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FLEXnet Manager
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Centrally Track Usage for Multiple Applications
FLEXnet Manager is the only solution to offer the flexibility to monitor, manage, and report on the usage of a broad range of high-value software investments: from FLEXenabled applications to back-office software assets, like Oracle.
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FLEXnet Manager is the only solution to offer the flexibility to monitor, manage, and report on the usage of a broad range of high-value software investments: from FLEXenabled applications to back-office software assets, like Oracle.
FLEXenabled Applications
FLEXenabled applications are programs that have been injected with Acresso's proprietary FLEX licensing technology by their respective software vendors. There are over 8,000 FLEXenabled applications on the market, including popular vendor daemons such as:
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- Hyperion
- The MathWorks
- Mentor Graphics
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As the makers of FLEXnet, Acresso Software is uniquely capable of providing organizations access to the most complete and meaningful insight into the software usage of these valuable applications.
FLEXenabled applications run on virtually every OS, including the latest versions of Windows, Solaris, AIX, Red Hat, HP-UX.
FLEXwrapped Windows Applications
For those Windows applications that aren't already FLEXenabled, your IT team can use AdminStudio software packaging solution to inject license tracking capabilities into them – a process known as FLEXwrapping – before deployment, making them visible to FLEXnet Manager.
Back-Office Applications
For those back-office applications, like Oracle datacenters, that aren’t already FLEXenabled, you can use the new Extensible Monitoring add-on to define and monitor software usage as it relates to unique business needs and vendor contract terms. Offering far more than just a snapshot in time, FLEXnet Manager constantly monitors activity and collects usage data, even when the systems are unconnected, so you can identify trends to better anticipate future needs and accurately manage on-going compliance – all without time-consuming manual audits.
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Detailed Data Reports
Run a wide variety of license usage reports to gain a complete understanding when, where, and how your organization uses licenses.
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FLEXnet Manager allows you to track, process, and report on actual software license usage across your organization. It catalogs all usage data in a centralized database that you can access anytime using FLEXnet Manager's powerful new reporting engine.
With usage reports provided by FLEXnet Manager, you now have a complete understanding of your organization's actual licensing needs, so you can save money by making accurate software purchasing decisions. You can cut costs further by identifying underutilized licenses that can be shared among departments and determining which annual support plans no longer need to be renewed.
In this latest release, FLEXnet Manager reporting capabilities have been significantly enhanced, so you can get the exact data you need to answer your licensing questions even quicker than before.
- The reporting engine is now powered by Cognos 8, making it far faster and more flexible than ever.
- You can now import your LDAP organizational structure to quickly identify software usage by business unit or user, so making more informed planning and purchasing decisions is even easier.
- You can also create your own custom reports and drill down on data points to get more precise, transaction-level data.
- Plus, FLEXnet Manager has several new chart and graph options to make data more meaningful and easier to digest.
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User-Friendly Web-Based Interface
FLEXnet Manager's enhanced Web-based UI makes it easy for any administrator to manage licensing operations from anywhere.
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FLEXnet Manager asset management software provides a single console view of all the licenses and license servers in your environment, enabling a single administrator to effectively manage and maintain licenses.
Using FLEXnet Manager's Web-based interface, you can view in real time which licenses are in use and who is using them, making it easy to determine and resolve license availability and compliance issues.
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At-a-Glance Summary View
The Summary page has an extra section listing the general status of all license servers, so you can see at a glance which servers are up, down, or experiencing an error.
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Get a summary view of the current state of licenses across your organization, including the real-time status of servers and vendor daemons, the most heavily used application features, the most active vendor daemons, and more. The Summary page has an extra section listing the general status of all license servers, so you can see at a glance which servers are up, down, or experiencing an error.
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Real-Time License Availability Monitoring
FLEXnet Manager allows you to see current license usage and availability, so you can quickly resolve issues before they impact end users.
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Report Scheduler
Schedule reports to automatically run without human intervention.
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Proactive License Alerts
Automatically receive alerts notifying you of potential licensing problems—such as downed license servers, license expirations, license usage thresholds exceeded, and license overdraft situations. Alerts can be set globally across all license servers in your organization and customized to only alert administrators responsible for a subset of license activity.
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Automate License Management Tasks
Eliminate the need for time-consuming maintenance scripts by scheduling routine tasks, such as lmgrd license server reread, log file rotation, and automatically restarting any license server, from within FLEXnet Manager, allowing administrators to spend more time on other valuable tasks.
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Secure Remote Administration
The Web-based interface makes it easy for you to securely manage license usage from anywhere.
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Managing Roles and Permissions
Easily define each user’s access rights to FLEXnet Manager, ensuring personnel never perform unauthorized tasks, such as deleting or canceling the reports of others. You can also group users into different roles with specific access rights and assign them responsibility for server and agent subsets.
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Cross-Platform Support
FLEXnet Manager's cross-platform architecture runs on virtually every OS, including the latest versions of Windows, Solaris, AIX, Red Hat, and HP-UX. It also runs on VMware Workstation, ESX Server, and Windows Server 2008.
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License Usage Analysis and Reporting
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Centrally Track Usage for Multiple Applications
FLEXnet Manager is the only solution to offer the flexibility to monitor, manage, and report on the usage of a broad range of high-value software investments: from FLEXenabled applications to back-office software assets, like Oracle.
more
FLEXnet Manager is the only solution to offer the flexibility to monitor, manage, and report on the usage of a broad range of high-value software investments: from FLEXenabled applications to back-office software assets, like Oracle.
FLEXenabled Applications
FLEXenabled applications are programs that have been injected with Acresso's proprietary FLEX licensing technology by their respective software vendors. There are over 8,000 FLEXenabled applications on the market, including popular vendor daemons such as:
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- Hyperion
- The MathWorks
- Mentor Graphics
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As the makers of FLEXnet, Acresso Software is uniquely capable of providing organizations access to the most complete and meaningful insight into the software usage of these valuable applications.
FLEXenabled applications run on virtually every OS, including the latest versions of Windows, Solaris, AIX, Red Hat, HP-UX.
FLEXwrapped Windows Applications
For those Windows applications that aren't already FLEXenabled, your IT team can use AdminStudio software packaging solution to inject license tracking capabilities into them – a process known as FLEXwrapping – before deployment, making them visible to FLEXnet Manager.
Back-Office Applications
For those back-office applications, like Oracle datacenters, that aren’t already FLEXenabled, you can use the new Extensible Monitoring add-on to define and monitor software usage as it relates to unique business needs and vendor contract terms. Offering far more than just a snapshot in time, FLEXnet Manager constantly monitors activity and collects usage data, even when the systems are unconnected, so you can identify trends to better anticipate future needs and accurately manage on-going compliance – all without time-consuming manual audits.
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Detailed Data Reports
Run a wide variety of license usage reports to gain a complete understanding when, where, and how your organization uses licenses.
more
FLEXnet Manager allows you to track, process, and report on actual software license usage across your organization. It catalogs all usage data in a centralized database that you can access anytime using FLEXnet Manager's powerful new reporting engine.
With usage reports provided by FLEXnet Manager, you now have a complete understanding of your organization's actual licensing needs, so you can save money by making accurate software purchasing decisions. You can cut costs further by identifying underutilized licenses that can be shared among departments and determining which annual support plans no longer need to be renewed.
In this latest release, FLEXnet Manager reporting capabilities have been significantly enhanced, so you can get the exact data you need to answer your licensing questions even quicker than before.
- The reporting engine is now powered by Cognos 8, making it far faster and more flexible than ever.
- You can now import your LDAP organizational structure to quickly identify software usage by business unit or user, so making more informed planning and purchasing decisions is even easier.
- You can also create your own custom reports and drill down on data points to get more precise, transaction-level data.
- Plus, FLEXnet Manager has several new chart and graph options to make data more meaningful and easier to digest.
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Report Scheduler
Schedule reports to automatically run without human intervention.
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More Report Formats
Export reports into multiple file formats, including Excel, PDF, CVS, TXT, PNG, JPEG, HTML, and RIF.
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License Usage Analysis and Reporting
FLEXnet Manager's reporting ability allows the users to report on actual software license usage across their organization
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Database-Powered Reporting
Get the accurate license usage data you need much faster with FLEXnet Manager's new database-powered reporting engine.
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FLEXnet Manager has a new database-powered reporting engine that gives you the accurate license usage data you need faster than ever. With the new engine powered by Cognos 8, you can now run queries against the FLEXnet Manager database to quickly generate detailed, accurate licensing reports. You can also use the third-party or custom reporting tools of your choice to query the database.
If you're currently using SAM products, you will instantly notice how the speed and accuracy of this new database-powered engine makes FLEXnet Manager reporting far superior to SAM.
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Scripting Support
Enter script commands in the FLEXnet Manager UI during report configuration to perform custom actions after the reports are generated. Custom report configurations are stored in the FLEXnet Manager database for reuse at any time.
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Peak Usage and Denial Reporting
Anticipate and prevent license denials using a new report predicting when denials are most likely to occur.
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FLEXnet Manager now includes a new built-in report that makes it easier for you to anticipate and prevent license denials.
The report displays trends in your license usage, showing you the days and times when it's at its maximum and minimum, so you can see when the probability of denials will be high and take appropriate action.
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Unique Users Report
FLEXnet Manager now generates reports on the number of unique users running specific features at a given time.
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FLEXnet Manager now generates reports on the number of unique users running specific features at a given time.
Whenever upcoming maintenance could cause server downtime, you can now use this report to only notify people using the impacted features.
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Usage Over Time Reports
See the maximum number of licenses in use over a period of time to determine which licenses to renew and which to drop.
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Usage Summary Reports
More accurately forecast future purchases by viewing per-license usage data by feature and user.
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Summary Barchart Reports
Compare license utilization across users, features, and more based on calculations made in a Usage Summary report.
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Usage Efficiency Reports
See the amount each license is being used in order to determine the proper number of licenses needed on an ongoing basis.
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High Water Mark Reports
Understand peak usage of licenses over time, so you can optimize license purchases and more effectively manage peak demand.
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Server Coverage Reports
Document the time period a particular license server was serving licenses, as well as any significant periods of downtime.
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Raw Reports
Improve analysis and troubleshooting of lmgrd license server activity by seeing individual usage events for every license checkout.
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Report Configuration Wizard
FLEXnet Manager has more flexible options for configuring reports, including customizable graphics and a wide selection of colors, fonts, 3-D effects, and backgrounds to choose from, making it even easier to use.
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Simultaneous Report Viewing
Review and compare licensing data by viewing multiple reports simultaneously on your computer. Simply open the report in one window and view multiple reports at one time without the annoyance of going back and forth.
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Deleting and Canceling Reports
To help improve security, now only the owner of a report has permission to delete or cancel it.
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Customized Report Management
Save combinations of report parameters that you can run again and again.
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Global License Server Management
FLEXnet Manager’s software license management system allows you to track and process your licenses globally.
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Global License Server Management
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Centrally Manage License Servers
FLEXnet Manager offers a single console view that allows one administrator to manage licenses and lmgrd license servers across the enterprise.
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Agent Management
Get more visibility into and control over your license environment with agent support, which includes views into agents' health and the ability to remove or unregister a specific agent.
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FLEXnet Manager gives you more visibility into and control over your license environment with new agent support.
There is a new screen that lists all registered agents, their health, and the license servers those agents are managing. The FLEXnet Manager console also gives you the power to remove a specific agent, remove orphaned license servers and vendor daemons, and unregister an agent.
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Better Manage License Server Subsets
FLEXnet Manager now makes it easy for specific administrators to be assigned responsibility for server and agent subsets.
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FLEXnet Manager now makes it easy for specific administrators to be assigned responsibility for server and agent subsets.
You can customize FLEXnet Manager so each administrator only sees activity and receives alerts for their assigned server and agent sets, no one else’s. It helps improve security while saving administrators the hassle of filtering through the activities of every server to find their own.
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Activatable and Detachable License Support
FLEXnet Manager can track both activatable licenses (user- or machine-specific licenses controlled from a server) and detachable licenses (concurrent licenses that can be used away from the network for a time).
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User-Friendly Web-Based Interface
FLEXnet Manager's enhanced Web-based UI makes it easy for any administrator to manage licensing operations from anywhere.
more
FLEXnet Manager asset management software provides a single console view of all the licenses and license servers in your environment, enabling a single administrator to effectively manage and maintain licenses.
Using FLEXnet Manager's Web-based interface, you can view in real time which licenses are in use and who is using them, making it easy to determine and resolve license availability and compliance issues.
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Vendor Daemon Status
View the current, in-depth status of each vendor daemon in your environment, including their individual report and debug logs.
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Flexible License Status Updating
Define how often you wish to be proactively updated on the status of different licenses.
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Automate License Management Tasks
Eliminate the need for time-consuming maintenance scripts by scheduling routine tasks, such as lmgrd license server reread, log file rotation, and automatically restarting any license server, from within FLEXnet Manager, allowing administrators to spend more time on other valuable tasks.
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Automatic License Reread
Set time for automatic reread of license files to ensure that all updates are incorporated into your license management activities.
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Secure Remote Administration
The Web-based interface makes it easy for you to securely manage license usage from anywhere.
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Managing Roles and Permissions
Easily define each user’s access rights to FLEXnet Manager, ensuring personnel never perform unauthorized tasks, such as deleting or canceling the reports of others. You can also group users into different roles with specific access rights and assign them responsibility for server and agent subsets.
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License File Editor
As license entitlements change, you can use FLEXnet Manager to edit license files and distribute them to the different license servers in your environment.
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Cross-Platform Support
FLEXnet Manager's cross-platform architecture runs on virtually every OS, including the latest versions of Windows, Solaris, AIX, Red Hat, and HP-UX. It also runs on VMware Workstation, ESX Server, and Windows Server 2008.
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IPv6 Certification
FLEXnet Manager now works as an Ipv6 application in a dual-stack environment (Ipv4/Ipv6) and complies with government requirements for IPv6 compatibility.
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More Platform and Database Support
FLEXnet Manager now supports Redhat Enterprise 4.0, Windows Vista through Internet Explorer 7, and Solaris 10, as well as Oracle 10g, MySQL 5.0, and SQL server 2005 databases.
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LDAP Support
Save time by using your LDAP database to establish user access rights to FLEXnet Manager.
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SNMP Integration
Send commands to FLEXnet Manager from tools like IBM's Tivoli® and CA's Unicenter® using SNMP protocols.
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Productivity Tools
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At-a-Glance Summary View
The Summary page has an extra section listing the general status of all license servers, so you can see at a glance which servers are up, down, or experiencing an error.
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Get a summary view of the current state of licenses across your organization, including the real-time status of servers and vendor daemons, the most heavily used application features, the most active vendor daemons, and more. The Summary page has an extra section listing the general status of all license servers, so you can see at a glance which servers are up, down, or experiencing an error.
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Proactive License Alerts
Automatically receive alerts notifying you of potential licensing problems—such as downed license servers, license expirations, license usage thresholds exceeded, and license overdraft situations. Alerts can be set globally across all license servers in your organization and customized to only alert administrators responsible for a subset of license activity.
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Search and Sort Tools
Search and sort functionality makes it easier than ever to find the licensing data you need, which is especially useful for large organizations with many license servers.
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FLEXnet Manager has enhanced search and sorting capabilities that make it easier for license administrators—especially those managing a high number of license servers and reports—to find specific licensing data.
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Automatic License Server Restart
FLEXnet Manager can automatically restart any license server with a single mouse click at initial set up, helping to reduce downtime while making your system easier to maintain.
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Alert Execution Scripts
Save time and better manage licenses by using scripts to automatically respond to FLEXnet Manager alerts.
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Save time and better manage licenses by using scripts to automatically respond to FLEXnet Manager alerts.
For example, upon receiving a concurrent license usage threshold alert, a script could trigger an email to your users requesting they close the application when not in use. |
Alert Escalations
FLEXnet Manager will escalate alerts that have not been acted upon in a timely manner. You control which alert types require escalation.
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Real-Time License Availability Monitoring
FLEXnet Manager allows you to see current license usage and availability, so you can quickly resolve issues before they impact end users.
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SAM Report Command Line Recognition
Legacy SAM customers can now use FLEXnet Manager to run their SAM-configured automated reports with minimal effort.
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New and Enhanced Features in Version 12
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Faster, More Detailed Data Reports
The reporting engine is now powered by Cognos 8, making it faster and more flexible than ever. You can also create your own custom reports, import your LDAP organizational structure and drill down on data points to identify software usage by business unit or user, and more.
more
FLEXnet Manager reporting capabilities have been significantly enhanced, so you can get the exact data you need to answer your licensing questions even quicker than before.
- The reporting engine is now powered by Cognos 8, making it far faster and more flexible than ever.
- You can now import your LDAP organizational structure to quickly identify software usage by business unit or user, so making more informed planning and purchasing decisions is even easier.
- You can also create your own custom reports and drill down on data points to get more precise, transaction-level data.
- Plus, FLEXnet Manager has several new chart and graph options to make data more meaningful and easier to digest.
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More Report Formats
Export reports into multiple file formats, including Excel, PDF, CVS, TXT, PNG, JPEG, HTML, and RIF.
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IPv6 Certification
FLEXnet Manager now works as an Ipv6 application in a dual-stack environment (Ipv4/Ipv6) and complies with government requirements for IPv6 compatibility.
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Virtual Environment Certification
FLEXnet Manager now runs on VMware Workstation and ESX Server.
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Windows Server 2008 Support
FLEXnet Manager is now certified to operate on Windows Server 2008.
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Enhanced Web-Based Interface
The FLEXnet Manager UI has been refreshed to be far more intuitive. Current users will notice the difference immediately.
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The FLEXnet Manager UI has been refreshed to be far more intuitive. Current users will notice the difference immediately.
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