Part 4: Licensing Issues The agenda for this event was set by the thousands of you who completed our recent Virtualization research. You wanted to know more and we delivered a vigorous debate that cut through the marketing puffery and delivered you the bottom line on Virtualization.

This particular 30 minute presentation, hosted by independent analysts Freeform Dynamics, looks in detail at how virtualization effects data center software licensing?

The presentation points out that we're currently seeing multiple approaches to virtualization technology that include running a single operating and many applications and running multiple operating systems. The big question though is how are the software makers reacting to this shift are they tweaking their licenses appropriately or has the industry still got some catching up to do? And what about the Web and Application Server vendors, are they on top of their game when it comes to licensing in virtualized environments?

For those of you trying to assess the impact of licensing on a Virtualized infrastructure this presentation will provide an important guide to your analysis.



Full Program You can view the full program by selecting any of the presentations below:

Virtualization eSymposium: Part 1 Opening remarks from Ashlee Vance

Virtualization eSymposium: Part 2 Tony Lock on the findings of The Register's Virtualization Study

Virtualization eSymposium: Part 3 John Gilmartin on Virtualization Management

Virtualization eSymposium: Part 4 Dale Vile on Licensing in a Virtualized World

Virtualization eSymposium: Part 5 Robin Crewe on Desktop Virtualization

Virtualization eSymposium: Part 6 Round Table Discussion hosted by Ashlee Vance

Virtualization eSymposium: Part 7 Closing Remarks by Ashlee Vance