Summary: Computer Modelling Group (CMG) switched its license manager to RLM to license two distinct types of products: simulators, and pre and post processing tools. The simulator licensing model is a per-simultaneous-run model, no matter which user or computer is making the run. The other tools are sold on a more traditional per user basis. …
RLM v9 Addresses Opportunities in “The Cloud”
The Reprise License Manager (RLM) v9 addresses licensing challenges and opportunities presented in the cloud. Earlier we wrote a short article about this topic, http://www.reprisesoftware.com/blog/2010/01/are-you-ready-for-cloud-computing/ asking “Are you ready for the Cloud?” RLM v9 now incorporates features to help software vendors exploit these new opportunities. The biggest industry players are driving the cloud movement. Platform …
Portfolio Decisions Licenses the Reprise License Manager (RLM)
Summary: After using several other software license management solutions, Portfolio Decisions found the Reprise License Manager (RLM) to be easier to install and support while offering increased licensing flexibility and control. Who We Are Portfolio Decisions is a management consulting and software firm specializing in the analysis of decision options and alternatives. We take business …
Why companies switch from home-brew licensing solutions?
Think about dropping your home-brew license manager when you need to re-focus your developers on what makes your software great.
Vision Software Solutions Ltd Licenses the Reprise License Manager (RLM)
Vision Software Solutions Ltd Summary: A New Zealand based software company chooses the Reprise License Manager (RLM) to launch its product that uses subscription licenses activated over the Internet. We are a New Zealand based start-up company still very much in our launch phase having spent the last 5 years in development mode. We have …
Tips for Multi-Server Site Configurations
Multiple Independent License Servers A site may have multiple RLM license servers serving the same licenses, either in a failover scenario or when the site has decided to split its complement of licenses for a given product across multiple servers. The licensed applications need to know which hostnames and port numbers the license servers are …
Modifying Licenses in the Field
Using “REPLACE =” and “UPGRADE” Probably the most basic of all licensing policy methodologies is the ability to control the duration of the license with an expiration date in the license. At times, as in demo or trial modes, you may want your licenses to have a short duration, 30 days or so. Still other …
Licensing by Longitude
Can you gain by restricting your software licenses to certain regions of the globe? Independent software vendors (ISVs) are often reminded of how interconnected their customers are. For instance, they may receive a support call from someone in India using a license on a server in Indiana. Depending on the ISV, this may not be …
Hold on to that License
Using RLM keywords “HOLD=” and “MIN_CHECKOUT=” Many valuable software tools that require floating licensing run for only a short time. These include various solvers, development and design tools, and other specialty software products that are designed to perform very specific tasks very quickly. Unlike typical interactive or desktop applications, these short-burst applications typically do not …
The Power of “License Sharing”
License sharing is used by software vendors to allow multiple concurrent uses of a single license.