Benefits of Network Licensing

• Network licensing provides improved value.
  Since a network license process can float to different machines as required and can serve many users over the course of a day, it will usually be employed a greater fraction of the time than a license fixed on one machine. For example, if no more than 10 users in a facility of 50 access Mathematica concurrently, a 10-seat Network Mathematica can replace 50 single-user copies.

  Yet each network process costs only 30 percent more than a process locked to one machine. This allows users to recoup the small fee for MathLM almost instantly. Of course, Wolfram Research supports mixed installations of network and locked processes. Therefore, those relying on a program extensively will have guaranteed access at any time--even when colleagues are temporarily using all available network processes.

• More people can get the benefit of networked programs.
  Even users who do not yet use a program enough to justify purchasing a fixed license can access the program's power via the network license process your organization has purchased--as long as colleagues haven't tied up all the processes when you want to use one.
• It is more convenient for users and system administrators.
  Because of the option not to install Wolfram Research programs locally but to serve them over the network, system administration is greatly simplified and user time is saved. Serving over the network also makes upgrades and recovering orphaned licenses a snap.
• It maximizes the use of a program and prevents orphaned licenses.
  All licenses are administered centrally. This means that even if a user leaves or moves to another department, the user's license will be available to others and not stand on a bookshelf.