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Revenera’s Monetization Monitor 2025 Outlook Highlights Opportunities to Drive Profitability
"While subscription models remain top for expected growth, the Revenera Monetization Monitor 2025 Outlook indicates a sharp rise in outcome or value-based models, as well as usage-based approaches. Suppliers who are proactive and able to quickly implement these new models are better able to grow revenues while helping to offset the growing cost of running software in the cloud."
Revenera Report Highlights Opportunities to Drive Software Profitability
"As 'growth at all costs' mindsets fade and profitability comes into sharp focus, software developers are increasingly offering usage-based models to complement subscriptions."
Revenera’s 2025 Monetization Monitor Reveals Key Profit-Driving Opportunities for Software Companies
"As software suppliers work to drive profitability, extensive reliance on usage-based pricing is more prevalent than a year ago. Successful initiatives must overcome the biggest barriers to the growth of annual recurring revenue: delayed time to market-for-new features/enhancements and customer acquisition."
Infosec products of the month: September 2024
"The Revenera OSS Inspector plugin enables developers using IntelliJ IDEA, an integrated development environment (IDE), to examine, within the IDE itself, the licenses and security vulnerabilities associated with the OSS components used in the application code. Without leaving the IDE, developers can immediately assess security risks to determine whether they require further review and remediation."
Now is the Time to Prioritize IoT Medical Device Security
Efficient IoT medical device cybersecurity initiatives are essential as the healthcare field becomes increasingly digitized. Alex Rybak, a senior director of product management at Revenera, provides an overview of the evolving regulatory mandates impacting this industry and explains the role of security documentation.
Revenera’s Monetization Monitor 2025 Outlook Highlights Opportunities to Drive Profitability
"'Software suppliers face two megatrends that they can take advantage of to improve their market position. Because Cloud and AI costs are driving up their operating expenses, product teams are considering how to respond to this pressure with pricing and packaging changes. At the same time, insight into real product usage and customer value is more available to suppliers than it has ever been,' said Nicole Segerer, General Manager at Revenera.”
Software Piracy Statistics — the Latest Trends for 2023/2024
Detailing how “software piracy statistics paint a grim picture of software misuse and loss of revenue for tech companies,” Tech Report cites Revenera’s research showing that, “in 2023, software piracy was a major cause of revenue loss for 40% of software suppliers – up from just 17% the year before” and that "piracy is particularly prevalent in China, Russia, the US, and India."
Why Aren’t Customers Exploring Your Entire Software Portfolio?
Your software is excellent. So, what’s preventing your customers from knowing more about—and adopting—more of your software offerings? Revenera’s Paul Bland, senior director of product management, offers insights on how to allow cross-portfolio access so customers can gain value from your full range of applications, improving your sales pipeline and retention.
Revenera unveils OSS Inspector plugin for IntelliJ IDEA users
The Revenera "OSS Inspector plugin allows developers to evaluate the security risks of OSS components without leaving their IDE. By doing so, they can immediately determine if any components require further review and remedial action. This capability ensures developers have a clear understanding of the dependency tree before new components are added to the codebase.
Revenera OSS Inspector enables developers to assess open source software risks
Revenera announced OSS Inspector, a comprehensive, time-efficient approach to open source software (OSS) management. The Revenera OSS Inspector plugin enables developers using IntelliJ IDEA, an integrated development environment (IDE), to examine, within the IDE itself, the licenses and security vulnerabilities associated with the OSS components used in the application code. Without leaving the IDE, developers can immediately assess security risks to determine whether they require further review and remediation.
How to Support Your Customers When Transitioning from On-Premises to SaaS Software Deployments
When making the transition from on-premises deployments to SaaS, focusing on the customer journey is essential for success. Revenera’s Sheela Bilderback, a project manager, shares six best practices to support customers’ needs—and how to help meet your revenue goals.
Grow Recurring Revenue with Cross-Portfolio Access
Software producers and IoT device manufacturers can grow their recurring revenue by helping users access a full portfolio of offerings. This cross-portfolio access is made possible through new, flexible approaches to licensing. Revenera’s Paul Bland, senior director of product management, shows how sales and marketing teams can support such a shift—and how agile licensing can help meet revenue goals.
Monetizing the Data Delivered by IoT Medical Devices
Usage data, captured through the licensing process for IoT medical devices and the software running on them, can be analyzed to help grow revenue and drive innovation in the healthcare field. Victor DeMarines, vice president of software monetization product management at Revenera, evaluates the data protection mandates (from the FDA and HIPAA), explains why a shift to automated processes for updating devices is increasingly crucial, and details the resulting monetization benefits available to manufacturers.
Managing Software Entitlements and Billing: How Usage Data Supports Streamlined Processes
Effective data management for software entitlements and billing can help software suppliers and their customers avoid the waste that’s often associated with siloed initiatives. Victor DeMarines, vice president of software monetization product management at Revenera, evaluates the importance of aligning software entitlement and software billing systems with the same usage data.
You Received an SBOM. Now What?
Software buyers who receive a software bill of materials from technology providers should know how to make the most of it. Revenera’s Alex Rybak, who heads up Revenera's Open Source Program Office (OSPO) and is a member of the internal cybersecurity and incident response teams for both Revenera and Flexera, details best practices for using an SBOM.
Successful Software Monetization Requires a Customer-Centric Approach
Optimizing the monetization of software products requires a clear understanding of how customers view and use a product. Sheela Bilderback, a project manager at Revenera, details what technology companies and their product managers should evaluate in order to support the customer journey and minimize customer churn. She addresses how to evaluate the customers’ POV, how to streamline subscriptions, the role of effective communication, and how to integrate customer feedback.
The Role of XBOMs in Supporting Cybersecurity
Bills of materials (BOMs) are increasingly necessary in various areas of technology production. XBOMs—representing either a specific focus area or an expanded software bill of materials (SBOM)—play an important role in protecting tech stacks. Revenera’s Venkat Ram Donga, director of product management, explains XBOMs and how they support cybersecurity initiatives.
Software Composition Analysis (SCA): Everything You Need to Know in 2024
"From full software packages to code snippets, Revenera’s software composition analysis products scan your source code, binaries, and dependencies for software vulnerabilities and license compliance issues. Additionally, it integrates with common build tools and provides one of the largest open-source knowledge bases in the industry, with more than 14 million components. Their audit teams also support baseline audits and due diligence events like mergers and acquisitions."
Revenera launches monetisation analytics dashboard
“Revenera has unveiled the Revenera Analytics Dashboard, which will provide customers of Revenera’s software monetisation platform with better insights into entitlements, licenses and usage insights. Revenera monetisation customers can now track and analyse customer renewal potential, usage patterns, license and product utilisation with new embedded analytics."
Revenera Announces Revenera Analytics Dashboard
“Revenera announced the Revenera Analytics Dashboard, which will provide customers of Revenera’s software monetization platform with better insights into entitlements, licenses, and usage insights. Revenera monetization customers can now track and analyze customer renewal potential, usage patterns, license, and product utilization with new embedded analytics."