Visi Broker Licensing Model Introduction March 2011 Visi
Visi. Broker® Licensing Model - Introduction March 2011
Visi. Broker – Basic Product Shape Visi. Broker Development / Production Java C++ Visi. Broker Services (“Visi. Services”) . NET Visi. Secure Visi. Notify Visi. Transact
Product Functionality - Core Allows development and deployment of a distributed application comprised of heterogeneous objects (C++, Java, . NET). A developer uses CORBA IDL as the “glue” mechanism Visi. Broker Development / Production Java C++ . NET Allows development and deployment of a distributed application comprised of: Java objects C++ objects . NET objects Inter-operates with object implementations developed with: C++ and. NET Java and C++
Product Functionality – CORBA Services Visi. Broker Development / Production Java C++ . NET Visi. Broker Services (“Visi. Services”) Implements the OMG and Java EE Security models, allowing for secure encrypted SSL data communications Visi. Secure Implements the OMG Event/Notification Specification, allowing for advanced event and message handling Visi. Notify Implements the OMG XA model for Distributed Transactions, supporting two-phase commit Visi. Transact
Product Licensing - Development Visi. Broker Development Licensing is per “named user” – mechanism is node lock In Visi. Broker V 8. 5, the development products are all included in one development license, including Visi. Services… Visi. Broker for C++ and. NET Development Visi. Broker for Java and. NET Development …. whereas in prior versions, each product is licensed separately (. NET is free of charge) Visi. Broker for. NET Development With a development license, you may develop and test an application on one workstation. If you deploy the application, it will time out after 10 hours.
Product Licensing – Deployment Visi. Broker Production Licensing is per CPU/cores count Visi. Broker Production Core allows for server-side execution of any Visi. Broker-developed application . NET Deployment (Client) . NET Client allows for client-side execution of Visi. Broker-developed. NET applications Visi. Broker Services (“Visi. Services”) Visi. Secure Visi. Notify Visi. Transact Each Visi. Service runtime add-on is licensed separately
Visi. Broker Release History BES Visi. Broker 6 BES Visi. Broker 5. 2. 1 Visi. Broker 8. 5 BES* Visi. Broker 5 Visi. Broker 8 Visi. Broker 4. 5 Visi. Broker 7 Visi. Broker 4 BES Visi. Broker 6. 5 Visi. Broker 3 1999 2000 2001 2002 (*) BES = Borland Enterprise Server 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Frequently Asked Questions Q 1: Is there an update charge between Visi. Broker versions? • A 1: Updating from a prior version to V 8. 5 is free of charge for a customer under support (equivalent configuration). Also note that V 8. 5 is binary compatible with V 8. 0. Q 2: What is the licensing and pricing model for Visi. Broker on virtual machines? • A 2: The current policy is to license per server and price per physical hardware used. This policy is under review and in the meantime we are working with each customer to define a model that will work best for them. Q 3: Can I purchase additional licenses for de-supported versions of Visi. Broker? • A 3: Normally, new licenses are not sold for out of support versions. In some cases, it is possible to renew licenses, or add to an existing license portfolio with special approval. Q 4: Where can I get additional information about Visi. Broker? • A 4: http: //www. microfocus. com/products/visibroker
Visi. Broker® Licensing Model http: //www. microfocus. com/about/contact/ March 2011
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