Flexera, the company that helps organizations realize technology’s power to accelerate their business, today announces the findings of the RightScale 2019 State of the Cloud Report. In its eighth year, the RightScale 2019 State of the Cloud Report from Flexera is the leading survey of corporate cloud users, including 786 technology professionals at large and small enterprises across a multitude of industries, such as tech services, software, financial services, telecom, education, government and healthcare.

Flexera, the company that's reimagining how software is bought, sold, managed and secured, announced Flexera (RightScale) has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the Leaders quadrant of the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Management Platforms, published on 7 January 2019 and authored by Dennis Smith, et al. Gartner evaluated the RightScale CMP which includes cloud cost optimization offering, RightScale Optima. RightScale was acquired by Flexera in 2018.

Flexera, the company that's reimagining how software is bought, sold, managed and secured, today announced the release of AdminStudio 2018 R3, the industry-leading integrated Application Readiness solution for reliable packaging, virtualization and management of Windows, Mac and mobile applications.  AdminStudio continues to help enterprises eliminate much of the risk and inefficiency around preparing application deployments and updates via centralized Application Readiness best practice processes and automation.

Flexera, the company that’s reimagining how software is bought, sold, managed and secured, has been awarded a 2018 Top Workplace honor by The Chicago Tribune.  The list is based solely on employee feedback gathered through a third-party survey administered by research partner Energage, LLC (formerly WorkplaceDynamics), a leading provider of technology-based employee engagement tools.

Flexera announced today it has acquired RightScale, the recognized industry leader in multi-cloud management and cost optimization.  This gives Flexera the top technology asset management offering across software, hardware, SaaS and cloud services.  By adding RightScale’s proven products to its portfolio, Flexera takes a big leap forward in helping solve the critical problem of cloud services overspend and control.

Flexera, the company that’s reimagining how software is bought, sold, managed and secured, today announced the release of InstallShield 2018 R2, providing easy installation creation and conversion support for MSIX, the latest deployment type from Microsoft.  The release also offers a new, easier-to-use InstallShield designer interface to help development teams move faster and improve time-to-value.

Flexera, the company that’s reimagining how software is bought, sold, managed and secured, today released new support for Microsoft’s MSIX, a single application packaging format for all Windows platforms.  MSIX is made up of a combination of earlier technologies including Microsoft’s Installer, Universal Windows Platform and Application Virtualization formats.  AdminStudio 2018 makes it easy for IT administrators to move to MSIX, supporting testing for compatibility to convert existing packages to this new format.  Flexera’s InstallShield, the standard for Windows installers, will support MSIX with the upcoming 2018 R2 release in September.