White Papers
Expert Insights and Thought Leadership
These expert white papers can help you analyze issues and formulate the strategies as you focus on the critical issues of your business. Find insights and thought leadership on software license management, software entitlement, software license tracking and optimization, installation, application compatibility and application packaging challenges.
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Managing IBM License Complexity
Many organizations use IBM software products to manage critical aspects of their business. In mid-sized to large enterprise organizations, IBM products often represent a significant portion of their overall software estate where licensing needs to be carefully managed to optimize spend. Learn how you can gain control of IBM software licenses in this white paper.
2011 Key Trends Software Pricing and Licensing Report
The 2011 Key Trends in Software Licensing and Pricing Survey, prepared with assistance from IDC, found that software vendors and their enterprise customers, increasingly challenged by the economy, are looking for better strategies to derive more value for their organizations through software licensing and pricing. While, not surprisingly, some of those strategies diverge between producers and consumers, many are complementary and serve to strengthen the positions of both.
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Implementing Application Virtualization?
Application virtualization is an application deployment solution that many organizations are considering or have already started implementing for improved application management. This white paper outlines five key considerations when implementing application virtualization. Also available in German.
Six Steps to Continuous Application Readiness
This whitepaper from Flexera Software outlines the six key steps of an application migration project, illustrates the major tasks within each phase, and explains how the Flexera Software solution can reduce the risk and cost of your application migration projects by providing a consistent approach to continuous application readiness. Also available in German and French.
Getting Started with Application Virtualization
Just what is application virtualization? How does an organization get started with understanding the basics? How can existing technology be used to accelerate an application virtualization deployment? Learn the answers from Leslie Easter, Principal Consultant, Flexera Software Consulting Services, and author of Bulletproof Installs and The Orange Brain's Guide to AdminStudio.
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2011 Key Trends Software Pricing and Licensing Report
The 2011 Key Trends in Software Licensing and Pricing Survey, prepared with assistance from IDC, found that software vendors and their enterprise customers, increasingly challenged by the economy, are looking for better strategies to derive more value for their organizations through software licensing and pricing. While, not surprisingly, some of those strategies diverge between producers and consumers, many are complementary and serve to strengthen the positions of both.
Software Updates and the Customer Relationship
Many software vendors, intelligent device manufacturers and enterprises view software updates as an after-thought. Read this white paper for an in-depth look at what constitutes a best-in-class, strategic software update solution.
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2011 Key Trends Software Pricing and Licensing Report
The 2011 Key Trends in Software Licensing and Pricing Survey, prepared with assistance from IDC, found that software vendors and their enterprise customers, increasingly challenged by the economy, are looking for better strategies to derive more value for their organizations through software licensing and pricing. While, not surprisingly, some of those strategies diverge between producers and consumers, many are complementary and serve to strengthen the positions of both.
Helping You Leverage On-Demand Service
Flexera Software understands that a secure data center architecture is the foundation of our on-demand service and of paramount importance to technology companies and their customers, and for our own operations. Find out more on the Flexera Software Data Center, which represents an investment of millions of dollars and more than 10 years of dedicated development to meet the demanding and continually evolving needs of our customers.
Increasing Revenue and Customer Satisfaction with On-Demand Service
Electronic licensing is an increasingly popular and valuable tool for software publishers and high-tech manufacturers who want flexibility in the way they sell and license their software, while at the same time maintaining and enhancing control of their intellectual property. Learn how leveraging an on-demand service for your electronic software license delivery can help you increase your revenues and customers satisfaction while helping you better manage your costs.
Leveraging On-Demand Service to Simplify Software Export Compliance
U.S. export laws regulate exports of all software, not just software that contains encryption. That is why software producers and intelligent device manufacturers, especially those who are expanding into foreign markets, need an efficient and low cost way to deliver their computer software and updates, while staying current and complying with United States export laws and regulations. Find out more how leveraging an on-demand service can help simplify software export compliance. This white paper is also available in German and Japanese.
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How Software Licensing Helps Manufacturers Generate Value from Embedded Software
This report, prepared by IDC, shows how increasingly, software licensing is helping manufacturers generate value from embedded software by providing an additional, high-margin revenue stream, protecting intellectual property (IP) from misuse, simplifying product packaging while allowing for more flexible configurations and lowering inventory costs by decreasing the number of SKUs needed to satisfy unique customer demands.
Keep Your Customers Close and Your Channels Closer
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.
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Optimized License Management for the Datacenter
Software represents one third of the typical IT budget and datacenter applications are usually the most expensive component of software spend. That's why datacenter license and maintenance fees offer the greatest potential for cost-savings in the software portfolio. Decreasing ongoing costs of multi-million dollar applications in the datacenter is a fundamental component of overall IT spend reduction. In this white paper, you will learn how to meet these datacenter license management challenges while reducing software costs:
- Heterogeneous / Multi-platform environments (Windows Server, UNIX, Linux)
- Complex License Models
- Virtualization
- Complex License Entitlements
Maximize Software Cost Savings
This white paper discusses the key strategies used to maximize savings on software licenses and maintenance. It covers license reharvesting, recycling and the application of product use rights to optimize license consumption. Read this white paper to learn more. Also available in Japanese, German, Korean and Russian.
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2010 Key Trends Software Pricing and Licensing Report
The 2010 Key Trends in Software Licensing and Pricing Survey, prepared with assistance from IDC, found that software vendors and their enterprise customers, increasingly challenged by the economy, are looking for better strategies to derive more value for their organizations through software licensing and pricing. While, not surprisingly, some of those strategies diverge between producers and consumers, many are complementary and serve to strengthen the positions of both.
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Managing IBM License Complexity
Many organizations use IBM software products to manage critical aspects of their business. In mid-sized to large enterprise organizations, IBM products often represent a significant portion of their overall software estate where licensing needs to be carefully managed to optimize spend. Learn how you can gain control of IBM software licenses in this white paper.
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Optimized License Management for the Datacenter
Software represents one third of the typical IT budget and datacenter applications are usually the most expensive component of software spend. That's why datacenter license and maintenance fees offer the greatest potential for cost-savings in the software portfolio. Decreasing ongoing costs of multi-million dollar applications in the datacenter is a fundamental component of overall IT spend reduction. In this white paper, you will learn how to meet these datacenter license management challenges while reducing software costs:
- Heterogeneous / Multi-platform environments (Windows Server, UNIX, Linux)
- Complex License Models
- Virtualization
- Complex License Entitlements
Maximize Software Cost Savings
This white paper discusses the key strategies used to maximize savings on software licenses and maintenance. It covers license reharvesting, recycling and the application of product use rights to optimize license consumption. Read this white paper to learn more. Also available in Japanese, German, Korean and Russian.
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Optimized License Management for the Datacenter
Software represents one third of the typical IT budget and datacenter applications are usually the most expensive component of software spend. That's why datacenter license and maintenance fees offer the greatest potential for cost-savings in the software portfolio. Decreasing ongoing costs of multi-million dollar applications in the datacenter is a fundamental component of overall IT spend reduction. In this white paper, you will learn how to meet these datacenter license management challenges while reducing software costs:
- Heterogeneous / Multi-platform environments (Windows Server, UNIX, Linux)
- Complex License Models
- Virtualization
- Complex License Entitlements
Maximize Software Cost Savings
This white paper discusses the key strategies used to maximize savings on software licenses and maintenance. It covers license reharvesting, recycling and the application of product use rights to optimize license consumption. Read this white paper to learn more. Also available in Japanese, German, Korean and Russian.
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Oracle License Management Best Practices
Oracle has complex licensing rules which they enforce rigorously. This white paper presents a number of Oracle license management best practices to help you control software costs, maintain license compliance, and minimize software audit risks. Maximize the return on your Oracle software investment by implementing these best practices.
Optimized License Management for the Datacenter
Software represents one third of the typical IT budget and datacenter applications are usually the most expensive component of software spend. That's why datacenter license and maintenance fees offer the greatest potential for cost-savings in the software portfolio. Decreasing ongoing costs of multi-million dollar applications in the datacenter is a fundamental component of overall IT spend reduction. In this white paper, you will learn how to meet these datacenter license management challenges while reducing software costs:
- Heterogeneous / Multi-platform environments (Windows Server, UNIX, Linux)
- Complex License Models
- Virtualization
- Complex License Entitlements
Inevitable Events
Learn how to avoid costly fire drills and substantially improve software ROI by proactively managing your Oracle licenses.
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2011 Key Trends Software Pricing and Licensing Report
The 2011 Key Trends in Software Licensing and Pricing Survey, prepared with assistance from IDC, found that software vendors and their enterprise customers, increasingly challenged by the economy, are looking for better strategies to derive more value for their organizations through software licensing and pricing. While, not surprisingly, some of those strategies diverge between producers and consumers, many are complementary and serve to strengthen the positions of both.
How to Grow SaaS Revenue, Profits and Market Share with Use-Appropriate Software Licensing and Pricing
The initial wave of software-as-a-service (SaaS) was characterized by "one-size-fits-all" pricing. This was largely because SaaS vendors were out to pioneer a new market—and simplicity was a cornerstone of their pitch to early adopters. The offer of extremely simple and economical pricing helped these vendors overcome whatever resistance they may have encountered to a new and unproven model for software delivery.
Keep Your Customers Close and Your Channels Closer
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.
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2011 Key Trends Software Pricing and Licensing Report
The 2011 Key Trends in Software Licensing and Pricing Survey, prepared with assistance from IDC, found that software vendors and their enterprise customers, increasingly challenged by the economy, are looking for better strategies to derive more value for their organizations through software licensing and pricing. While, not surprisingly, some of those strategies diverge between producers and consumers, many are complementary and serve to strengthen the positions of both.
How to Grow SaaS Revenue, Profits and Market Share with Use-Appropriate Software Licensing and Pricing
The initial wave of software-as-a-service (SaaS) was characterized by "one-size-fits-all" pricing. This was largely because SaaS vendors were out to pioneer a new market—and simplicity was a cornerstone of their pitch to early adopters. The offer of extremely simple and economical pricing helped these vendors overcome whatever resistance they may have encountered to a new and unproven model for software delivery.
Software Business Impacts from Machine Virtualization: Protecting Monetization in a Virtual World
Machine virtualization has swept through enterprises, big and small - creating significant issues for both software producers and enterprise customers - and a wide "vendor-customer gap" in customer desires and application vendors' practices. Learn how application vendors traditionally have placed the burden on customers to close this gap; and how today it is shifting back to them and the steps needed to close the gaps.
Extending Your Software Revenue in a Virtual World
Virtualization technologies are posing new challenges for software vendors to enforce their software license agreements using traditional software licensing models. Learn how FlexNet Publisher will enable software vendors to embrace virtualization by providing various means to enforce licensing on virtual machines. Also available in French and German.
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Building Console and Silent Installers
Learn best practices for building installers in console mode (for command-line-driven installations) and silent installations (for working with limited or no user interaction).
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Agile Practices and Installation Development
Learn about how installation development is increasingly integrated into agile development practices. Agile processes are characterized by multiple iterations and frequent delivery of working software to users, who provide rapid and almost continuous feedback on the scope and direction of the application.
MSI Run-Time Logging and Debugging
The debugging techniques described in this white paper include investigating Windows Installer error codes, generating and interpreting Windows Installer log files, and using the InstallShield MSI Debugger.
Fixing Design-Time Validation Errors
This white paper discusses different types of validation, including build warnings and errors, Internal Consistency Evaluator (ICE) validation, and update and patch validation.
Building MSI Updates and Patches
Learn about the changes you make to a Windows Installer (MSI) installation package for it to behave as the desired type of update or patch. Also available in Japanese.
Validating MSI Updates and Patches
This white paper describes the rules for validating MSI updates and patches and how to address any validation warnings or errors that occur.
Types of MSI Custom Actions
Learn about the types of custom actions supported by Windows Installer, including launching executables, calling DLL or script functions, setting Property-table properties and Directory-table properties, and error actions.
Using Chained MSI Packages to Componentize Your Windows Installer Setup
Written by David Cole, Senior Software Engineer at IBM, this white paper describes using chained .msi packages in InstallShield and MSI 4.5 to componentize a setup. You will learn how to include other .msi packages within your own so that the result may be installed with the appearance of being a single product.
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