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SPICEWORKS

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.

CUSTOMER THINK

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. 

SECURITY BOULEVARD

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.

GEEKFLARE

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."

CLOUD TECH

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."

CIO INFLUENCE

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."

FORBES

Who Is Responsible For Cybersecurity? You.

“'Security' and ‘cybersecurity' aren’t in the job titles of many executives. But rest assured that a chief financial officer, chief operating officer, chief technology officer, general manager, chief product and marketing officer, general counsel—along with their peers and staff—certainly have a vested interest in prioritizing security,” writes Conal Gallagher, Flexera and Revenera CIO/CISO, addressing developments from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

IOT EVOLUTION WORLD

IoT Evolution World Announces Winners of the 2023 IoT Platforms Leadership Awards

The Revenera IoT Monetization Platform received a 2023 IoT Platforms Leadership Award, which honors organizations delivering software or hardware solutions which enable the advancement of the smart home and building industry.

VMBLOG

Revenera Report Reveals Growing Reliance on Hybrid Software Deployment and Monetization Models

"Revenera released the Revenera Monetization Monitor: Software Monetization Models and Strategies 2023 report. This report is part of an annual series in its fifth year. It provides product executives at software, intelligent device, and IoT companies with benchmarks about digital business models and trends related to hybrid approaches to monetization and deployment models.”

THE NEW STACK

Update NOW: OpenSSL 1.1.1’s Shelf-Life Has Ended

Revenera’s Alex Rybak addresses the steps required for secure management of open source software when a particular program has reached end-of-life/end-of-support (EOL/EOS).

INTELLIGENT CIO

Delivering flexible software use rights with elastic access

Elastic licensing is a software monetization model that provides licensing-as-a-service (LaaS), combining subscription-based access to a set number of entitlements alongside the ability to expand capacity when needed, ensuring supply always meets demand. Revenera’s Ravi Trivedi discusses how this approach can optimize the needs of customers and suppliers alike.

Spiceworks

The Organization-wide Value of SBOMs

Revenera's Alex Rybak explains why an organization-wide understanding of and use of SBOMs is essential and why cooperation across product management, product development, and security teams is paramount. 

FORBES

Four Best Practices For Aligning The Work Of Security And Engineering Teams

Today, cybersecurity initiatives face powerful and potentially disruptive forces. Big data, artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) and large language models (like ChatGPT) are top of mind. Some of these technologies may be used to attack software, with the goal of determining where vulnerabilities exist. Yet these technologies may also be part of the solution, making all security professionals reassess application security. Flexera and Revenera CIO/CISO Conal Gallagher explores best practices.

RCR WIRELESS NEWS

Monetizing intelligent devices: Best practices for growing recurring software revenue

With the embrace of IoT and intelligent devices comes the need to change approaches to monetizing those devices. Capturing the potential recurring revenue for the software associated with those devices requires appropriate new business models that support device manufacturers, software suppliers, and users. Victor DeMarines, Revenera’s vice president of software monetization product management, provides 5 action items for boosting business through recurring software revenue.

SPICEWORKS

Keeping Up with Trends in Software Supply Chain Management

Securing the software supply chain requires understanding the rapidly-evolving developments in supply chain management. Alex Rybak, senior director of product management at Revenera, details how software suppliers can keep up.

BETANEWS

How are enterprise customers using your software?

Entitlement management helps software product managers deliver value to their customers. Revenera’s Victor DeMarines details how entitlement management supports data-driven decisions,  illustrates who is using software and in what capacity, and helps drive effective product management.

DEVPRO JOURNAL

5 Tips for Creating an SBOM

Creating and managing a software bill of materials (SBOM) can be a straightforward process, even in today’s increasingly complex computing environments and in light of the National Cybersecurity Strategy. Alex Rybak,   senior director of product management at Revenera, details how.

DEVPRO JOURNAL

Customer Retention: The 2023 Opportunity that ISVs Can’t Afford to Miss

Technology companies and software vendors must prove the value of their software to drive annual recurring revenue (ARR) and strengthen customer retention initiatives. Nicole Segerer, SVP and general manager of Revenera, details how to do so by creating an effective path to SaaS and subscription, guiding customers through change, and preventing customer churn.

SPICEWORKS NEWS & INSIGHTS

How to Ease the Pain Points of Managing Open Source Software

Managing open source software doesn’t need to be painful. Just as with health, a preventive care approach can help strengthen the program overall and avoid emergencies. Alex Rybak, senior director of product management at Revenera, provides questions that software companies can answer to check the health of their programs. 

DATAMATION

10 Top Vulnerability Scanning Trends in 2023

Among the top vulnerability scanning trends is adoption of the software bill of materials (SBOM). “The move toward automated, formally structured, machine-readable SBOMs is clear,” said Alex Rybak, senior director of product management, Revenera. “More and more software companies expect SBOMs to include all third-party, including open-source and commercial, software that’s used in their applications. An SBOM that provides a single, actionable view is essential, so that when a vulnerability is detected, the supplier can quickly assess the impact to their portfolio of applications and expedite remediation plans.”