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"Software application licensing has eclipsed traditional server costs as the dominant portion of an IT budget, with the management and visibility of application license assets becoming increasingly critical to production grid computing deployments," said Peter Nichol, vice president, Electronics, Platform Computing. "Platform Computing and Macrovision's integration through FlexNet Connector is imperative to integrate FLEXenabled license assets with our workload management.

"The combined expertise of Zero G and Macrovision will provide software publishers and their customers with a seamless software installation experience across all platforms," stated Dan Stickel, EVP/GM, Software Technologies Group, Macrovision. "This acquisition further increases the market for our Software Value Management solutions, adds innovative technology and people to the company and enhances our multi-platform products."

According to a global software piracy study conducted by the Business Software Alliance (BSA) and International Data Corporation (IDC), 36 percent of the software installed on computers worldwide was pirated in 2003, representing nearly $29 billion of lost revenues for software publishers. The BSA maintains that unlicensed usage within the enterprise and B2B software markets is rampant, both internationally and in the U.S., where the piracy rate is estimated at 23 percent.