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Java Installations and License Risks

Dear JDisc friends, as you might know, Oracle has recently changed its license terms for Java usage. Most people think of the Java virtual machine as free software. However, that was not always true and is definitely not true with Oracle’s recent changes.In the good old days, you just went to the Java page and[...]
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DLLs and Shared Libraries

DLL
Dear JDisc friends, did you know that you can inject a DLL into every process that runs on your Windows computer? If not, then you might check out this Wikipedia link! The DLL will be injected into every process sending you a notice. You will simply not notice the DLL injection. Therefore, we have added[...]
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Oracle LMS

software license management
Dear JDisc users, when you are using Oracle database installations, then you are definitely aware of the licensing issues. Oracle’s licensing is pretty complex and complicated. When your company is large enough, then Oracle might announce an Oracle software audit. Companies who have gone through that know, that this is not a fun task. Oracle[...]
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Showing Differences for Devices

Showing differences for devices
Dear JDisc users, our Device History Add-On highlights changes on devices which occur over time. This very useful feature to track changes was only applicable on a device level. Up to now, it was not possible to list all devices where a change occurred in the operating system information or any other device information. We[...]
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BIOS Windows OEM Key

software license management
Dear JDisc friends, in order to simplify the Windows installation process, most hardware vendors provide the OEM license key within the computer’s BIOS. We have enhanced our device discovery in order to retrieve the stored license key. We store the license key attached to the BIOS firmware object. The license key is also available within[...]
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Virtual Machine Migration Events and Software License Management…

moving virtual machines
Dear JDisc friends, nowadays, virtual machines can be migrated with nearly no downtime from one physical server to another. But do you really know what that implies to your license compliance? Most users are not aware of license implications caused by moving VMs around. For instance, Microsoft only allows the migration of servers with volume[...]
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JDisc Discovery 2.9 – Build 2921

Supported Discovered Devices
JDisc keeps on moving forward with its network inventory and documentation software JDisc Discovery and releases build 2921 after a two month development cycle. Our development delivered a bunch of new features, improvements, and some bug fixes. The changes affecct integrating common network troubleshooting tools, improvements within the network topology algorithm, support for new devices[...]
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JDisc Discovery 2.7 has been released today…

Time for a new network documentation release
It’s time for a new release! We are proud to announce the version 2.7 of our network inventory and documentation solution JDisc Discovery. This release incorporates many features and ideas that I mentioned in some of my previous blog entries. New in release 2.7 is the possibility to compare two devices. This helps administrators to[...]
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