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This article is part of the May 2012, Iss. 2 issue of Navigating the business application software licensing maze
If some of the smartest minds are building more and more robust business applications, shouldn’t business application licensing evolve into a set of simple methods and metrics? Licensing, it turns out, is more complicated than ever. Years ago business applications could be licensed by the size of the server they were installed on. But today’s multicore, multiprocessor servers are more powerful and more capable of being sliced into virtual machines that chew up simple metrics. Some software vendors cling to processor-based pricing, while others create elaborate systems that assign values to various components to create maze-like licensing tables. What about the cloud, Software as a Service (SaaS) and things like user-based pricing? Do they provide answers? Not really. Business application licensing challenges just morph with computing trends. For some of those trends, such as cloud computing and virtualization, software licensing scenarios can have a negative effect, shackling companies to traditional computing models rather than unleashing efficiency and ... Access >>>
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Business application software licensing a labyrinthine puzzle
by Chris Maxcer, Contributor
Managing business application licensing can be like trying to navigate a maze. It is complex and ever-changing and can have huge financial implications.
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Advantages found in big, small systems integrators
by Todd Morrison, News and Features Editor
While many companies gravitate toward huge implementation service providers for more transformational changes, experts say niche firms can provide many benefits, including industry-specific expertise.
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Business application software licensing a labyrinthine puzzle
by Chris Maxcer, Contributor
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Key questions to ask public cloud, SaaS providers
by Adam Riglian, News Writer
Before committing to a public cloud provider, it makes sense to ask hard questions about price, reliability and security, industry observers say.
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Key questions to ask public cloud, SaaS providers
by Adam Riglian, News Writer
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