The audit letter does not ask how busy your quarter is. It asks for a complete record of deployments and entitlements for a vendor whose products are installed on several hundred machines, and it gives you thirty days. What it is really asking is whether software...
Every license administrator knows the two bad weeks of software license management. The first week in software license management, the pool is exhausted, engineers are queued, and a deadline is bending, and the week after renewal, when the enlarged pool sits half idle...
Most license optimization work happens at the pool level. Organizations look at total utilization, identify excess capacity, and adjust the pool size at renewal. This approach recovers real value. However, it does not recover all available value. That’s because it...
Headcount became the default input for software license procurement because it was the best available proxy. Before organizations had the tools to measure actual concurrent demand, buying one license per user who touched a tool was a reasonable approximation. The tool...
Software license audits have a way of showing up unannounced and asking difficult questions. For many organizations, especially those managing complex engineering environments, these audits expose more than just gaps. They reveal blind spots in processes, assumptions,...
Many engineering managers fail to see that CAD license problems rarely start with software. They start with behavior, visibility, and assumptions. When an engineer says, “I can’t get a license,” the instinctive response is often to buy another seat. When finance asks...
Poor management of software license assets leads to hidden costs, frustrated engineers, and stalled product roadmaps. For engineering teams that rely on expensive EDA and CAD tools, a single bottleneck at the license server can ripple across multiple projects. This...
A change is underway in the engineering software industry, with semiconductor EDA software vendor Synopsys announcing a $35 billion acquisition of simulation, CFD, and analysis software vendor Ansys. This deal could set the stage for a new wave of mergers and...
Looking for a license optimization tool for growth and monitoring Atlassian license servers? Looking to control access to high-cost, advanced features licenses offered by one of the Atlassian license servers? Atlassian Corporation Plc develops products for software...
Are you looking for a license optimization tool that helps your organization grow while effectively monitoring Dassault Systèmes license servers? Do you need better control over access to high-cost and advanced features within Dassault Systèmes’ suite of engineering...
Are you looking for a license optimization tool that supports growth and helps monitor PTC Creo license servers?Do you want better control over access to high-cost, advanced feature licenses within your PTC Creo environment? An effective engineering license management...
Are your Autodesk licenses running out of availability? Are there Autodesk licenses that have been checked out for excessive periods of time? Autodesk makes software products and services for the architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturing, media,...
Altair provides software and cloud solutions for simulation, IoT, high performance computing, data analytics, and artificial intelligence. Tracking usage across the organization (location, team, etc.) is critical for optimizing license selection and expenditures....
Ansys Mechanical finite element analysis software is used to simulate computer models of structures, electronics, or machine components for analyzing strength, toughness, elasticity, temperature distribution, electromagnetism, fluid flow, and other attributes....
Siemens EDA (formerly Mentor Graphics) is a US-based electronic design automation multinational corporation for electrical engineering and electronics. Tracking usage across the organization (location, team, etc.) is critical for optimizing license selection and...
Cadence is a leading EDA and Intelligent System Design provider delivering hardware, software, and IP for electronic design. Tracking usage across the organization (location, team, etc.) is critical for optimizing license selection and expenditures. Optimize Cadence...
Looking for a license optimization tool for growth and monitoring Tekla license servers? Looking to control access to high-cost, advanced features licenses offered by one of the Tekla license servers? Are your Tekla (by Trimble) licenses running out of availability?...
Licensing for engineering software can be node-locked, named-user, or floating (also called concurrent-use). Floating is most popular because licenses can be shared. However, the Vendor puts a restriction on how much sharing can occur. Floating licenses can be WAN...
Are your Solidworks licenses running out of availability? Are there Solidworks licenses that have been checked out for excessive periods of time? SOLIDWORKS, by Dassault Systèmes, is considered the leading mid-range 3D CAD design software, analysis software, and...
Whether you work for an oil & gas or AEC company, your team is most likely using Tekla by Trimble. But how are your engineers using it? Would you like to see usage reports and make sure your team is getting the most of the tool. Make sure your structural and...