Frost & Sullivan
Frost & Sullivan
Best Practices in Software Monetization
consideration for vendors who would otherwise, in the event of fallout with their license
management vendor, face an expensive and often infeasible overhaul affecting every deployed
instance of their product.
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Core Characteristics of an Effective License Management Solution................................ 4
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