The leader in Application Usage Management

Flexera Software, the leading provider of Application Usage Management solutions for application producers and enterprises, announced today that its market-leading enterprise license optimization solution, FlexNet Manager Suite for Enterprises, won the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) CODiE Award for best asset management solution. This is the third CODiE award win for Flexera Software.

Flexera Software, the leading provider of Application Usage Management solutions for application producers and enterprises, announced today the launch of InstallShield 2012 Spring. InstallShield is the global de facto installation development solution on more than 500 million PCs, supporting traditional and agile development teams with their Windows, cloud and virtualization installation requirements.

Flexera Software, the leading provider of Application Usage Management solutions for application producers and enterprises, announced today the launch of AdminStudio Virtual Desktop Assessment. An essential migration planning tool, AdminStudio Virtual Desktop Assessment accelerates enterprises' migration to user-centric computing and a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) while reducing the cost of achieving desktop virtualization objectives.

Steve Schmidt of Flexera sees an opportunity for IT user companies to use a new range of intelligent devices via the emerging 'Internet of Things'.

The huge pressure on public finances is making the government work smarter by using its purchasing power to maximise tax payers' money. The Cabinet Office's recent deal with Oracle is evidence of that – the government expects to save £75m by 2015 from this deal via a single discount for all central government Departments. The deal also opens bulk buying for cross-departmental purchases of Oracle software, and allows re-use of licences already owned. Meanwhile, as we know, the government expects Cloud services to account for 50% of its IT spending by 2015 – again, an IT cost cutting measure.

Some are referring to Windows XP being on a death watch. With support for Windows XP due to expire in two years, Windows 7 migration is now high on the priority list of many enterprises for 2012. Some are considering Windows 8 migrations too.