Flexera Software's Why

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Why


SOFTWARE is eating the world!

SUPPLIER BUYER


Software is a

$350 BILLION INDUSTRY

that

POWERS EVERY COMPANY

on the planet

Source: Gartner, Forecast: Enterprise Software Markets, Worldwide, 2013-2020, 4Q16 Update, Dec. 2016


Software powers the INTERNET OF THINGS

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…IoT will represent

$13 TRILLION IN REVENUE

By 2025:

80 BILLION

DEVICES…

Source: Vernon Turner, IDC


But the software industry has a

DIRTY LITTLE SECRET

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The software “SUPPLY CHAIN” is the single

most DYSFUNCTIONAL in all of industry today…

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…which costs TENS OF BILLIONS per

year in WASTE and INEFFICIENCY…

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…and injects RISK into every company,

government and household around the world

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Every other industry has a HIGHLY EFFICIENT supply chain

We build products. They are safe and

secure. The only time we talk audit is

during tax season.

I use only what I’ve paid for and the only

time we talk audit is during tax season. My

SUPPLIERS manage my inventory.


An EFFICIENT supply chain

has TRANSPARENCY

THIS ALLOWS SUPPLIERS AND BUYERS TO AGREE ON WHAT’S BEEN

OWEDPURCHASED USED

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Flexera ENABLES an efficient and transparent

SOFTWARE SUPPLY CHAIN

WE’RE REIMAGINING THE WAY SOFTWARE IS

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What’s wrong with the

SOFTWARE

SUPPLY CHAIN?


Software suppliers and buyers

often DON’T KNOW

what’s been purchased, used,

and owed. As a result, they

DISAGREE continuously

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“Node

Locked”

“Pay Per

User”

“Concurrent

Users”

WHY? Software suppliers have an

INFINITE number of ways to PRICE

software and MEASURE usage…

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“Only in

the Cloud”

“On your

desktop &

laptop”

“You can

virtualize it” … an INFINITE number of ways

they decide HOW

software can be used…

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“We’ll bill for

overages”

“We’ll deny

access”

“We’ll audit our

customers”

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… and an INFINITE number of

ways they ENFORCE

ENTITLEMENTS and

USAGE RIGHTS


Another problem is that there is no “UNIVERSAL METER” helping

SOFTWARE BUYERS understand…

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…HOW MUCH software is being USED,

making COMPLIANCE and BUDGETING

virtually impossible


This creates INEFFICIENCY, WASTE, and

FRICTION between supplier and buyer

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I don’t think my customers are paying me

for all the software they are using.

We need to audit.

Why is managing our software assets so

difficult and time consuming? I don’t have

this problem with suppliers of hardware,

telecoms, etc.


SUPPLIER BUYER

Flexera SOLVES THIS PROBLEM

by enabling a “single version of the truth”

Software Asset Management

& License Optimization

We help buyers

purchase only what

they need, manage

what they have and

use what they bought

We help suppliers

automate & standardize

how they monetize

their products and

track usage

Software

Monetization


…If it’s not, suppliers create

RISK for themselves

and their BUYERS

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A supply chain also has to

be SAFE and SECURE…


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A BILL OF MATERIALS gives visibility into what a product contains,

MITIGATING RISK for suppliers and buyers


But it’s hard to see if there are VULNERABILTIES in software, and in the

OPEN SOURCE COMPONENTS suppliers use

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FACT:

95% of IT organizations leverage

OPEN SOURCE

components in their software -

whether they know it or not.

— Gartner


Are there vulnerabilities in our software? Do

we know which customers are at

risk? Can we notify them? Can we push

out patches?

Are we running unauthorized software? Are

we exposed to vulnerabilities hackers can

exploit? How can I minimize my risk?

As a result, suppliers routinely distribute

software with VULNERABILITIES

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Flexera’s security solutions MINIMIZE VULNERABILITY RISK

for both the software supplier and buyer

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Tamper Resistant Licensing

Open Source Security


Software Monetization


Software Vulnerability Management


Flexera creates TRUST and TRANSPARENCY

in the software supply chain…

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…Enabling software supplier and buyer to secure their applications, and agree on

what’s been purchased, how much has been used, and how much is owed

Tamper Resistant Licensing



Software Monetization


Software Vulnerability Management


WE’RE REIMAGINING THE WAY SOFTWARE IS

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