Floating Licensing – Why it is still relevant
Floating licensing or concurrent licensing is a software licensing model in which an amount of licenses are shared among a larger number of authorized users or installations. Contrary to the named software licensing model, in which a named user or installation has guaranteed access to the software application, floating relies on a central license server [...]
Licensing as a Service – How did we get here?
Just as with almost every software sector, software licensing has fundamentally evolved during the last decades. What used to be a necessary non-functional component that engineering departments had to implement or integrate at some point, is now commonly accepted as an indispensable cross-departmental tool. TRADITIONAL OR LEGACY LICENSING Early licensing mechanisms were obviously [...]
License Migration is easier than you think
CHALLENGE One of the greatest obstacles preventing software vendors from using a professional, modern software licensing solution is license migration, namely the conversion of existing/legacy licenses, typically offline based into online licenses. The introduction overhead of a new system affects not only the software vendor himself, but also (and more importantly) the existing customer [...]
On Software License Audits
The licensing policy of the majority of (B2B) software and device vendors falls in one of the following categories: Technical (proactive) In-house licensing solution External/professional software licensing API License Audits (reactive): no technical licensing, terms regulated on paper Hybrid - combination of technical licensing and audits The challenge for every vendor is to find the [...]
Announcing SLASCONE 4.3
Our development team did it again: we are pleased to announce the general availability of SLASCONE 4.3, highlighting the following features: csv Import You can now directly upload a csv file containing customers or licenses in the SLASCONE UI. The included csv template files accelerate the first load. Until now, this function had been [...]
Announcing SLASCONE 4.2
New goodies from our development team: we are pleased to announce the general availability of SLASCONE 4.2, highlighting the following features: Tags You can now define and assign tags to customers and licenses. Although, classifying customers and licenses has already been possible through the built-in customer type and license type filter, the tagging functionality [...]
Our german website is online
Although we are based in Berlin, we have not had a german website yet. Fortunately, this changed some days ago so you can now consume almost our entire content in german. Lizenzierung & Analytics Viel Spaß damit!
The Case of in-house Licensing Solutions
A surprisingly big number of software vendors rely on software audits instead of a real licensing solution in order to prevent over-usage. We call this the reactive approach. The majority does opt for a proactive approach. Nevertheless, instead of integrating a professional solution, it chooses to develop an in-house solution (let's call this solution EasyLic). [...]
Announcing SLASCONE 4.1
Only 2 months after the release of SLASCONE 4.0, we are pleased to announce the general availability of SLASCONE 4.1. We felt that the following features should be available as fast as possible. SSO - Azure Active Directory SLASCONE uses Azure AD B2C as its main identity provider. However, you can now integrate [...]
Announcing SLASCONE 4.0
7 months after the release of SLASCONE 3.1, we proudly announce the general availability of SLASCONE 4.0. This release's focus has been the enhancement of our analytics engine, enabling you to get even more granular insights about the usage of your software. Usage Analytics Usage Modules: Modules introduce an additional usage analysis dimension. [...]