We're happy to have made our first release of LM-X in this new year. Since the last release, we've spent just over 2 months addressing almost 50 issues. These latest changes make LM-X more stable than ever, and at the same time give you, our customers, increased ease-of-use and performance.
The release notes for LM-X v3.3 can be found in our Knowledgebase at
http://kb.x-formation.com/questions/208/LM-X+v3.3+Release+Notes.
Of the many new features we've implemented and bugs we've fixed, some are naturally more interesting than others. One such improvement is that you no longer need to build the SDK, without sacrificing existing security benefits. We'll post a separate article on this soon.
Another feature for which we had many requests was to use the native system hostids instead of obfuscated LM-X hostid's. We've included this important change in this release, allowing for even simpler implementations.
Furthermore, it's now possible to host more than 10,000 license clients under Linux. We spent quite a bit of time engineering the license server to become even more efficient, allowing it to easily scale beyond 10,000 clients. In our lab tests, we reached 11,000 client connections before we decided it would accommodate most customers' needs.
This new release also features a new type of bios hostid; improvements for dongle usage under Mac OS X x64; listing of borrow, trial and grace licenses; and many other enhancements.
It's important to note that we drive innovations based on extended R&D efforts. Unlike some of our competitors that provide "license server performance tools and extensive end-user debugging tools for license problems," we spend our energy on making solutions that actually work for end users. There is no need for extensive debugging tools, because our end users don't have these problems. LM-X offers many features that result in zero-effort installation for end-users: a license server that requires virtually no maintenance; automatic server discovery; hostid match rate, which allows flexible license hostid handling; easy trial versions; secure store; and much, much more.
As always, this release has been based on suggestions made by you, our customers. In this particular release, almost 90% of the issues handled have been those reported by our customers. Naturally, we're pleased to get this participation and feedback, as it's you who use and know our products in real action, and you who get the immediate benefit of the improvements we make.
