Flexera is an American computer software company based in

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. It is a business-focused organization which works in software asset management and cloud management.

History

On 1 April 2008, Macrovision sold its software division to the

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investment fund, which became Acresso Software. Macrovision subsequently changed its name to

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. In October 2009, Acresso Software, Inc. became Flexera Software after a legal threat from Agresso Software. On July 19, 2011, Thoma Bravo sold a majority stake in Flexera Software LLC to Teachers' Private Capital, the private investment department of the

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. The transaction was finalized on October 3, 2011. In 2020, Flexera released their

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platform Flexera One. On May 28, 2020, Flexera launched a new division called Revenera. Revenera is a business-focused organization which works in

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, and

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software.

Acquisitions

Flexera acquired Australian based ManageSoft in 2010. Managesoft was OSA (Open Software Associates), which itself came out of HP's Australian Software Organisation. On September 15, 2015, Flexera acquired Denmark based Secunia for an undisclosed amount. On September 17, 2017, Flexera announced the completion of the acquisition of BDNA. On September 26, 2018, Flexera acquired

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for an undisclosed amount. On June 5, 2019, Flexera acquired Asheville, North Carolina–based RISC Networks for an undisclosed amount. On November 28, 2023, Flexera entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Snow Software, a software asset management company based in Sweden for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition was completed February 15, 2024. On January 16, 2025, Flexera announced it had entered into an agreement to acquire the Spot FinOps and Cloud Infrastructure Products from

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, consisting of the previous NetApp acquisitions of SpotInst, CloudCheckr, and Fylamynt. and closed in early March of 2025

Flexera Software

The Flexera Software division (now Revenera) has made several acquisitions. On February 26, 2016, Flexera Software acquired

company Palamida. On February 5, 2020, Flexera Software acquired software usage analytics company Revulytics.

Revenera

Revenera is a division of Flexera launched on May 28, 2020. The Revenera division is a business-focused organization which works in software monetization,

, and

software.

Product history

In July 2021, Revenera announced Software Container Delivery for entitlement-driven delivery of software container images. In September 2021, Revenera announced that all software monetization,

, and

software will be sold via a subscription model. In September 2022, Revenera launched enhanced

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support.

Monetization Monitor

Revenera publishes a series of reports each year named ''Monetization Monitors''. These reports highlight software monetization, piracy, and usage analytics trends.

References

External links

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History

Acquisitions

Flexera Software

Revenera

Product history

Monetization Monitor

See also

References

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