We take control of the process, rebuild the deployment position from evidence, contest the employee metric, and close the claim at the lowest defensible number. Often that number is zero.
The engagement starts the day Oracle makes contact: a friendly email referencing download records, a request for a discussion about Java usage, a soft audit questionnaire, or a formal review notice. General counsel wants the legal posture controlled, the CIO wants the estate understood before anything is shared, and finance wants the eight figure opening number tested before anyone treats it as real.
It also serves companies already deep in the process: findings issued, a settlement figure on the table, and pressure timed to Oracle's quarter. Wherever you enter, the work is the same: replace Oracle's assumptions with evidence and close permanently.
Oracle's Java program is a revenue campaign run through audit pressure, and its mechanics are consistent:
Most of these claims do not survive a properly run defense. The engagement exists to run it properly.
The engagement follows the four workstreams of our Java audit defense statement of work. Communication is locked down first, the real deployment position is rebuilt independently of Oracle's assertions, every element of the claim is contested on its merits, and the resolution is engineered to close the matter permanently.
| Deliverable | What it contains |
|---|---|
| Audit response protocol | Who speaks to Oracle, what is shared, in what format, and on what timeline, plus written reviews of all correspondence through the term. |
| Exposure baseline report | The classified installation inventory, the genuinely licensable footprint, and the gap against Oracle's asserted position. |
| Defense position memo | The arguments per installation category with strength ratings, and the recommended line on each element of Oracle's claim. |
| Resolution strategy paper | Scenario cost models across subscription, removal, and settlement, with target and walk away figures and required release language. |
| Proposal assessments to close | A written assessment of every Oracle proposal and preparation support ahead of every meeting through to resolution. |
Across more than 100 companies defended, no client of ours has paid Oracle a backdated fee for Java. Published resolutions include claims of $20M, $4.7M, and $1.5M closed at zero. Oracle's audit teams have seen our work before; that familiarity changes the tone of the first call.
Independence is what makes the advice trustworthy under pressure. We hold no reseller agreements and take no vendor money, so when we say a subscription is unavoidable, or that removal is the cheaper path, the recommendation carries no hidden margin.
The engagement is fixed price and all inclusive, with the response protocol delivered inside 3 business days because early correspondence is where claims are won and lost. Your team retains the chair and all communications; we review, prepare, and assess in writing at every step.
And the work aims past the settlement: release language covering past use and a position that does not regenerate the claim, so this is the last Java letter that catches you unprepared.
The Redress Java audit guarantee. You pay no fees for any backdated Java payment. Across more than 100 companies defended, not one has paid a backdated fee, and if one were ever assessed and paid, we reimburse our full services fee.
Four Java claims, four published outcomes. The pattern is the method, not luck.
Kroger faced a $20M Oracle Java claim. The documented employee count and negotiation strategy resolved it at zero cost.
✓ Published case studyAvis faced a $4.7M Java claim under the employee metric. Resolved at zero cost with a documented position.
✓ Published case studyWorld Kinect closed a $5M Java audit claim at zero after the evidential basis of the claim was dismantled.
✓ Published case studyMercy Health resolved a $4M Oracle Java claim at zero cost with the defense built from its own records.
Stop replying and put a communication protocol in place before anything else leaves the building. Our audit response protocol is delivered within 3 business days of engagement start, and every planned response and data submission is reviewed before it is sent.
Treat it as one. Oracle's Java program runs through soft approaches that reference download records and escalate toward claims priced on the employee metric. What you share in those first friendly exchanges shapes the whole claim.
From download logs, worst case assumptions, and the employee based Java SE Universal Subscription metric, which counts every employee and contractor regardless of Java usage. Opening figures are built to maximize the claim, and most do not survive a properly run defense.
Yes, and it usually should be. The population Oracle counts, the back charge period it asserts, and the evidential weight of download records are all contestable. We build the defensible count from your records and hold Oracle to it.
Published engagements resolved claims of $20M, $4.7M, and $1.5M at zero cost. The pattern repeats because Oracle's claims rest on assumptions that collapse against a documented deployment position and a properly contested metric.
You pay no fees for any backdated Java payment. Across more than 100 companies defended, not one has paid a backdated fee, and if one were ever assessed and paid, we reimburse our full services fee.
We advise and prepare, and your team keeps the chair. Every Oracle facing message is reviewed before it goes, every proposal gets a written assessment, and we prepare your side ahead of every meeting through to resolution.
One that closes the matter permanently at the lowest defensible cost: a subscription at negotiated scope, remediation and removal of Oracle Java, or a settlement combining both, always with release language covering past use so the claim cannot regenerate.
Soft inquiry in the inbox. Formal audit on the desk. Settlement number in the email. We start where you are and close at the defensible price.
One letter a month. Negotiation moves, audit signals, and price book shifts.