Be Wary Of Certain ISV And Embedded Software Agreements

It is common for software solution providers to use third-party products to support the functionalities those providers have developed for their solutions. For example, a network-monitoring solution may incorporate IBM Cognos functionality, or an accounting solution may incorporate a Microsoft SQL Server database. Increasingly, in today's market, those solutions are hosted over the Internet, and many software publishers maintain licensing models targeted to solution providers operating in that space (such as Microsoft's Services Provider License Agreement, or SPLA). However, many businesses still prefer on-premises solutions for their business-critical IT solutions, and vendors of those solutions need to be able to accommodate those preferences.