The eternal issue of how to price software licensing weighs heavy on product teams around the world. In fact, the 2022 Monetization Monitor revealed only 32% of software suppliers believe their pricing is “totally aligned” to value, highlighting the extent of this pivotal challenge. The risk is obvious: If your customers and prospects don’t see value for money, the success of your business hangs in the balance, so it’s crucial to constantly review feedback, analyze data, monitor the market, and make every attempt to ensure the price is right. Fortunately, you can remove the guesswork from prod

In a continuing effort to bolster and secure the nation’s software supply chain, the Biden administration issued the 2023 National Cybersecurity Strategy. This plan focus’ on enhancing the country’s defenses against emerging threats, such as ransomware and supply chain attacks. Listen to this podcast to better understand what's outlined in the report and what it may mean to you as a software provider. 

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In a continuing effort to bolster and secure the nation’s software supply chain, yesterday the Biden administration issued the 2023 National Cybersecurity Strategy. This plan focus’ on enhancing the country’s defenses against emerging threats, such as ransomware and supply chain attacks. Background We highlighted the federal government’s focus on improving the U.S.’ digital defenses back in 2021 after high-profile cybersecurity events like the SolarWinds breach and the ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline.

Join in with the discussion with industry experts from Blackberry, OSS Consultants and Revenera in this productive and topical webinar. The Software Bill of Materials and software supply chain security best practices and more will be covered.

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When thinking about SaaS use rights, a good analogy is to consider how membership programs work at your local fitness center. You scan your card at the front desk and, depending on the package you’ve paid for, you’re granted access to the facilities and classes your membership allows. At the silver level, you’ll get unlimited use of certain machines, but restrictions will be imposed on pool access, for example – incurring additional fees each time you swim. However, those on the platinum package can access all areas at no extra cost. This is akin to how SaaS products generally work,…

Hear experts from the Linux Foundation, Fenwick, OSS Capital and more, discuss the importance of a software bill of materials and where organizations should spend their time and effort when it comes to SBOMs

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We talk a lot about SBOMs these days. The U.S. government’s Cybersecurity Executive Order along with other industry and U.K. mandates launched the discussion to the front of the line. And, while SBOMs do provide a consistent and clear insight into the software that you’re using, they’re far from the ultimate fix when managing software security. Once you’ve compiled a comprehensive SBOM, you need to then put that data to use by coupling it with other tools.

Watch us live to hear leading experts from Extensis, Infor, Agilent, and Revenera, as they share key insights and takeaways from recent SoftSummit sessions, all dedicated to SaaS monetization.

Open source software (OSS) is a wonderful resource that streamlines development and increases the reliability of your project. However, the price of using OSS is being able to manage it effectively. As your business is delivering software applications to market, it is your responsibility to ensure what you deliver does not come with security risks. Luckily, it’s never too late to prepare for better open source and third-party component management. Compliance is never perfect; there will always be more to do.

At the time of writing, the economic outlook is challenging and layoffs across the tech sector are alarmingly frequent.

Join guest speaker Mark Thomason, IDC’s Research Director - Digital Business Models and Monetization, for this webinar on improving your entitlement management practices.

Join us and get real-world guidance in this information-rich webinar as a panel of experts talk about where enterprise organizations and software providers should start their SBOM management journey

Join us and discover what prompted OpenChain to create and release the Security Assurance Reference Guide and learn more about best practices and a thorough approach to open source and third-party component management.

Join Revenera’s Software Monetization team for this in-depth discussion offering practical advice on boosting your bottom line in uncertain times.

IDC has published a new report on the issues surrounding software entitlement management and how suppliers can improve processes with a centralized solution. As product lines grow and licensing models evolve, suppliers frequently struggle to maintain multiple, complex, and often manual approaches to customer entitlements – causing delays in delivery and revenue recognition, resulting in unhappy users and flawed finances. When evaluating your approach to software entitlement management, ask yourself: Does your current system enable standardized automation for all products? Do you have insights

In an increasingly challenging economy, software companies need clear visibility over license compliance, unlicensed usage, and where revenue leakage occurs. Software usage data and compliance intelligence can provide essential insights that identify losses and help businesses convert piracy into profit. The final report in the Revenera Monetization Monitor 2022 series examines software piracy, misuse, and overuse.

How much attention do you pay to product usage data? The benefits and best practices are common knowledge by now – we all likely know the potential wealth of information contained within software usage analytics – but how much time do you commit to reviewing and learning from the insights at your fingertips? When hit with never-ending questions about feature development, roadmaps, and bug fixes, it’s easy to skip the routine of stepping back and studying customer behavior data.

On September 14th, The White House published a memorandum addressing the state of the global software supply chain.

Frost & Sullivan analysts have published a new study into the changing landscape of software license enforcement, and how solution providers are helping software producers adapt to increased demand for SaaS deployments and intelligent devices. The software enforcement market is forecast to more than double over the next six years, as software suppliers transition from homegrown licensing to specialist third-party integrations that can improve entitlement management and monetization strategies. The following have been identified as key drivers in the rise of software license enforcement: H

Over the last few years, containers have become popular for software distribution and deployment, representing the innovation that software deployment desperately needed in a space where runtime environments are so fragmented. However, like any other disruption, this comes with its own challenges regarding software provenance – who added what to a container at what stage.

In this podcast Revenera experts break down the details of the two high severity OpenSSL vulnerabilities. Understand your next steps and what you should be doing to identify and remediate these issues.

If you’re responsible for developing a product monetization strategy, Revenera’s Monetization Monitor should be essential reading. The annual report based on our survey of global software suppliers is packed full of insights into how they are evolving business models, pricing plans, and deployment options to meet customer expectations and stay competitive in today’s market. The first report in the 2022 series focuses on Monetization Models and Strategies, and results indicate the trend toward SaaS offerings and subscription-based licensing continues to grow as publishers transition with hybrid

An end-to-end integrated scanning tool for development, legal and security teams to set and manage policy for use of open source and third-party software.

The OpenSSL project announced on October 25, 2022 that it was releasing OpenSSL version 3.0.7 which will patch newly discovered vulnerabilities in current versions of OpenSSL. Patches were released today.   OpenSSL is the core open source library that implements SSL and TLS protocols which makes it possible to securely communicate over the internet. Does all of this sound familiar?

Adoption of Software Bills of Material (SBoMs) is critical to securing the software supply chain and improving cybersecurity throughout the open source ecosystem. Watch this webinar to learn how to use SBoMs to effectively manage all your open source, third-party and commercial software, regardless of its origin in all software deployment models including on-prem and SaaS

While there are currently thousands of institutions around the globe that train people in software development, only a fraction of those focus directly on code security. Surprisingly, even though there is an 80:1 ratio between software developers and security specialists, many still believe that the responsibility to find and eradicate vulnerabilities is only on security experts.

Analyst firm Frost & Sullivan has published a new report into the evolution of software enforcement, detailing how publishers are increasingly moving away from homegrown licensing to embrace specialist third-party integrations.

Join Revenera VP, Product Management, Software Monetization, Vic DeMarines for a discussion that will dispel myths and assumptions about what it means to run a software compliance program in 2023 and beyond.

Better manage your software supply chain with SBOM Insights from Revenera. SBOM Insights ingests data from a wide range of sources—both inside and outside your organization—and then unifies all SBOMs into a single actionable view.

Over the past few years, the software industry has increasingly relied on open-source software. It’s rare to find an application that solely uses proprietary components, with most enlisting a mix of third-party and open-source components. While this has led to a greater scope of what applications can do, as well…

The Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) enables software-producing organizations to provide transparency to customers and downstream supply chain partners by disclosing the composition of their applications. Producing complete, accurate SBOMs supports better management of licensing and security risk within applications.

  The OpenChain Standard defines the key requirements that are needed when constructing a high-quality open-source program. This standard was designed and elaborated by the OpenChain Project and has been the go-to international standard for open-source license compliance since 2016. The central goal of the OpenChain Standard is to ensure…

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Revenera introduces the next version of InstallShield. Venkat Ram Donga, Principal Product Manager, talks about InstallShield’s integration with Visual Studio 2022 and support for custom extensions in MSIX projects. At the end of the discussion, Venkat gives a quick demo.

On the 12th of May 2021, The White House released an Executive Order (EO) that outlined the guidelines for improving the cybersecurity of the United States. After many high-profile cybersecurity breaches related to exploits within widely used open source software, the Federal Government moved to learn from past exploits and…

Watch Revenera’s VP, Product Management, Software Monetization, Vic DeMarines to learn how software suppliers are leveraging software usage data and hear about the types of usage data that can yield significant and actionable insights.

  Early in December of 2021, the international cybersecurity community mobilized in response to the discovery of the Log4J vulnerability. This critical vulnerability was within the logging library of Apache, a core component used across millions of Java-based applications. The vulnerability, known as Log4Shell, rated a 10/10 on the CVSS…

To be a successful IIoT device company, you must be a successful software company. And successful software companies have learned to optimize all aspects of their operations to serve their customers well and create a healthy recurring revenue stream.

We’ve discussed the CFO’s role in growing company revenue and overall valuation, and how transitioning on-premises offerings to SaaS and moving from one-time perpetual license sales to recurring revenue models are at the top the strategic project lists for many technology CFOs. It is important to know that moving to…

Hear why Open Source Program Office’s (OSPO) are important from industry leading experts and learn, not only how to get started, but which stakeholders should play critical roles in your OSPO in this Revenera and DevOps webinar.

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When open source components are used, that code is authored by someone who licenses the use of the code to others. Licenses vary and so do the legal obligations of the user. Listen to this podcast to learn about attribution obligations.

IDC analysts explain why having a plan for protecting the software supply chain that includes a robust SCA solution, SBOM creation, and an open source license compliance and security policy is essential.