The Lime Business Value

Direct Value

Increased sales - The immediate result from
using Lime is measured on revenues from
increased sales. This is usually a direct result
from better license control when compared
with a previous situation where insufficient
license control allowed unaware usage and
piracy to occur.

Reduced costs for development - Lime also
reduces your own efforts to develop and
maintain a satisfying license strategy.

Reduced costs for management - The
simplicity in Lime allows you to save time
and stay in control utilizing the built-in
database.

Indirect Value

Increased core development - Redistributing
development resources increases the time
spent on core development. Augmented focus
on core products leads to better quality and
sometimes also new software.

Reduced time-to-market - Redistributing
development resources usually leads to
a faster pace in development projects,
thus making it possible to shorten the
time for each release.

Increased control - Making licensing easy
also includes having control over test versions
made public. Public testers have suddenly
become the real early adopters in the product
life cycle. The feedback from testers are
crucial to cash cow applications.

Estimated Value

Increased knowledge - How is the end-user
using the application? By analysing the use
manufacturers can optimise their software
and focus on the needs of the customer. Is
your software being used around the clock
at different sites by different users? Enforcing
a better licensing model can change things
dramatically.

New business opportunities - Lime not only
gives you a superb tool for licensing your
applications. Lime also allows you to create
interesting and appealing pricing strategies
boosting your sales and marketing efforts.

Increase customer satisfaction - A flexible
pricing strategy can attract and please
customers that would otherwise hesitate
or refuse to make a commitment..