FLEXnet Publisher

FLEXnet Activation enables individuals to activate and manage licenses easily, minimizing customer support costs.

FLEXnet Activation delivers an easy, flexible licensing experience, allowing individuals to deactivate, return, transfer, upgrade, or renew licenses without any assistance from customer support. Trusted Storage technology helps reduce revenue loss due to unauthorized access and use.  Using FLEXnet Activation, companies can:

Reduce Support Costs and Enhance the Licensing Experience

• Licenses can be activated, deactivated, renewed, transferred, or upgraded with a single step process.
• Remote or disconnected individuals can easily detach and borrow licenses.
• Required information about a user’s environment is automatically captured, simplifying installation and eliminating user error
• Templates enable installation via the Internet, file exchange, or phone.

Streamline and Secure License Changes

• Licenses can be easily exchanged to activate a different product or version.
• Compliance is ensured when licenses are modified or transferred.
• Licenses are turned off during deactivation, transfers or upgrades to prevent abuse.

Increase Potential Sales and Subscriptions with Product Trials

• Trial and subscription versions are easily created without assistance from developers.
• Paid-for copies automatically convert to a free trial mode when shared on the Internet, promoting viral marketing.
• Products can be transformed into subscription or rental models to create an annuity revenue stream.

Sophisticated security technology blocks unauthorized extension of trials.

The FLEXnet ID dongle enables you to limit or lock software access to your system.

FLEXnet ID dongle works in conjunction with FLEXnet Licensing to enhance security as a form of hostid. The dongle is a serialized hardware key that attaches to a parallel or USB port on a computer. A FLEXnet ID dongle is automatically supported as a valid hostid by any FLEX-enabled application. For additional information or to order dongles, please contact flexid@acresso.com.