All articles

Flexera said has opened the doors to its new Data Platform Centre of Excellence offices in Belfast City Centre, Northern Ireland. The new Flax House facility will be focused on advancing Flexera's technology asset management solutions.

Chip maker AMD acknowledges it is looking into critical vulnerabilities and an exploitable backdoor in its latest line of processors after an Israel-based security firm ambushed the company with a report this week detailing more than a dozen serious security holes in its products.

Rapid technology advances have brought new challenges for the protection of personal data, and so every organisation needs a comprehensive approach to privacy management. They must also document how they collect, process and store personal data. But too many companies still fall down on the security fundamentals and new regulations such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and ISO 27001 are making the cost of failure far greater than it’s ever been.

U.S. private equity firm TA Associates has closed its previously announced investment in Itasca, Illinois-based Flexera, a software supply chain company, according to a blog post on the latter’s site.

U.S. private equity firm TA Associates has closed its previously announced investment in Itasca, Illinois-based Flexera, a software supply chain company, according to a blog post on the latter’s site. No financial terms were disclosed.

Vulnerable open source and third-party components will allow massive hacks

Agencies need to accurately inventory their IT assets to effectively consolidate and optimize their data centers.

We know too little about software. Which is dangerous since it’s so global.

We know too little about software. Which is dangerous since it’s so global.

If you could have your software asset management (SAM) program analyzed for effectiveness by some of the world’s most knowledgeable SAM experts, what might they find?

It's a challenge to inspire a company that is already doing great.

Cybersecurity must be proactive, as opposed to constantly playing catch-up and responding to vulnerabilities only after they’ve been exploited, writes Vincent Smyth, Senior Vice President EMEA, Flexera

We review Flexera Corporate Software Inspector, a patch management solution for Windows, Mac OS and Red Hat Linux.

Patch management might be the single most important security tool. We review 9 of the top patch management solutions.

Vincent Smyth, general manager & senior vice president EMEA for Flexera, offers his hopes and insights into what the year ahead holds for businesses as they take measures to maintain and secure their software and technology estates.

KPMG Australia is teaming up with Flexera to produce an end-to-end Software Asset Management (SAM) solution.

It was no surprise to industry experts that agency performance on the initial scorecard for MEGABYTE Act compliance was poor.

Supporting Flexera’s mission to reimagine how software is bought, sold, managed and secured, TA Associates joins existing investor Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan

Private Equity Deals

TA Associates has acquired a minority equity stake in Flexera, an Itasca, Ill.-based provider of application usage management solutions that is majority owned by Ontario Teachers. www.flexerasoftware.com