Licensed to Kill?
As new technologies require fewer software licenses, vendors are on the licensing warpath. With customers embracing new technologies like grid, virtualization and multi-core processors that let them do more with fewer licenses, providers are offering new licensing schemes. The calculations these vendors use may be complex, but the answer for customers is simple: enterprises must find new ways to effectively gauge software use — and they need to do it in a climate in which cuts to IT spending are reportedly looming.