Tag: Software Updates

Software Monetization Basics Part 1: Software Licensing Terms

Software producers and device manufacturers are looking for new ways to drive revenue as competition heats-up across the global technology stage. As a result they’re introducing more software licensing options than ever before as they now have a variety of ways to monetize their products via software licensing solutions. The constant change can lead to complexity which can lead to confusion with the many licensing terms out there. A few years ago…

August 10, 2015 Revenera

Managing Software Updates & Upgrades Best Practices Part 2

In Part 1 of the 10 Best Practices for Managing Software Updates and Upgrades blog, I shared the first five best practices, including: Clearly differentiate update vs. upgrade processes Make the fulfillment process for paid upgrades and on-maintenance upgrades the same Make the software upgrade process a PULL process, not a PUSH process Make electronic software delivery upgrades available electronically (default) with an optional physical delive…

November 14, 2013 Revenera

10 Best Practices for Managing Software Updates and Upgrades

When I was working on the ISO-19770-3 Entitlement Tag – we must have spent at least 8 months just discussing software updates, upgrades, patches, rights to upgrades, downgrades, the process of upgrading, tracking versions and all the issues with version compliance tracking. These meetings were with software vendors, SAM tool practitioners, audit vendors, and SAM practitioners (in very large enterprises). In addition, I’ve participated in some of …

November 11, 2013 Revenera