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Solutions for Software & Hardware Vendors

This is arguably the most exciting – and challenging – period the technology industry has ever seen. There are significant opportunities for software vendors and hardware manufacturers that embed software to increase revenue and cut costs, but only if you can overcome the challenges that come with them. Acresso’s solutions are the key. By making it easier for customers to do business with you, Acresso empowers your organization to drive revenue and lower costs.

How Can I Simplify Relationships with Customers to Boost Sales and Cut Costs?

Customers are finding it more and more difficult to do business with software and hardware vendors. Vendors can’t give customers access to entitlement data, so users can’t manage compliance. Vendors can’t alter licensing models to meet customer needs. They make it needlessly difficult for users to obtain, install, and update products. The more complicated your relationship with customers, the worse the impact on your business.

How Can I Get a Single, Complete View of Entitlements?

Most software producers have entitlement data in multiple formats scattered amongst CRM, ERP, entitlement, and email systems. But without a complete understanding of entitlements, the basic elements of your business (up-selling, cross-selling, promotions, etc.) become difficult.

How Can I Cut Software Delivery Costs and Still Keep Customers Updated?

Software producers understand the importance of efficient, reliable software delivery. Being able to fulfill customer purchases with timely software delivery is vital to maintaining satisfaction. Also, keeping customers patched and on the latest, most secure release significantly reduces support costs. The problem is finding a cost effect-effective way to do it.

How Can I Prevent and Monetize Software Overuse without Alienating Customers?

Unlicensed overuse and piracy cost software producers billions each year in lost sales. Reigning in unauthorized use could boost revenue, but it often involves costly audits that damage customer relationships.

How Can I Maximize the Value of My Embedded Software without Increasing Manufacturing Costs?

As hardware becomes more commoditized, hardware vendors need to focus on maximizing the value of their embedded software. They must find ways to protect against hacking, easily change capability and/or capacity on a device to appeal to diverse markets, manage and enforce customer entitlements, and more. And they must do it all without increasing manufacturing costs.

Entitlement Relationship Management Solution

Increasing revenue and simplifying customer relationships
Acresso’s end-to-end Entitlement Relationship Management Solution (ERMS) gives software producers and hardware producers that embed software the power to drive revenue growth and simplify customer relationships. The Entitlement Management Solution helps you eliminate costly manual processes by making it easy to manage entitlements, flexibly license products, deliver software electronically, and monitor compliance.

Entitlement & License Operations Management

Get Complete Control over Electronic Software Licensing and Entitlements
Acresso's Entitlement & License Operations Management gives software producers and hardware producers that embed software a single system for managing entitlements and altering licensing terms. Entitlement and software licensing control lets you cut costs and increase revenue by streamlining your entire entitlement process.

Electronic Delivery Management

Cut Costs with Efficient Fulfillment, Installation, and Updating
Acresso’s Electronic Delivery Management gives embedded software producers and hardware producers the ability to cut software delivery and support costs. Electronic software delivery lets you increase customer satisfaction by rapidly fulfilling purchases, reliably installing products, and proactively delivering updates.

Compliance Management

Capture Revenue Otherwise Lost to Piracy and Overuse
Compliance Management gives software producers and hardware producers that embed software the power to prevent piracy and monetize overuse without alienating customers. This software license compliance solution gives you the opportunity to increase revenue while your customers gain an understanding of their license compliance status – without the hassle of physical audits.

FLEXnet Suite for High-Tech Device Manufacturers

Maximize Profits from Embedded Software with Electronic Licensing, Updating, and Entitlement Management
The FLEXnet Suite for High-Tech Device Manufacturers gives hardware manufacturers the power to protect and monetize embedded software to maximize its value. Powered by FLEXnet® technology, it makes it easy for you to increase revenue and lower manufacturing costs through electronic software licensing, updating, and entitlement management.

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