If we implement hosted floating license functionality with the Nephele monthly subscription service, are our customer floating licenses also limited to monthly subscriptions?
No – you can issue licenses of any duration, with any features and quota limits – so long as you’re aware that your end customer installation won’t be able to talk to the Nephele service after your subscription is terminated.
Read MoreIf we’re a cloud service provider, do we have to subscribe to Nephele or can we subscribe to a standard OEM Orion license?
If you’re a small company, you may find it to your advantage to subscribe to Nephele. But if you prefer you can certainly purchase a standard Orion OEM license instead.
Read MoreSince Nephele is a cloud service, does that mean it is suitable only for cloud applications and services?
Not at all – it only means that your installed applications (or web browser, if performing offline activations) connect to Nephele over the Internet for activation and deactivation of licenses. It so happens that Nephele is a perfect fit for license-enabling cloud services owing to its Internet-centricity and scalability and good citizenship in a cloud-based ecosystem.
Read MoreWhat are the differences in available support services with a Nephele subscription vs a standard OEM Orion license?
Availability of the following services require a standard Orion OEM license ie. they are not available under Nephele: Technical support under an Service Level Agreement with guaranteed response times. Custom porting services for non-standard C/C++ platforms. Custom development, training, integration and other professional services. Live phone...
Read MoreWhat are the differences in available Orion functionality with a Nephele subscription vs a standard OEM Orion license?
For the most part, the full range of Orion functionality and platform support are available to Nephele customers. Just the following Orion capabilities are currently not available with Nephele: Support for .NET applications. Fuzzy machine fingerprinting libraries for flexible multiple-parameter node locking. Support for redistributing Orion license server installations to your enterprise end...
Read MoreWho specifically is Nephele for?
Nephele is intended for you if you are a startup or small-business ISV and you want to manage capital risk and control cost for licensing technology while building market share for your products. The specific business qualifications are: You are a private company with annual revenue under US$10m. You are a software or cloud service ISV. You license your product such that your eventual end user...
Read MoreWhat is the business problem being solved by Nephele?
Nephele’s key value proposition is affordability, convenience and management of risk capital if you are a startup or small company ISV or cloud service provider and you are in the process of validating or building market share for your product or cloud service for which you wish to utilize software licensing technology. Nephele provides these benefits without requiring you to compromise on...
Read MoreWhat is Nephele?
Nephele is in essence the the equivalent of the Orion license server product + Acropolis hosted licensing service, offered as a monthly subscription cloud service with self-service and email-based technical support and subject to a few qualification requirements and limitations in functionality and...
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