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Cloud Licensing Explained: What Businesses Need To Know

Search Cloud Computing, Friday, October 11th, 2024

Businesses vacating the premises and setting up their data and applications in a distributed environment must consider cloud licensing's options, advantages and disadvantages.

Cloud-based software and service licensing comes in many forms and provides users with several options in cloud environments. The license management and validation processes are hosted in the cloud by a cloud service provider instead of being managed locally on a user's device. Software vendors control and monitor license distribution, usage and compliance over the internet, with the goal of offering more flexibility and easier management to users and vendors.

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