One situation we hear about on a regular (but infrequent) basis is similar to the following: “My license server reports multiple licenses checked out from the same person, yet I know that this person is only using one license. Why is this?” As a general rule, this results from users removing laptops from the corporate …
Software License Management for Multiple Publishers
Two different ways to manage license server installations with multiple ISVs products are presented, along with Reprise Software's recommendation.
When do I need the RLM License Server?
The Reprise License Manager product is capable of supporting many license types. Some are appropriate for standalone, single-user licensing models and others are used to support more complex network licensing and pricing scenarios. Determining when a license server must be installed is not always clear. So, let’s spend a few minutes talking about the various …
Licensing Mobile Users with RLM
Roaming Licenses with RLM If you sell floating licenses for your software products, you can increase the value of your licenses by allowing them to be removed from the network when your users hit the road. With RLM, you can give users a license that will allow them to remain in compliance even after they’ve …
Reprise Licenses 300th RLM Customer
This month Reprise Software licensed our 300th RLM customer. We wanted to take a moment to thank all our customers for making Reprise successful, and thought this would be a good time to take a look back at the history of RLM and FLEXlm. Back in the FLEXlm days, we had about 300 customers in …
Using Dongles with RLM
Using dongles with RLM The Reprise License Manager (RLM) comes with built-in USB dongle support, meaning that using dongles with RLM could not be easier. Dongles purchased from Reprise can be used as a standard “hostid” to which licenses can be locked. The principal advantage of using dongles is to provide a convenient way for …
Ellexus chooses the Reprise License Manager (RLM)
Ellexus chooses the Reprise License Manager Ellexus LTD, a software start up from the UK, recently released a tool called Breeze for managing scripted flows such as those used in hardware design and software builds. They surveyed several licensing providers before choosing RLM from Reprise Software. “Our business has been growing steadily since we purchased …
Reprise Announces License Usage Reporting Toolset
Reprise Software has expanded its product line to address license usage reporting and pay-per-use needs of current RLM and FLEXlm/FLEXnet ISVs. Reprise Software has recently become a global reseller of LicenseTracker’s LT-Analyzer license usage analysis tool enabling your customers to understand their license usage and for you to implement usage based pricing models. This new …
Tachyon Design Automation switches to RLM
Summary: Tachyon Design Automation tells why they switched to RLM – to take advantage of its flexible licensing solutions to support multi-cores. The Past Previously Tachyon DA used an internal licensing system for our flagship product, CVC, a Verilog simulator with industry leading performance. Our in-house system only allowed node locked licenses and lacked the …
Managing Renewable Licenses – A Practical Approach
Using RLM refresh-type activation to support short-term renewable licenses Consider these licensing system requirements: The system must be able to generate a time limited and trial licenses. The trial version will automatically become a “full version” when the customer purchases a license. Full licenses are also “time limited”, i.e. customers can purchase packages of 30, …