Containers pose a major challenge for IT   Organizations face challenges like never before with so many employees working remotely. So IT needs to keep up with demand for new devices, software and more while also keeping an eye on utilization, maintaining governance and optimizing spend.     All this while managing assets in complex environments as more disruptive technologies enter the mix. And a big source of chaos in IT environments: containers. Managing licenses on-premises and in the cloud is demanding enough, but software running in containers adds an extra layer of difficulty when it comes to gaining complete IT visibility.   Managing containers can be tricky, and you can easily lose sight of applications and whether you’re license compliant. What’s more, with uncertainty of how container-based licensing will play out, compliance and cost issues may result.    How Flexera One helps    With Flexera One, you’ll discover assets running in containers quickly and accurately, including those in Kubernetes. Plus, we now provide a single source of truth for IBM products sub-capacity licensing and reporting as well as granular transparency into Kubernetes OpenShift orchestrated containers.   With Flexera One, no stone is left unturned when it comes to visibility within your organization’s containers.         Our latest release introduces a new tool for collecting device and software inventory in clusters managed by Kubernetes—the Flexera Kubernetes inventory agent—initially available on Linux x86_64 platforms. This is in addition to the existing FlexNet inventory agent, which as always remains available.  The Flexera Kubernetes inventory agent brings new functionality in three key areas:  Resources—The Flexera Kubernetes inventory agent uses the Kubernetes API to collect resource information assigned to each cluster to report on nodes, pods and annotations assigned to images.  IBM License Service—For license compliance of IBM products running within Kubernetes clusters, use of the IBM License Service is mandatory for tracking/reporting sub-capacity consumption of purchased entitlements for the IBM VPC or IBM PVU licenses in use.  Inventory—The Flexera Kubernetes inventory agent can return software inventory from both the nodes and from container images running in your Kubernetes cluster(s).    Visibility regardless of provider  As part of our latest release regarding containers, we’ve also ensured our product is up to date with the latest version of AWS Kubernetes EKS. You can be assured our unified discovery clusters continue to run with a supported version of Kubernetes.   Want to see how we help you manage your container environment?   Contact us ... View more

You’re probably aware of IBM Cloud Paks. They’re integrated software solutions built on the Red Hat open hybrid cloud platform. These make it possible to deploy anywhere in the Kubernetes container environment that builds on top of the open-source Kubernetes orchestration technology. With IBM Cloud Paks, you get faster and more reliable ways to build, move and manage on the cloud.  Flexera has long been an approved IBM sub-capacity tool. FlexNet Manager Suite (FNMS) is the only accepted tool available as an approved replacement outside of IBM's IASP program. FNMS provides out-of-the-box IBM sub-capacity reporting for the IBM-defined regions of America, Europe/Africa and the Asia Pacific.  FNMS tracks hardware computing resources and software changes. It also offers the ability to retain historical data for retroactive alterations at any time and adjust the sub-capacity licenses based on any adjustments.  IBM licensing is known to be highly complex, due to the frequent data collection and retention requirements for sub-capacity reporting. With the recent introduction of IBM Cloud Paks, each individual charged product part contributes to the IBM Cloud Pak peak consumption. This is based on its Virtual Processor Core (VPC)-to-license ratio. Flexera's FNMS/IT Asset Management can now provide support for IBM Cloud Paks sub-capacity reporting and transparency. This provides visibility into each product instance running in Kubernetes.  Licensing compliance is challenging, but Flexera can help you track your hardware and software to keep you compliant while optimizing your software spend. As an accepted third-party tool, we can provide the IBM-trusted sub-capacity reporting you need.  ... View more

You’re probably aware of IBM Cloud Paks. They’re integrated software solutions built on the Red Hat open hybrid cloud platform. These make it possible to deploy anywhere in the Kubernetes container environment that builds on top of the open-source Kubernetes orchestration technology. With IBM Cloud Paks, you get faster and more reliable ways to build, move and manage on the cloud.  Flexera has long been an approved IBM sub-capacity tool. FlexNet Manager Suite (FNMS) is the only accepted tool available as an approved replacement outside of IBM's IASP program. FNMS provides out-of-the-box IBM sub-capacity reporting for the IBM-defined regions of America, Europe/Africa and the Asia Pacific.  FNMS tracks hardware computing resources and software changes. It also offers the ability to retain historical data for retroactive alterations at any time and adjust the sub-capacity licenses based on any adjustments.  IBM licensing is known to be highly complex, due to the frequent data collection and retention requirements for sub-capacity reporting. With the recent introduction of IBM Cloud Paks, each individual charged product part contributes to the IBM Cloud Pak peak consumption. This is based on its Virtual Processor Core (VPC)-to-license ratio. Flexera's FNMS/IT Asset Management can now provide support for IBM Cloud Paks sub-capacity reporting and transparency. This provides visibility into each product instance running in Kubernetes.  Licensing compliance is challenging, but Flexera can help you track your hardware and software to keep you compliant while optimizing your software spend. As an accepted third-party tool, we can provide the IBM-trusted sub-capacity reporting you need.  ... View more