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Software Licensing Exposed - The State of OS and Application Licensing for Virtual Environments

Created on: Feb 28, 2008 12:00 AM by VMworld Team - Last Modified:  Jul 24, 2009 1:52 PM by VMworld Team

Session Details

Session ID:

RW05

Session Title:

Software Licensing Exposed - The State of OS and Application Licensing for Virtual Environments

Session Abstract:

Virtual environments present new challenges for software license management across an enterprise. In this session, Burton Group's Chris Wolf and VMware's Mike DiPetrillo break down the current state of server virtualization licensing and support amongst the vendor community, while highlighting the technical elements of the virtual infrastructure that impact product licensing. They will also describe the licensing and support model best suited for modern virtualization platforms, with examples of vendors that provide best-in-class virtualization licensing policies today. All major enterprise application and OS vendors will be covered, including Microsoft, Sun, Red Hat, Novell, Oracle, HP, IBM, CA, SAP, BEA, Symantec, and Citrix.

Track:

Real world experience

Session Type:

Solution Overview / Business Track

Keywords:

Applications; Business Process / Workflow Automation; VMware Infrastructure; Virtualization Platform / Hypervisor

Duration:

60 minutes

Speaker(s):

Mike DiPetrillo, VMware; Chris Wolf, Burton Group



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