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Thinkbox's Deadline is the foundation on which an organization's hardware and software tools work together. Compatible across Windows, Linux and Mac OSX render farms, the latest version of Deadline adds usage-based licensing on top of its perpetual license model for cloud-based and on-premise resources - resulting in dramatically new and more flexible ways to work, enabling more simulations and faster iteration.

"Building a successful tech company and creating a great corporate culture go hand in hand. You can't do one without the other," said Mark Bishof, President and Chief Executive Officer of Flexera Software. "We've created a tremendous global brand with more than 750 employees that continues to grow year over year, generate great ROI for our customers and incredible career opportunities for the professionals we employ. We are extremely gratified once again to receive validation that Flexera Software remains one of the best places to work in Chicago."

Mr. Bishof has served as President and CEO of Flexera Software since its inception in April, 2008, when it spun out from Macrovision. Mr. Bishof has been a driving force behind the company's strategic direction and consistently strong operational performance. He has led the Flexera Software on a steady and consistent growth path, and hands over the reins as the company continues to expand its leadership position in each of the markets in which it competes. Mr. Bishof will assist in a smooth transition through the remainder of the year.

Located in Box Hill Victoria, the new office expands the company's local footprint from 780 square meters to 2000 square meters, providing room to grow as the company continues its multi-year expansion plan in the APAC region. The office also marks an increased investment in Melbourne as a critical part of Flexera Software's global Software License Optimization research and development.

Growing Flexera Software's local footprint

"Software vendors want to lead their markets by supporting new technologies like Docker, but they realize that many customers still require traditional installers. So, they want to support both without duplicating effort for installation development," said Maureen Polte, Vice President of Product Management at Flexera Software. "InstallAnywhere 2015 is the first installation development solution that supports Docker. And it allows application producers to support both traditional multiplatform installations and Docker images from the same project."

Azure Marketplace is an online applications and services marketplace that enables application producers to offer their solutions to Azure customers around the world. Through collaboration with Microsoft, Flexera Software's Software Monetization solution, FlexNet Licensing, enables application producers to easily migrate their enterprise applications to Microsoft Azure while using flexible licensing and entitlement management capabilities.

"Most application producers don't get how critical licensing and entitlement management is for revenue generation - we weren't going to make that mistake. If you do it right, you can plan for the future - ensuring the flexibility, change and scale that would otherwise be a disruption for the business and potentially anger users," said Josh Hartung, CEO at Harbrick.

Application producers need to have confidence that their software is compatible with and will install properly on Windows 10, the much-anticipated upgrade of Microsoft's operating system. InstallShield 2015 is Windows 10-ready, enabling producers to confidently build installations that support Windows 10 as well as existing versions of the operating system including Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2.

"We want to ensure we're able to meet and exceed customer requirements today and in the future - which means offering licensing capabilities across myriad environments, such as on-premises or in virtualized and cloud environments. It also means we must offer flexibility so that our customers can purchase our products using licensing models that align to their business need, such as perpetual, subscription or pay-per-use models," says Oliver Rady, Director Business Development, Mensch und Maschine.

"Schneider Electric utilizes business applications heavily in our software and cloud augmented products, intelligent hardware systems and solutions," said Alfons Marquez, Vice President Digital & Software Domain at Schneider Electric. "We are pleased to partner with Flexera Software and look forward to leveraging their considerable expertise in Software Monetization.

The report indicates that reality is catching up to the hype. Device manufacturers are significantly transforming their product and services lines through software-driven intelligent devices, Internet of Things devices and software licensing/entitlement management capabilities that enable monetization of products and services. Among the report's findings:

According to a recent BSA Global Software Survey, 43 percent of the software installed on PCs around the world, totaling more than $62 billion in value, was not properly licensed. "The amount of revenue illegally being siphoned away from producers due to unauthorized software use is staggering," said Mathieu Baissac, Vice President of Product Management at Flexera Software.

"As producers weigh their cloud strategies, they must select a pathway that gives them ultimate flexibility to monetize their applications in hosted environments and at the same time protect their intellectual property," said Mark Bishof, President and CEO of Flexera Software. "Flexera Software has given producers the tools they need to leverage Azure to quickly address shifting preferences for cloud-based solutions, open up new revenue streams, and ensure they're getting compensated for their software.

Simplifying Deployment of Web/Server Applications

Agile development is increasing the frequency of software releases and, as a result, the time and effort around developing software installers. InstallAnywhere 2014 is the only multi-platform installation solution capable of automatically detecting and removing previous versions of an application, and correctly upgrading a previous version on an existing customer's PC. This new standard installation framework simplifies development and installation of upgrades for application producers.

This is the conclusion of a new Flexera Software 2013-14 Key Trends in Software Pricing & Licensing Report, prepared jointly with IDC, the ninth annual assessment of key issues and trends on the minds of software vendors, intelligent device manufacturers, and enterprise IT executives and managers. The report reveals, among other things, that 42% of application producers plan on changing their licensing/compliance policies for virtualization.

“We sell software in a competitive market, so we make sure our users have no reason to look at other products,” said Gerard Nicol, CEO at GazillaByte. “InstallShield has been giving our users a fast and flawless installation experience for the past 15 years, and with the release of InstallShield 2014, we are completely confident that we will continue to exceed expectations, especially in the cloud and virtualized environments. Every software experience starts with installation, Flexera Software provides us with the best of starts.”

"We know that enterprises are demanding that their producers simplify licensing while also supporting new licensing models that align with their business needs. Cloud licensing services can help achieve that goal by removing the need to set up local license servers, delivering true 'licensing-as-a-service,'" said Amy Konary, Research Vice President - Software Licensing & Provisioning, IDC. "This can accommodate producers' needs to monetize and protect their applications while satisfying enterprise needs for simplified licensing."

This local move reflects Flexera Software's confidence in the Chicago metropolitan region's ability to furnish the best and brightest minds to grow its business. As the "Silicon Prairie" continues its expansion to include global brands like Flexera Software, Groupon and GrubHub, the region offers a rich ecosystem of "A-list" talent.

"Virtualization and the cloud continue to deliver a myriad of benefits for both application producers and their customers," said Maureen Polte, Vice President of Product Management at Flexera Software. "To accommodate both existing and emerging environments, producers must continue to support the physical configurations that many customers still need and want, while meeting the growing demand for delivering applications as cloud-based offerings.