Software license manager

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A software license manager is a

subscription licenses, feature-based licenses, and floating licensing
from the same software package they provide to all users.

A license manager is different from a software asset management tool, which end-user organizations employ to manage the software they have licensed from many software vendors. However, some software asset management tools include license manager functions. These are used to reconcile software licenses and installed software, and generally include device discovery, software inventory, license compliance, and reporting functions.

An additional benefit of these software management tools are that they reduce the difficulty, cost, and time required for reporting and can increase operational transparency in order to prevent litigation costs associated with software misuse, as set forth by the

Sarbanes-Oxley Act.[1][2]

License management solutions provided by non-vendor companies are more valuable to the end-users, since most vendors do not provide enough license usage information. A vendor license manager provides limited information, while non-vendor license management solutions are developed for end-users in order to maximally optimize the licenses they have.[3]

Most license managers can cover different

concurrent license
etc.

References

  1. ^ Sarbanes-Oxley Act Compliance – Transparency and Responsibility 2015, Beth Stewart, itispivotal.com. Retrieved 2016-07-18
  2. ^ Sarbanes-Oxley Act Of 2002 - SOX investopedia.com. Retrieved 2016-07-18
  3. ^ "How to Make License Management Less Complex". www.engineering.com. Retrieved March 15, 2019.

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