Licensing Question

[Bob Deskin]

The license model has not changed very much. What you're probably thinking 
of is the HP3000-MPE/iX platform where we would typically license by 
machine size. Therefore it was unlimited users for however many you could 
run on that machine. With other platforms, the approach was to use the 
number of users. In most cases this became the number of sessions rather 
than unique named users. In other words, if a user opened two terminal 
emulator windows on a PC, that would count as two sessions and two users. 
The only exception was PowerHouse for Windows where it was assumed that 
there was only one user.

Under IBM, instead of sessions, it is truly a concurrent user. And 
further, they specify named user as in unique user. They do not expect you 
to name all the users. So under IBM, the above scenario of a single user 
opening two sessions would only count as one concurrent named user.

There is still a distinction between development and runtime but it 
depends on the platform and use. If someone purchases a single development 
license on Windows, there is no need for anything else. It's a single user 
machine. But if you buy a single development license on a Linux Server, 
you require runtime licenses for your users.

Bob

Bob Deskin
Senior Product Manager
IBM Cognos Application Development Tools
IBM Canada
+1 613-356-5633
bob.deskin at ca.ibm.com
http://www.ibm.com/software/data/cognos/products/powerhouse/



From:   Adrian Hudson <adrianhudsonuk at googlemail.com>
To:     powerh-l at lists.sowder.com
Date:   2012-02-28 12:16 PM
Subject:        Licensing Question
Sent by:        powerh-l-bounces+bob.deskin=ca.ibm.com at lists.sowder.com



Hi,

I personally haven't been involved in purchasing a PH license for a
while, but one of my colleagues has received a quote from IBM and it
is for a license per 'named' developer.

If I understand what my colleague has told me the licensing structure
is now only for a development license and there is then no need for a
'Production' license.

In the past one would buy a Full License for the Development machine
and a Runtime (maybe with reporting) for the Production box and I
believe there was no limitation on the number of users.

I know I can talk to IBM support, but could anyone explain the new
licensing model or point me in the direction of where I can read about
it? I do not want to run the risk of only buying X number of
development licenses, but finding I might need X + Y and it causing me
problems which take time to resolve.

Many thanks and thanks again for the continued messages about the
Linux migration.

Adrian Hudson
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