License Migration is easier than you think
CHALLENGE Â 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. Â 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. [...]
Our Power Automate (Flow) connector is now certified!
Our connector is now officially certified and available as a premium Power Automate connector. Microsoft's Power Automate (previously Flow) is a fundamental part for SLASCONE since it enables a very easy and flexible integration with 3rd party systems such as Microsoft Dynamics 365 or Salesforce. Find out more information about our 3rd party connectivity here. [...]
On License Compliance
Revenue leakage resulting from non-compliant behavior is a vendor's nightmare. However, in most cases this is not due to evil customers (licensees), but due to process intransparency: The vendor's licensing policy changed, while the customer is not aware/informed. The number of users/devices increased, but the licensing data has not been updated (deliberately or not). The [...]