Software License and Entitlement Management Trends


Randy Littleson, Senior Vice President, Marketing for Flexera Software, discusses how high-tech manufacturers are using software to differentiate themselves from competition and grow profitability, and how software licensing and entitlement management solutions can enable this transformation.

"We are serving our customers better with faster velocity and greater agility. Flexera Software has helped Siemens Building Technologies to reduce the manufacturing complexity of a very sophisticated product line down to just a few models."

Duane Keenan
Manager, Integrated Solutions
Siemens Building Technologies

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"By using Flexera Software’s software entitlement and compliance management products, however, manufacturers can reduce SKUs through flexible software configuration and provide self-service capabilities for managing software features, maintenance, and upgrades."

Jane Barrett
AMR Research
Industry Value Chain Strategies "Cool Technologies for the Industrial Value Network

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White Paper

How High-Tech Manufacturers Are Using Embedded Software to Grow Revenue

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FlexNet Embedded: Resources

Unlock Revenue with New Software Licensing and Packaging Solutions for Embedded Software

Strategies for Innovating Products Faster While Simplifying Manufacturing Complexities
featuring Duane Keenan from Siemens Building Technologies.  View webinar now

Case Studies

Siemens Building Technologies Streamlines Inventory and Reduces Cycle Times with Flexera Software's FlexNet Suite for High-Tech Manufacturers.

Testimonials

"We are serving our customers better with faster velocity and greater agility. Flexera Software has helped Siemens Building Technologies to reduce the manufacturing complexity of a very sophisticated product line down to just a few models."

Duane Keenan
Manager, Integrated Solutions
Siemens Building Technologies

"We often talk about the virtues of demand shaping and increasing agility through postponement. But we typically think of the physical piece of equipment or machinery, not the opportunities to conduct these practices through smart management of embedded software. By using Flexera Software’s software entitlement and compliance management products, however, manufacturers can reduce SKUs through flexible software configuration and provide self-service capabilities for managing software features, maintenance, and upgrades. For example, Siemens Building Technologies has reduced the number of physical models of automation systems from hundreds of SKUs to just a few. Cycle times have been cut from weeks to days with systems flexibly customized in the field."

Jane Barrett
AMR Research
Industry Value Chain Strategies "Cool Technologies for the Industrial Value Network

White Papers

This white paper, authored by Cris Wendt, a Strategy Principal Consultant with Flexera Software, explores the top 10 reasons why most software vendors and high-tech manufactures choose to buy a COTS software licensing and entitlement management solution.
This white paper provides five strategies for achieving customer intimacy and revenue growth. The white paper addresses the key channel management challenges and provides best practices and strategies for overcoming these challenges.
This white paper describes how you can use electronic licensing to protect and enhance your high-tech devices as well as how to distribute updates and upgrades to already deployed devices. Also available in Japanese.
This white paper describes the requirements software and hardware producers must consider when implementing a back-office electronic software licensing solution.
This White Paper outlines the business processes that make up the license lifecycle and introduces the five best practices for streamlining the license lifecycle.

Webinars

During this webinar we'll provide five strategies for achieving customer intimacy and revenue growth. We'll address the key channel management challenges and provide best practices and strategies for overcoming these challenges.
To stay competitive in today’s challenging economy high-tech manufacturers need a clear understanding of the ever-changing needs of their customers as well as solid strategies to help them restore profit margins and eliminate costly manual and redundant processes—both operational and manufacturing.
This webinar provides information and best practices for using software licensing and entitlement management to deliver customer-specific device capabilities and capacity management through software customization, reduce the number of variations of devices you need to manufacture, and more.