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“Our research shows considerable growth of usage-based monetization models and high-performing product teams leveraging usage data to improve software and provide customers more value,” said Nicole Segerer, Director of Global Enablement at Flexera. “It doesn’t matter if software is in the cloud, on-prem or embedded on devices, or how it’s licensed today: usage data is essential. Without usage intelligence, product teams aren’t armed with the right data to make strategic decisions, have issues to align price with value and risk falling behind.”

The Flexera Monetization Monitor is available at https://info.flexerasoftware.com/SWM-WP-Monetization-Monitor-Report1.

Full Support for MSIX
Microsoft’s MSIX enables cleaner installations and uninstalls by running applications in their own containers. “MSIX presents an opportunity for developers to enhance the installation experience – faster and more reliable. We are excited to see Flexera’s commitment to MSIX to ensure that software suppliers easily benefit from all the advantages,” said John Vintzel, Principal Program Manager Lead for MSIX.

“Everyone at Flexera is proud of the continued recognition we’re receiving. To us, it’s a testament to our leading solution for software asset management,” said Jim Ryan, President and CEO of Flexera. “And as enterprises increasingly adopt SaaS and public cloud technologies, we have also significantly expanded our portfolio to offer solutions that help customers optimize and govern their full hybrid IT landscape.

Flexera is the largest homegrown technology company in the Chicago area, employing more than 1,300 globally with 288 in Chicago, and serving more than 51,000 customers worldwide. The Chicago headquarters, located in Itasca, has added 97 staffers since Q1 2018, with 42 positions currently open.

“I’ve been with Flexera for more than twenty years and have seen the company transform into this amazing tech unicorn through a combination of passionate team members, strategic acquisitions, innovative products and committed customers,” said Jim Ryan, President and CEO of Flexera.

Flexera’s taking its Software Monetization technology to the edge and recently launched FlexNet EdgeTM. The smart edge server enables entitlement-driven software and firmware updates for Internet connected and disconnected software and devices.  Flexera’s enhanced offering empowers IoT companies and intelligent device manufacturers to implement their digital business models, making automated updates and better control of edge devices part of their IoT management and monetization processes.

Employees completed a confidential survey about workplace culture, and the results were compared to responses from other companies in the third largest U.S. city.  The anonymous survey measured several aspects of culture – including Alignment, Execution and Connection. A numerical value was attached to each statement, creating the overall score.

Even as the number of connected devices continues to grow, there are key use cases where applications and devices remain intentionally disconnected from the Internet – including high security business applications, high-performance computing software, medical devices and industrial equipment.  Suppliers need to keep these applications and devices up-to-date, send security updates and deliver the value available with new product versions.

Out-of-the-Box Support to Build MSIX Packages

Microsoft’s new packaging format, MSIX, brings together the best of MSI, AppX and App-V into one package and runs applications in their own containers, enabling cleaner installations and uninstalls.  InstallShield 2018 R2 supports creating MSIX packages or migrating existing MSI projects effortlessly.  Developers will be able to use existing installation projects to generate MSIX packages with just a few clicks.

Software suppliers will learn how to grow their digital leadership position, deliver excellent customer experiences and increase revenue from software, digital services and IoT devices. Topics include:

• Pricing and monetization strategies for SaaS and IoT offerings
• Successful monetization strategies for subscription businesses
• The value of usage data and insights for smarter product development and pricing
• Application security and updates for connected and disconnected devices

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Microsoft introduced MSIX to solve the negative performance and reliability impact associated with long-term installation and removal of software from Windows systems.  As a self-contained solution which operates in its own virtual space, it’s capable of a clean installation and removal process which supports Microsoft’s quest for users to “never regret installing an application again”.  The platform combines all of the good things about previous package formats, and makes one new super format that’s clean and trustworthy.

FlexNet Code Insight, Flexera’s next-generation open source security and compliance platform, is now the technology behind KPMG’s software composition analysis offering, which helps clients detect open source license compliance risk and security vulnerabilities.

“FlexNet Code Insight gives software vendors a helping hand to get ahead of a very real threat impacting the entire software supply chain,” said Jeff Luszcz, Vice President of Product Management at Flexera.  “More than 50 percent of code contained in commercial software releases is open source.  However, with the steady increase in vulnerabilities found in unmanaged open source code, unsuspecting software buyers are unaware of the vulnerability risk they face.  By adding ease-of-use, speed and intelligence, FlexNet Code Insight provides the most comprehensive approach to remo

The anonymous survey measures several aspects of workplace culture – including alignment, execution and connection, just to name a few.  The Top Workplace list is based solely on an employee feedback survey administered by Energage, LLC (formerly WorkplaceDynamics), a leading provider of technology-based employee engagement tools.

Flexera partnered with industry leaders Arm, Cadence®, Cavium™ and Qualcomm Datacenter Technologies to provide seamless software monetization support for software and appliances running on the Arm®v8-A architecture for Arm-based servers.

Using some of the most advanced technologies available, the Belfast site will manage platform development for Flexera’s software and hardware asset data repository – the world’s most comprehensive.  Flexera’s Data Platform powers the company’s own products as well as Enterprise Architecture, Project & Portfolio Management, IT Financial Management, Procurement and IT Service Management solutions across the entire software supply chain. 

“Today’s IoT companies are now challenged with offering software too, and moving to subscription models to monetize their products,” said Brent Pietrzak, Vice President of Producer Solutions and Strategy.  “We’re honored that IoT Breakthrough recognized Flexera and our  FlexNet Customer Growth solution, which helps IoT companies better understand who their customers are, and how those customers are using their

Software Composition Analysis: A Prerequisite to Application Security and IP Protection

Vulnerabilities are inherent in all software code.  Software and Internet of Things (IoT) suppliers are under immense pressure to track, manage and mitigate vulnerabilities.  Software buyers need to understand, identify and patch critical vulnerabilities impacting them in order to minimize their attack surface.  FlexNet Code Insight emphasizes a simple and practical approach to help companies stay clean and safe.  It easily integrates into existing build tools to automate

“The $350 billion supply chain governing how software is bought, sold, managed and secured is broken, and it’s costing organizations tens of billions of dollars per year.  Flexera solves this ingrained problem, and the market is rewarding our innovation with double digit growth, and world-class customer satisfaction and renewal rates,” said Jim Ryan, Flexera’s President and CEO.  “TA Associates is an experienced growth investor that has an established track record within the software space.  By leveraging their experience and industry knowledge, we’re confident that Flexe

“Finding open source security vulnerabilities in packages, all the way to deep dependencies, has always been a priority for Flexera,” said Jeff Luszcz, Vice President of Product Management at Flexera.  “This integration gives developers access to the deepest and most trusted vulnerability database in the world to help them minimize vulnerability risk.  Our customers can leverage the combined strength of FlexNet Code Insight, powered by the National Vulnerability Database (NVD) and the Flexera Software Vulnerability Database, to significantly reduce the risk window between iden