Intelligent Fin.tech Issue 11 | Page 41

INDUSTRY OUTLOOK networking needs and the licensing models for those solutions should be just as flexible .

Flexible licensing programmes that allow organisations to pay by usage have emerged as a solution to this challenge . Although there will always be a need for traditional product licensing models , usage-based pricing offers an additional way to leverage solutions and adapt to dynamic business needs .
Provision services and solutions
With usage-based pricing , you can provision services and solutions when you need them and only pay for what you use . As business needs evolve , businesses can dynamically scale their solutions up or down and in or out to fully secure technology initiatives , no matter how they may evolve or shift over time .
For maximum flexibility , you should seek out licensing options that can be applied in all the environments where you need to deploy solutions , including on-premises , physical and virtual data centres , clouds , hybrid clouds and hybrid mesh firewall environments . Additionally , look for flexible licensing programmes that offer a wide portfolio of solutions and services rather than one or two .
Simplify deployment and purchasing
With usage-based licensing , you can eliminate excessive procurement cycles and lead time because teams don ’ t have to preplan their deployment purchases and risk underestimating or overestimating their needs . They can deploy exactly what they need rather than go through a procurement process whenever additional solutions and services are called for .
Additionally , select usage-based licensing programmes can help organisations meet their minimum-use commitments with cloud providers . IT teams can use www . intelligentfin . tech
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