- Flexnet
Flexnet was
Macrovision 's flagship software protection system, successor of theSafecast protection system. Combining the strength of Safecast andFlexlm , featuring product activation and executable wrapping, supporting floating and node locked licensing models.The business unit was acquired by private equity investment firm
Thoma Cressey Bravo in April,2008 for about $200 million, and subsequently promoted under the newly formed independent companyAcresso Software .Related products
* The original FLEXlm development team moved on to develop the Reprise License Manager (RLM) at [http://www.reprisesoftware.com Reprise Software] in 2006.
* [http://www.x-formation.com/license_statistics/index.html X-Formation License Statistics] allows end-users to better understand their FLEXlm/FLEXnet, IBM LUM and Sentinel RMS license usage by making graphs, HTML and usage reports.
* [http://www.jtbworld.com/jtbflexreport JTB FlexReport] is an application from [http://www.jtbworld.com JTB World] that creates HTML, graphic and database reports on the license usage of applications that uses FLEXnet/FLEXlm.
* [http://www.openit.com/products/licenseanalyzer.html Open iT] is a usage metering and reporting solution developed to equip advanced users and complex organizations with the most flexible and powerful reporting tools available for FLEXnet/FLEXlm, IBM/LUM, Sentinel/Abaqus/Elan, RLM and other license managers. Benefits include true global concurrency reporting, allocation of cost/pay-per-use and the ability to distinguish between active or inactive usage of software, and if applicable, automatically free up unused licenses. In addition, other modules allow tracking of node-locked, dongle-based or even web based applications for a unified view of the global usage of software resources.
* [http://www.openlm.com/ OpenLM] OpenLM is a Floating License Manager optimizer. The system's main goal is to keep the idle time of the software to a minimum. OpenLM is constantly monitoring the license server and the activity of each individual workstation. It has a built-in ability to release inactive users while saving open projects or edits to prevent possible damage or loss of data.
External links
* [http://www.acresso.com/products/installation/flexnet_publisher.htm Acresso FLEXnet Publisher]
* [http://community.macrovision.com/ Acresso Developers Forum]
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