OpenLM - Floating Licenses

OpenLM is working with software products that use floating licenses. OpenLM is an optimizer of floating licenses usage by helping to minimize the idle time of the software to minimum (read how).
OpenLM supports Mcarovision FLEXnet license manager (Globetrotter FLEXlm) who currently works with more than 2500 software vendors. We support thousands of different software products accordingly. The support for the majority of these products will be given by developers who use OpenLM open API to implement OpenLM for their specific software product.

How do floating licenses work?

A license manager keeps a pool of floating licenses. Users can activate the software by using floating licenses from the pool. The pool of licenses determine how many users can work at the same time - if 10 licenses are available then only 10 users are able to work concurrently. User number 11 will not be able to get use of a license until one of the first 10 users will exit the software. The concept of "floating license" is good for companies that buy software since they can use the same license on many workstations and by many users simultaneously. For this reason floating licenses are much more expensive than node locked licenses, usually 3 times the price of a node locked license.
While the concept of floating licenses is very good, the implementation is not complete. Several problems do not let organizations utilize the benefits of floating licenses to the max and in many cases they pay a lot more per license but finally retreat to use it like a node locked license.

Watch OpenLM in action with ESRI ArcView (ArcGIS family of products: ArcView, ArcEditor, ArcInfo).


OpenLM offers dramatic improvement to the availability of software license for the end users and has a significant influence on users productivity.
OpenLM can cut to a minimum the idle time of your expensive software products. Our customers report an outstanding improvement of license availability and teams enjoy a significant increase in productivity as a direct result.

OpenLM can optimize software license usage for any software controlled by Marovision FLEXnet license manager (Globetrotter FLEXlm). Are you currently using any software protected by FLEXnet license manager? Contact us if you would like to improve the use and save on the costs associated with the purchasing of additional floating licenses.

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