Virtual machines, such as VMware and Virtual Server, are a controversial topic: they’re great from a usage perspective, but troublesome from a licensing perspective.
Today’s technical world is moving quickly, and powerful, efficient hardware has become so cheap that it doesn’t make sense to stack up loads of energy-hungry equipment in data centers anymore. Companies both small and large are consolidating their servers to reduce physical hardware breakdowns and streamline operations.
On the software licensing side, this shift has caused a predicament for software vendors, including us. Can software vendors allow users to buy a single user license and then freely load it onto a virtual machine that allows multiple copies of the license to be in use? In most cases, this is considered a license violation that vendors must try to protect their licenses against.
In response to this need, the newest version of LM-X License Manager offers specific functionality that lets you detect and handle virtual machines. With LM-X License Manager’s virtual machine licensing feature, you can specify when a user can and cannot use your license on a virtual machine.
This is a prominent, real-life problem that should be handled by any serious software licensing vendor. Perhaps surprisingly, LM-X is the first professional licensing vendor in the world to actively support this functionality, instead of silently allowing potential overuse.
LM-X License Manager is designed to be hassle-free and easy to deal with, putting you in charge of creating your own license policy. For example, a common way to deal with virtual machine licensing is to allow it only for large enterprises and other companies you know you can trust. It’s entirely up to you to decide…you provide the policy, and we provide the tools to make it happen.
If you would like to see an LM-X License Manager demo with this new addition, please request an evaluation.
