Software Monetization with Sentinel LDK Activation History and Feature Usage Information Helps Drive Business Decisions
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The R&D team integrates management solutions to enable monetization of any type of software – installed, embedded, or cloud services – using any once and requires no implementation changes based on which features are sold. combination of business models via any sales channel to any end-user device. BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE Software Monetization with Sentinel LDK Activation history and feature usage information helps drive business decisions. Sentinel License Development Kit (LDK) is a comprehensive software monetization solution that pairs the award-winning security, licensing flexibility, and ease-of-use features of the Sentinel license enforcement solutions with the licensing operations management features of Sentinel Entitlement Management System (EMS) in one out–of-the-box solution. How it Works II. 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