What does Embarcadero mean when they say “on-demand”, and how does it relate to InstantOn?
On-demand is about Embarcadero choosing to take on the complexities of license management and deployment that are typically left to corporate IT. On-demand starts with the licensing model, in the sense that users buy an entire tool chest with All-Access and not just a single tool. It continues with the licensing technology itself, particularly with server-based licensing, which greatly simplifies compliance and administration. The On-demand story then touches upon the time-to-productivity, eliminating the need for IT or end-users to coordinate an install, through InstantOn. The All-Access Client then provides the visual palette of tools that is presented to the user. Finally, the All-Access Server ensures the latest version of software (whether installers or InstantOn) is available in house, through configurable automatic updates from Embarcadero. It also enables companies to use a “pull” distribution model. Here, licenses and applications are loaded onto the All-Access Server (they ca
