Organizations that effectively track and manage license usage are better able to cut software costs, stay in compliance, and ensure end users have access to the licenses they need to be productive.

To help IT monitor and manage license usage, Acresso's AdminStudio has FLEXwrap technology that you can use to inject license tracking capabilities into applications before deployment, making those programs visible to Acresso's license management solution, FLEXnet Manager. You can then use FLEXnet Manager's Web-based console to centrally track and report on the usage of all your FLEXwrapped software licenses.

How Does FLEXwrap Work?
Many software applications arrive from their vendor already injected with FLEX technology, which means they are ready to be tracked and managed by FLEXnet Manager. For those Windows-based programs that aren't already FLEXenabled, IT administrators can use AdminStudio to inject license tracking capabilities — a process known as FLEXwrapping — making them visible to FLEXnet Manager.

Using AdminStudio, FLEXwrapping applications becomes a natural part of the software packaging process your IT team already follows to prepare Windows Installer (MSI) packages for deployment. AdminStudio has a FLEXwrap Assistant that automates the FLEXwrap process and does the work for you.

Once an application is FLEXwrapped and packaged properly, simply distribute it to your environment and begin managing its use with FLEXnet Manager.

Benefits of FLEXwrapping Windows Applications

• Track and manage applications that you otherwise couldn't with FLEXnet Manager
• Optimize software spending by basing future purchases of FLEXwrapped applications on actual usage data
• Ensure compliance and gain complete control over your application environment
• Cut costs by identifying how many unused licenses of FLEXwrapped applications can be eliminated
• Pinpoint areas where license sharing of FLEXwrapped applications would reduce costs
• Improve end-user productivity by quickly resolving FLEXwrapped application availability issues
• Anticipate peak usage times of FLEXwrapped applications to ensure sufficient licenses availability

The FLEXwrap Assistant walks you through a simple 5-step process for FLEXwrapping MSIs.

FLEXnet Manager generates reports on how FLEXwrapped MSIs are being used.