Getting Started With Sentinel LDK Vendor Suite

In this section:

>Understanding Sentinel LDK Software Protection and Licensing – Provides an overview of the concepts of software and intellectual property protection and licensing, discusses the primary protection solutions, and focuses on how Sentinel LDK provides a comprehensive solution to all your protection requirements.

>Understanding Cloud Licensing – Provides an alternative for software-based licensing called cloud licensing. This model is based on the software -based protection keys, but it provides a simpler mechanism, both for the vendor and for the end user, for distributing and managing licenses.

>Usage Data Collection – Provides an overview of the functionality that enables vendors to collect and analyze license usage data from applications licensed with Sentinel LDK cloud licensing and hosted by Thales. This capability helps organizations gain insights into how end users interact with their software, identify upsell opportunities and churn risks, determine postpaid billing charges, and make informed business decisions.