Best Practice: Open Source Risk Management

Application producers have made great strides over the years improving quality, efficiency, and time to market. Product teams today are more agile and productive than ever before. These teams continually learn which processes work best and integrate these practices into the software product lifecycle. As software development has evolved, so too has the use of open source software (OSS). Research has revealed that more than 50% of the code found i…

September 5, 2017 Revenera

Case Study: Faster Installs with Concurrent Licensing

Wondering how to reduce software packaging time? Or increasing the speed of publishing software updates? Maybe you’re just trying to make a business case for using an installation tool. Here’s a case study that can help. Consider the success story of Trend Micro. A 25-year global leader in IT security, the company felt they were failing to maximize efficiency. But after upgrading to the concurrent licensing model of InstallShield Prem…

August 31, 2017 Revenera

How Do I Build MSI, UWP and WSA App Packages from the Same Project? Find Answers in the What’s New in InstallShield 2016 Q&A

The webinar, What’s New In InstallShield 2016, highlighted the important features in this new release, including compatibility testing for Microsoft’s Universal Windows Platform, mapped MSI relationships, customizable Windows tiles and more. It also provided a great Q&A session, which resulted in the important information below. Need more? Don’t forget the Flexera Community or you can contact us directly. 1. Will the packages built with Insta…

October 14, 2016 Revenera

InstallShield 2016 Supports Microsoft Windows 10 Anniversary Update Announcement for Desktop Bridge

The new release of InstallShield 2016 supports the transition to Microsoft’s Desktop Bridge (formerly known as Project Centennial) and Windows Server Apps (WSAs) with automatic compatibility tests and continuous build capabilities. “Working in parallel with Microsoft, we are making it easy to transition existing InstallShield MSI projects to build Universal Windows Platform and Windows Server App packages. InstallShield is the only product that e…

September 16, 2016 Revenera