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August 11th, 2009

Acresso InstallShield Wins Visual Studio Readers Choice 2009 Award

SCHAUMBURG, IL–(Marketwire - August 11, 2009) - 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.

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August 7th, 2009

Study: Enterprises Can Slash 88 Percent Off Application Preparation Time for Microsoft App-V Deployments

SCHAUMBURG, IL–(Marketwire - August 7, 2009) - 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 percent 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. The exclusive study focused on the most challenging part of an application virtualization implementation, the migration of applications from traditional formats to an App-V ready format, and compared the preparation time using traditional methods versus using AdminStudio. In all cases, AdminStudio proved to be the faster option than the native method, the App-V Sequencer. For full survey results: click here.

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Published by: Agency Staff on August 7th, 2009 | Filed under Acresso, Eastwick Communications, Uncategorized | Comment now »



July 8th, 2009

Acresso Announces AdminStudio for LANDesk Management Suite; Speeds the Delivery of Reliable Applications, Reducing Total Cost of Ownership for Desktop Management

SCHAUMBURG, IL–(Marketwire - July 8, 2009) - 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.



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June 29th, 2009

New InstallShield 2010 Enables Authoring of High Quality Virtual Application Packages

SCHAUMBURG, IL–(Marketwire - June 29, 2009) - 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.

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March 17th, 2009

Acresso Software Expands Novell Offering with New Multi-Year OEM Agreement

Schaumburg, IL - 3/17/2009 - 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.

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February 18th, 2009

Acresso Software Adds Janet Perna as New Board Member

Schaumburg, IL - 2/18/2009 - Acresso Software, a privately-held company of Thoma Bravo, today announced the appointment of Janet Perna to its Board of Directors. Ms. Perna is the former general manager, information management for IBM’s Software group. In that role, Ms. Perna established IBM as a market leader in database, enterprise content management and information integration. Under her leadership, the group increased information management revenue by more than 150 percent. Perna currently serves on the board of directors of Deltek and Varicent.

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February 3rd, 2009

Acresso InstallAnywhere 2009 Reduces Development and Installation-Related Support Costs for Multi-Platform Software Products

Schaumburg, IL - 2/3/2009 - 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.3.

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January 7th, 2009

Acresso Software Finalizes Intraware Acquisition

Schaumburg, IL - 1/7/2009 - 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. The combination of Intraware’s SubscribeNet service and Acresso’s FLEXnet® product suite will create the industry leading and most advanced solution for entitlement and compliance management. The structure and terms of the deal have not changed since the agreement announcement on October 20, 2008. Intraware’s common stock holders will receive $4.00 in cash for each of their shares.

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Published by: Tina Salcedo on January 7th, 2009 | Filed under Acresso | Comment now »



January 6th, 2009

Acresso Extends Software Usage Monitoring and Reporting Capabilities to Virtually Any Enterprise Application

Schaumburg, IL - 1/6/2009 - 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.

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July 17th, 2008

Acresso Software Announces License Manager for SAP Business Suite

Acresso to provide an easier way to analyze license usage and optimize SAP investment.

Schaumburg, IL - 7/15/2008 - Acresso Software™ today announced License Manager for SAP® Business Suite to enable organizations to centrally monitor and analyze their SAP license usage to help ensure accurate licensing and “right-size� the cost based on individual employee usage.

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