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New web-based license key management service

IBM® Rational® is pleased to announce plans to deliver a new Web-based license key management service. IBM Rational will use the Intraware, Inc. SubscribeNet service to deliver license keys for IBM Rational products. Intraware is an industry leader in the electronic licensing industry and offers a wide range of account management and licensing services. The site is set to launch mid-2006 worldwide.

Highlights of new service:

  • View entitlements - SubscribeNet will allow you to see the list of products to which you are entitled and the number of license keys associated with each product. You also will be able to see how many keys you have deployed and how many available keys remain. Additionally, you will be able to see the names of users who have received license keys and the hosts on which the keys are currently installed.

  • Compliance - SubscribeNet will help you with compliance, by limiting the number of license keys you can put into service based upon the number of licenses purchased. For example, if you bought 100 ClearQuest licenses, SubscribeNet will allow you to put 100 license keys into service at one time, thus preventing you from inadvertently deploying more keys than licenses purchased.

  • Access control - SubscribeNet gives you control over adding users from your company to your licensing account.

  • Migration of legacy data - IBM Rational is currently working on a strategy to migrate your purchase information from the current systems over to the SubscribeNet system to ensure you can transact against the historical records.

The IBM Rational team believes customers will quickly view the new system as a valuable tool to help them manage their software purchases and deployments more effectively and efficiently than ever.

For the latest information, please visit Licensing technote #1228989

Beta customers - please visit the subscribenet beta site

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CD Publication Date: June 2006
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