Press Releases

Flexera Software, the leader in software licensing, entitlement management, installation, and application readiness solutions, today announced that SCHILLER AG has selected FlexNet Publisher®, FlexNet Operations® and FlexNet Embedded® from Flexera Software to streamline licensing and entitlement management processes for the latest versions of its flagship medical products, the CARDIOVIT CS-200 and the CardioLaptop AT-110. Part of the FlexNet® Producer Suite for High-Tech Manufacturers these solutions will help SCHILLER to add or change licensing models easily, enabling the company to reduce operating expenses while maximizing responsiveness to market demands.

Flexera Software, formerly Acresso Software, today announced the latest version of FlexNet® Manager for Engineering Applications, the only enterprise license optimization solution on the market for enterprise-class engineering applications. FlexNet Manager now enables organizations to centrally monitor, manage, analyze, and report on software usage by linking usage and denial trends directly to specific contractual license terms, geographies, and organizational structure, so organizations can fully optimize software use, remain compliant, and control spending.

Flexera Software, formerly Acresso Software, today announced the acquisition of HONICO Software GmbH of Germany and Switzerland. The transaction includes HONICO’s Dynamic License Control (DLC) technology, a proven solution to help organizations proactively administer, control, and optimize high-value SAP licenses, allocate respective costs and deliver crystal clear management reports about actual usage.

Acresso Software today announced that the readers of Visual Studio Magazine have made Acresso InstallShield®, the leading installation authoring solution for the Microsoft® Windows® platform, the runaway winner of the Visual Studio Readers Choice 2009 Award in the Installation, Setup and Deployment Tools category for nearly nine years. Acresso InstallAnywhere, the leading multi-platform installation authoring solution, also placed third in the same category.

Acresso Software, the leading provider of licensing, entitlement, installation, and application readiness software, today released the results of an exclusive benchmark study, AdminStudio: Accelerating App-V Package Creation Up to 88% Faster than Traditional Methods, demonstrating that enterprise IT organizations who use the Acresso AdminStudio application readiness solution can dramatically slash prep time when readying applications for deployment with Microsoft App-V.

Acresso Software, the leading provider of licensing, entitlement, installation, and application readiness software, today announced the appointment of Randy Littleson as senior vice president of marketing. In his role, Littleson will oversee company branding, product management, and marketing strategy, helping Acresso further establish itself as the most successful provider of solutions that power the business of software.

Acresso Software today announced a new, multi-year OEM agreement with Avocent’s LANDesk division to provide a free limited version of the AdminStudio® application readiness solution to users of the latest version of the LANDesk® Management Suite. Available today, the AdminStudio Limited Edition for LANDesk Management Suite enables IT administrators to capture information about applications, customize those applications for their organization’s needs, and hand off the prepared applications to the LANDesk Management Suite 8.8 for deployment. The end result is reduced total cost of ownership for desktop management in the enterprise.

Acresso Software announced today the availability of InstallShield 2010, with support for web applications and virtual applications. The virtual application option natively creates packages in the Microsoft App-V format, the industry’s most broadly used application virtualization technology. Continuing a strategic development partnership with Microsoft, InstallShield 2010 enables organizations to successfully deploy App-V by creating applications in that virtual format without the need for conversion. The first and only offering of its kind, InstallShield continues to deliver innovative technologies that improve the quality and reliability of software installations worldwide

Acresso Software announces a new capability in InstallShield to develop applications in the Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) format. Today at the Microsoft TechEd North America conference, Acresso is the first to bring this type of offering to the market, giving developers a breakthrough opportunity; organizations that are adopting application virtualization can now create applications in both traditional and virtual formats. This alignment between InstallShield, used by over 71,000 organizations, and App-V, the most broadly deployed application virtualization technology, means that many organizations can more quickly take full advantage of virtualized software to reduce management costs and improve application delivery flexibility.

Acresso Software announces today at the Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) that it has released a first to market capability: AdminStudio can now directly convert existing physical application packages to the virtual format for use with Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V), part of the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack, the most broadly distributed application virtualization technology. With the latest release of AdminStudio, organizations can accelerate the creation, testing and management of virtual applications being deployed through App-V, making AdminStudio a beneficial component to enable customers to rapidly prepare virtual applications and expedite App-V implementations.

Acresso Software today announced a new, multi-year OEM agreement with Novell to provide a broader AdminStudio application readiness solution set to Novell ZENworks customers. Expanding on the capabilities available under a long-standing agreement with Novell, the complete AdminStudio Standard Edition will now be included in Novell ZENworks Configuration Management, addressing customers’ need to streamline customization steps during the preparation of reliable Windows application packages for enterprise deployment. Novell customers using the AdminStudio component of ZENworks have prepared applications for deployment in 85% less time.

Acresso Software, a privately-held company of Thoma Bravo, today announced the appointment of Janet Perna to its Board of Directors.

Acresso Software, the makers of InstallShield and AdminStudio, today announced InstallAnywhere 2009, the latest version of the leading multi-platform installation authoring solution for software producers. The new release improves automation and customization options for better installation experiences that are consistent across all their supported platforms. InstallAnywhere 2009 further streamlines the installation development process through capabilities such as an automation interface, and improves reliability in the field by providing greater control over rules applied across target platforms. The result is cost savings in multiple phases of the product life cycle.

Acresso Software (Acresso), a privately-held company and an investment of private equity firm Thoma Bravo, LLC, announced today it has completed the acquisition of Intraware Incorporated (NASDAQ: ITRA), a provider of digital delivery and entitlement management services. Intraware is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Acresso.

Acresso Software today announced FlexNet Manager software usage monitoring capabilities have been extended to include enterprise applications and back-office software, such as Oracle databases, giving enterprise IT a far more accurate picture of their organizations' use. Part of the FlexNet Manager Suite, additional key features include improved reporting through Cognos-based analytics, enabling organizations to make more informed allocation, planning and purchasing decisions. With these powerful tools, FlexNet Manager users have recognized a savings of upwards of 30% through better management of software license use and also avoided costly audits and unexpected bills by monitoring compliance with vendor agreements.