The challenge of limiting the costs of using Bentley tools is very important for some administrators to know who can access the tools and to keep a watchful letter on reserved idling licenses. Bentley provides guidance on how the customer can monitor and optimize usage, which requires modifying some of Bentley`s installation settings, and there are post-event reports that can be used for future cost reductions. However, this does not give the customer full control over the costs of the license. Customers would be happier if they could get functions such as licensing administrators responsible for managing engineering software licenses, have recently faced some very disruptive changes to licensing models offered by major vendors. The trend, particularly due to the growth of the cloud-based market, has been the shift from indeterminate licenses to user models or fixed-use toll machines. This is why Bentley Systems` stated intention to remain with an indeterminate licence must be very reassuring, at least in the near future. Licensing management at large sites, which employ many engineers, underwriters and space analysts, has had to deal with changes to the Autodesk and ESRI licensing models, which prevent their simultaneous use. This is a major problem that saves efficiency and cost savings by accurately taking into account the ration of licenses to authorized users and making efficient use of the license during de-accounting. On the surface, Bentley seems to offer a safe haven in times of turbulence. However, there are tricky currents and rocks to navigate, in the form of the 10-minute window and Bentley`s method of calculating peak usage, which require the licensee to be vigilant at the helm if he does not want costs to escalate.
The gaps in licensing management identified by customers by the Bentley server indicate that companies need to have their own version of the truth using their own licensing tools. Bentley`s licensing options seem to offer the best of both worlds; Customers can purchase an indeterminate license, a maturity license or a combination of both to meet normal demand and the short-term additional demand generated by the projects. There is a Bentley licensing server that manages the use of both options in the field. Neil Leigh has been Marketing Director at OpenLM since 2016 and is active in developing the company`s branding and content strategy on the company`s website and in the blog and building its social media presence. He leads OpenLM`s content/creative team and is responsible for digital advertising and a contribution to various aspects of OpenLM`s product definition and management. Neil has been closely linked to enterprise software throughout his career as a programmer, system analyst, project manager and product manager; He has acquired field expertise in data security, business risk management and engineering software licensing. I have a request for Bentley, with the Select subscription program, we get unlimited user rights for licenses, provided we don`t extend them, and can you shed some light on the upgrade and demotion rights associated with the Select Bentley program Are you still active with Bentley? I am considering a proposal and I see that some of these points are still outstanding. There is a video on Bentley`s website that you can see to get a more detailed understanding of this system. This article was brought by Neil Leigh, Marketing Director at OpenLM. 3D CAD Design: As one of the most well-known engineering software providers for all engineering disciplines, there may be few users who have not experienced Microstation for two- or three-dimensional CAD design, backed by Assetwise and Projectwise for project resource management and progress, somewhere in their careers.