Expertise

The software market is undergoing a major transformation, forcing vendors to completely re-evaluate their approaches to both software development and distribution. Flexible licensing—paying for actual use instead of ownership—is gaining popularity; this is known as token-based licensing under a pay-per-use model. Though previously a niche application, this licensing model may soon become a primary distribution method for all software. This topic is explored in an expert column by Mikhail Chukhlomin, head of the Guardant business unit at Aktiv.

Microservices solved a key problem of monolithic systems: the ability to develop and scale individual components independently. But this flexibility comes at a price. Mikhail Chukhlomin, head of the Guardant business unit at Aktiv, breaks down the nine key challenges vendors face when protecting and licensing microservice-based software and proposes proven solutions, ranging from network licenses and grace periods to encryption and usage statistics analysis.