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Application Virtualization for Developers - Webinar by Flexera Software

I'm looking forward to this webinar because it's going to discuss a question that I'm also asking myself these days: "Is application virtualization the future of software installations?". Of course, the final answer will be "InstallShield" because it supports Microsoft...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Wed, Oct 21 2009
Filed under: Filed under: Industry News, Virtualization, Acresso, InstallShield, App-V, Flexera
Acresso changes name to Flexera

Mark Bishof, President and CEO of Acresso Software, today informed customers that the company will change its name to Flexera Software effective October 12, 2009. They plan to issue a formal press announcement about this on October 13. But in his e-mail he already hinted about the reason: "Under...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Thu, Oct 8 2009
Filed under: Filed under: Industry News, Macrovision, Acresso, InstallShield, Flexera
Service Pack 1 for InstallShield 2010 brings support for the final released versions of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

When InstallShield 2010 was released, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 were still in the Release Candidate (RC) state. Acresso now published Service Pack 1 to support the release versions (RTM) of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, and the included MSI 5 engine. SP1 also includes some enhancements...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Tue, Oct 6 2009
Filed under: Filed under: Windows Installer, Industry News, Acresso, InstallShield, Windows 7, InstallShield 2010, MSI 5, Windows Mobile
InstallShield 2010 Released

(Updated to fix broken hyperlinks) On October 18, 2009 Acresso released the latest version of their setup authoring tool InstallShield, which reportedly is used by over 71,000 ISVs and enterprises to create installers for Windows and mobile devices. What's new in InstallShield 2010 Supports Microsoft...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Fri, Jun 19 2009
Filed under: Filed under: Windows Installer, Industry News, Acresso, InstallShield, InstallAnywhere, Windows 7, InstallShield 2010, MSI 5, App-V
End of Life for InstallShield German announced

Today Acresso announced the end of life for the German editions of InstallShield and for the German and French editions of InstallAnywhere. There will be no German edition of InstallShield 2010, and upgrade pricing from the German to the English edition will end on October 31, 2009. Here are the official...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Tue, Jun 2 2009
Filed under: Filed under: German, Windows Installer, Industry News, Acresso, InstallShield, InstallAnywhere, InstallShield 2010
AdminStudio adds support for direct conversion to Microsoft App-V

On April 28, 2009 Acresso Software announced the release of App-V support for AdminStudio. AdminStudio can now directly convert existing physical application packages to the virtual format for use with Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V), part of the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack, the...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Thu, May 7 2009
Filed under: Filed under: Windows Installer, Industry News, Virtualization, Acresso, AdminStudio, App-V, XenApp, ThinApp
30% Discount off InstallShield and InstallAnywhere Upgrades through April

For a limited time you can save 30% when upgrading to the latest versions of InstallShield or InstallAnywhere. This offer is valid for upgrades from InstallShield 12 or InstallShield 2008 to InstallShield 2009 and from InstallAnywhere 8, InstallAnywhere 2008 or InstallAnywhere 2008 Value Pack 1 to InstallAnywhere...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Wed, Feb 18 2009
Filed under: Filed under: Windows Installer, Industry News, Acresso, InstallShield, InstallAnywhere, Special Offer
FLEXnet Connect 6.1 Security Update

Acresso has published a fix for a security issue in FLEXnet Connect (previously called InstallShield Update Service) that was reported in September 2008. The problem was that FLEXnet connect used an unauthenticated HTTP connection to download and execute scripts from the update server. Therefore an attacker...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Mon, Feb 16 2009
Filed under: Filed under: Industry News, Security, FLEXnet Connect, Acresso
Chaining MSI Packages with MSI 4.5 White Paper

David Cole, Senior Software Engineer and Install Architect at IBM, has written a white paper called “Using Chained .MSI Packages to Componentize Your Windows Installer Setup”. The white paper is available from Acresso Software, the makers of InstallShield, but most of the content is independent of the...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Fri, Jan 30 2009
Filed under: Filed under: Web Resources, Windows Installer, MSI 4.5, Acresso, InstallShield
Acresso acquisition, Intraware, breaking state laws?

It was announced recently that Acresso has intentions of purchasing Intraware. Today, I read this news article on Marketwatch, about breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of state law by the board of directors of Intraware Inc. : http...

Posted to Rod Trent MVP, myITforum'er by on Wed, Oct 29 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Industry News, Acresso
Acresso making some moves…

Due to a better standing in the industry after dumped by Macrovision? Or just the lucky recipient of funding from Thomas Bravo, LLC (their equity investment firm)? Acresso Software to Acquire Intraware, Inc Acresso Software Announces the Acquisition...

Posted to Rod Trent MVP, myITforum'er by on Tue, Oct 21 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Industry News, Software Management, Acresso
Acresso Special Offers in October

Acresso has started a new special offer for InstallShield and InstallAnywhere for October, and the AdminStudio offer also runs through Oct 30. Below is a summary of the current offers, and also some information about the price increase that was announced for November 1, 2008. InstallShield and InstallAnywhere...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Tue, Oct 7 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Industry News, Acresso, InstallShield, AdminStudio, InstallAnywhere
InstallShield and InstallAnywhere prices will go up

In an e-mail sent today, Acresso announced that effective November 1, 2008, prices will increase on InstallShield® and InstallAnywhere®. There were no details in the e-mail, but according to my information the prices for full versions and upgrades of InstallShield and InstallAnywhere will go up substantially...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Fri, Sep 19 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Industry News, Acresso, InstallShield, InstallAnywhere
Security Vulnerability in FLEXnet Connect / InstallShield Update Service

When checking for updates, the FLEXnet Connect client (and it's previous versions named InstallShield Update Service) can download and execute scripts from the update server. The problem is that these scripts are downloaded via HTTP, so the identity of the server isn't verified and the scripts...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Thu, Sep 18 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Industry News, Security, Macrovision, FLEXnet Connect, Acresso
InstallShield 2009 Service Pack 2 available

Acresso released Service Pack 2 for InstallShield 2009 Premier and Professional. SP2 contains support for Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and Microsoft SQL Server 2008. In addition, several issues were resolved in this service pack. The SP2 patch includes all of the SP1 changes. The service pack is...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Tue, Sep 16 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Industry News, Acresso
Additional upgrade discounts from Acresso, including end-of-life products

Today Acresso extended the upgrade discount offer (10% off the upgrade price) that is available through the end of September (for AdminStudio: end of October) to the following product versions: InstallShield Express: versions 11, 11.5, 12, 2008 InstallShield Professional and Premier: versions 11, 11...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Wed, Sep 3 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Industry News, Acresso, InstallShield, AdminStudio, InstallAnywhere
Acresso released AdminStudio 9 and announced end of life for AdminStudio 7.x

On August 29, 2008 Acresso released version 9.0 of AdminStudio Enterprise, Professional and Standard editions. AdminStudio 9 Release Notes (PDF) Webinar: What's New in AdminStudio 9.0 and Workflow Manager 5.0 Registration required. WARNING: Anyone who knows your e-mail address can retrieve the information...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Wed, Sep 3 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Windows Installer, Industry News, Virtualization, Acresso, AdminStudio
Acresso announces end of life for InstallShield 11.x and InstallAnywhere 7, special upgrade discount offer

On August 27, 2008, Acresso announced the end of life of InstallShield 11 and 11.5. This includes Premier, Professional and Express Editions and all languages of these Editions. Acresso also announced the end of life of InstallAnywhere 7.x. To stay current with the latest Acresso release, InstallShield...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Wed, Aug 27 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Industry News, Acresso, InstallShield, InstallAnywhere
InstallShield 2009 Express available

On August 27, 2008 Acresso released version 2009 of InstallShield Express, completing the InstallShield 2009 product family: Premier, Professional and Express. New features in this version include: Setup Prerequisites based on feature selection Visual Studio 2008 support MSI 4.5 Support Adobe Flash support...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Wed, Aug 27 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Windows Installer, Industry News, Acresso, InstallShield
Service Pack 1 for InstallShield 2009 available [Update]

Only two weeks after the inital release of InstallShield 2009 Acresso published a service pack. The main purpose of SP1 is to add support for the release version of Windows Installer 4.5. The inital release only supported MSI 4.5 Beta 2. SP1 also fixes some issues that had been reported shortly after...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Sat, Jun 21 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Windows Installer, Industry News, MSI 4.5, Acresso, InstallShield

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