Tag: Virtualization

Tackling Software Licensing in a Virtual Environment

Today most application producers place many software licensing restrictions on applications running in virtual environments to ensure the software is properly licensed and not out of compliance. Unfortunately many enterprises would argue that this diminishes the advantages of virtualization. Some of the licensing restrictions often used include the use of an external hardware token or a dedicated physical machine limiting the ability for enterpri…

November 21, 2013 Revenera

Virtual Environments: Addressing Software License Compliance

In many of my discussions with software producers relating to software licensing and machine fingerprinting, almost all are using hardware MAC address, the UUID (Universally Unique Identifier) of the motherboard and/or CPUID information. However, should software licensing be completely based off of the hardware MAC, UUID of the mother board or CPUID information? This process worked very well before the introduction of virtualization but now that …

January 9, 2013 Revenera

Software Licensing in Virtual Machine Environments

You may be trying to apply your existing software licensing and support models to the world of machine virtualization. Sometimes this is possible; sometimes those existing models are at odds with this new world. Here are some best practices for deploying a licensed application in a virtual machine environment which allows the greatest flexibility to your customers without creating vulnerability for your revenue stream: Best Practice #1 – A licen…

September 1, 2010 Revenera