IDC's Worldwide Software Licensing in Virtualized Environments Taxonomy, 2010

Abstract

This IDC study defines the classification scheme, or taxonomy, used by IDC to analyze the software licensing strategies of vendors and requirements of end-user organizations.

"The purpose of this taxonomy document is to help create a common, detailed framework from which to build strategy for licensing software in virtual environments and to provide guidelines to help readers better understand and use IDC research," said Amy Konary, research director for Software Pricing, Licensing, and Delivery research at IDC.

Table of Contents

• IDC Opinion
• In This Study
• Situation Overview
• Introduction
• Partitioning and Virtual Machine Technology
• Server Provisioning and Management Software
• IDC' s Software Definitions
• Server Virtualization
• Virtual Machine Software
• The Software License
• Machine-Based Licensing Metrics
• Specific Vendor Terms
• IBM
• Microsoft
• Future Outlook
• Essential Guidance
• Learn More
• Related Research
• Synopsis