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The Chicago-based company develops comprehensive solutions-from software licensing, installation, entitlement management and delivery to software deployment and license compliance and optimization-that play an increasingly strategic role in managing application usage at Global 2000 companies.

"The 2010 survey highlights a continued need for more sophisticated usage and entitlement tracking," said Amy Konary, Director of Software Pricing and Licensing Research at IDC. "The majority of enterprises believe that they are either underutilizing or out of compliance with their vendor software licenses, which equates to a significant opportunity for license optimization.

Resulting from a longstanding collaboration with Microsoft Corp., InstallShield continues to be a leader in the industry with its support for the latest Microsoft technologies and platforms. InstallShield 2011:

A June, 2010 survey conducted by Flexera Software found that most software vendors now view virtualization as an opportunity to grow revenues by as much as 50% and a way to reduce costs. Last year vendors saw it as a revenue risk. Of software vendors surveyed, 71% believe their customers are already deploying their software in virtual environments. However, until now vendors have lacked an easy way to protect and monetize the use of that software.

InstallShield Limited Edition for Visual Studio 2010 is a Visual Studio extension that can be used to build Windows installer-based deployment packages for applications deployed on the Windows platform. The software provides an easy to use, modern, graphical development environment and the ability to build deployment projects using Microsoft's Team Foundation Server. InstallShield Limited Edition replaces Visual Studio Installer (VSI) as the preferred MSI installer development tool.

With flexibility that Linux, UNIX and other multiplatform developers haven't seen before, InstallAnywhere 2010 allows developers to comprehensively manage all phases of the installation lifecycle including installation, rollback, maintenance, repair, and uninstall., UNIX developers have traditionally created homegrown installations or native packages like RPM, PKG, etc. to deploy their applications, which did not provide the required level of flexibility to manage applications.

InstallShield 2010 functionality was driven by a concerted outreach effort to the solution's 71,000 enterprise and ISV users and Acresso's strong, expanding relationship with Microsoft product groups. Based on direct feedback from thousands of polled developers, this version includes new features that save time and effort for both developers and application deployment managers. Highlights of the InstallShield 2010 release are as follows:

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The combination of Intraware's SubscribeNet service and Acresso's FlexNet® product suite will create the industry leading and most advanced solution for entitlement and compliance management. The structure and terms of the deal have not changed since the agreement announcement on October 20, 2008. Intraware's common stock holders will receive $4.00 in cash for each of their shares.

The new address is:

Acresso Software
1000 Woodfield Road, Suite 400
Schaumburg, IL 60173
1-800-809-5659

More than 160 Acresso employees will be located in the new space, after occupying the previous location for over 11 years. Cushman and Wakefield represented the tenant.

"Along with its technology, Intraware has deep expertise in SaaS application management, and an impressive list of partners and customers, including a number of shared customers," said Mark Bishof, President and CEO of Acresso Software.  "Combining these with Acresso's financial and market strengths will greatly benefit Acresso's customers and Intraware's customers."

FlexNet Publisher has long-enabled licensing protection of software, while supporting flexible business models.  GuardIT for FlexNet Publisher provides out-of-the-box protection for the appropriate FlexNet Publisher libraries, so adding protection to software is now an automated process.  More information on GuardIT for FlexNet Publisher is available at www.flexerasoftware.com/products/flexnet-publisher.htm.

Used on more than 500 million Windows systems worldwide, InstallShield is a powerful developer tool that ensures applications are correctly installed, configured, and updated on desktops, servers, and mobile devices. InstallShield takes advantage of the latest Microsoft technologies, including Visual Studio 2008, MSI 4.5 beta, Windows Server 2008, .NET 3.5, Windows Vista, Windows Mobile 6.0, and IIS 7, saving developers time and reducing support costs.

Acresso Software provides solutions that help simplify the business relationship between software producers and enterprises. Acresso Software’s product line includes the FlexNet® and InstallShield® family of products that were previously offered by Macrovision Corporation.  These software products enable independent software vendors (ISV’s) to manage entitlements, software licensing, compliance, installation, and electronic software delivery.

For software producers, including those at hardware manufacturing companies, manual license management can prove not only daunting but damaging to their ROI. Producers   want to go to market with new and updated products quickly and efficiently, a goal that slows with manual licensing. And if a merger or acquisition is added to the mix, producers are faced with newly acquired products and disparate license technologies that manual efforts can't accurately or easily manage.

Software vendors have difficulty communicating with customers about their software once their products have been installed at the customer's site. With FlexNet Connect 6, software producers can meet this challenge and establish more valuable customer relationships by connecting directly with their customers through the software they sell.

Who: Macrovision Corporation

What: New version of FlexNet InstallShield 12 Express Edition.

With Express 12's support for the latest beta of Microsoft Windows Vista, Installation developers, application developers, and development managers of any skill level can create a professional installation experience as they "Get Ready for Vista."

Macrovision's "Get Ready for Vista" support includes the ability for an installation to specifically target hardware running the latest beta of the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system, maintain security via the new User Access Control functionality, minimize the frequency of reboots through the Restart Manager interface, and execute a set of validation tests to confirm that the installation is Windows Vista ready.

Global hardware and software organizations across all industries -- such as life sciences, manufacturing, electronics, healthcare and automotive -- are migrating towards a more software-centric business model to add value to and differentiate their products. By automating their licensing models, companies can benefit from electronic licensing, entitlement management and electronic updates. They can manage their business more effectively and respond faster to market change and customer requests.

"The launch of Visual Studio 2005 and the .NET Framework 2.0 is an extremely significant release in Windows development tools since it enables application development teams to improve speed to market and decrease development costs and development cycles," said Ian Knox, lead product manager of the .NET Developer Product Marketing Group at Microsoft Corp.