Various topics pertaining to the technology of license management, both internal to license managers and the use of license managers in software products.
With RLM Internet Activation™ you have two choices: Modify your app to automatically prompt the user for the activation key at install time or
rely on the supplied RLM GUI to provide license fulfillment service access. Learn more about using RLM™ internet activation for evaluations.
In an attempt to clear up some confusion and to provide a little education on the not-quite-fascinating subject of license servers, we’ll review various licensing scenarios and what is involved on the server side.
How to find the optimum balance between security and convenience by ensuring license compliance.
For software vendors, “machine replication” can be a problem, one that can make profits virtual too. Here are some ways to tame virtual machines.
Dongles remain extremely popular for license portability in some market segments including applications that are deployed in laboratory, testing, and remote in the field locations.
RLM Roaming is a feature that allows a user of an application which is normally licensed with a floating license to temporarily take one of the available licenses off-site. While that license is off-site, the count of available licenses on the server is reduced by one, so no extra usage of the product is possible.
Are distant and remote always best for a software vendor’s customers? Let’s look at what goes into the decision-making process on how and where to locate license servers, and what that means for a software vendor’s choice of license management technology.
Visual Basic 6 programs may call RLM functions to implement software licensing functionality. There are a few extra steps that must be taken beyond what’s needed in C/C++ programs to make it work however. This is a description of those steps.
Cloud computing can open untapped markets for some software vendors’ products, especially those with a high per-seat cost, by providing convenient access to their software on “big iron” at a much lower price point.
A growing economy presents an opportunity to exploit changes in how you license your software. The best way to stay flexible is to integrate a license manager within your software. Here are some ideas for your marketing/sales teams to create new programs to help you weather the storm.
