leader and Mentor
In this episode we welcome Ashley Cruz, a highly accomplished marketing technologist and IT leader with over 13 years of experience driving digital transformation and operational excellence at Televerde, a global sales and marketing solutions p...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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44:39
CloudifyAI with Raj Joshi
Migrating to the cloud is something many companies will do in the near future, if they haven’t already. These migrations can be costly, complex, and slow – and with so many cloud providers out there, the task of adopting new technology can be a...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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44:08
IT Trends and Influences with Matt Ashare
CIO Dive is a leading publication that provides in-depth journalism and insights into the most impactful news and trends shaping IT. In this episode we welcome Matt Ashare, Senior Reporter at CIO Dive.Matt and Craig discuss current IT tr...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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48:39
IT Procurement at Rutgers University with Brian Luper
In this episode Craig welcomes Brian Luper, Director of IT Procurement at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Brian focuses on overseeing a team that deals with endpoint management, remote support, managing physical and virtual compute...
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44:21
Sally Guyer and World Commerce & Contracting
In this episode Craig welcomes Sally Guyer, CEO of World Commerce & Contracting, formerly IACCM, a non-profit association and the only global body promoting standards and raising capabilities in commercial practice. Craig and Sally discuss ...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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50:49
AI Law and Business with Shawn Helms
In this episode Craig is joined by Shawn Helms, Partner at McDermott Will & Schulte (formerly McDermott Will & Emery) to discuss AI Law and Business, a new legal treatise co-authored by Helms and published by ALM Law.com.
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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49:43
Uncovering Oracle Negotiation Secrets
In this episode Craig welcomes Adi Ahuja, Palisade Compliance's resident Oracle negotiations expert. Craig and Adi walk through Oracle's negotiation playbook. They discuss common scenarios and tactics that a company might encounter when negotia...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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35:28
Technology Vendor Audits: The Search for the Ultimate Leverage
Like Oracle, most technology vendors audit their customers. These compliance audits aren't random; there is a methodology that's followed before the audit letters are sent out. While the process of determining who to audit may vary between vend...
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Episode 8
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41:09
Chaos at College – Oracle’s New Java Licensing Rule Counts University Students as Employees
Oracle’s Java licensing changes bring a unique challenge to universities – students also count as employees under the latest license metric. If a university has 2000 employees and 30,000 students, what was a $300,000/year Java bill now costs mi...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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23:58
Building Trust in Procurement with Rafael Vendramini
Successful procurement strategies are often built on factors such as cost, innovation, and quality. While these solutions create lasting change that lead to decreasing costs and increasing profit, one element that is often overlooked is arguabl...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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53:06