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“In the eleven years that Joe has been our CFO, Flexera has quadrupled in size. Joe has been instrumental to our growth and we’re grateful for his leadership and partnership. I’m pleased that he will help us identify his successor to continue that growth trajectory,” said Jim Ryan, president & CEO of Flexera. “I wish Joe a retirement full of well-deserved down-time.”

Survey respondents are IT executives working in large enterprises with 2,000 or more employees, headquartered in North America and Europe, encompassing industries such as financial services, retail, e-commerce and industrial products. More than half are C-level executives.

Oracle represents both a mission-critical system and a tremendous investment for over 430,000 organizations across the globe. As enterprises move more of their Oracle workloads into the cloud, IT organizations are struggling to manage the distribution of licenses across hybrid environments and facing increased audit risks due to Bring Your Own License (BYOL) policies.

Informatica is the leader in enterprise cloud data management with more than 9,000 customers over the past 25 years. Previously, the company was using software asset management capabilities from an IT service management (ITSM) provider. In order to support ongoing digital transformation initiatives, increased cloud usage and continued innovation, Informatica needed more complete and comprehensive data on its entire technology ecosystem.

The World Economic Forum estimates that by 2020, there will be 40 zettabytes worth of data created around the globe. The ability to collect, analyze and understand vast amounts of data is a vital part of doing business, yet it has become increasingly complex for enterprises.

As the leading application readiness solution, AdminStudio saves users time and money preparing applications for deployment. AdminStudio is well known as the ideal tool for creating custom deployment packages. It provides a suite of powerful tools and processes to create, analyze, and correct deployment packages to lower the risk of a failed deployment, as well as tools to customize and convert installations into many popular deployment formats (like App-V and the up-and-coming MSIX format).

The number of constant exploits, attacks and other software vulnerabilities has become unmanageable, and attempts to keep up can be overwhelming. Flexera Software Vulnerability Manager (SVM) was designed to identify these vulnerabilities and help prioritize remediation efforts. With the new Vendor Patch Module, organizations are able to take advantage of these insights and mitigate them more quickly, by using the most comprehensive patch coverage on the market — with more than 1,000 out-of-the-box patches.

“Flexera has recognized its outstanding partners for the past six years,” said Cindy Grogan, Vice President of Global Alliances at Flexera. “All of the winners continually impress Flexera and the industry, on understanding the needs of customers and helping them exceed their goals.”

Based on feedback and ratings from verified user reviews, Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice reflects overall user ratings and reviews published within the last 12 months. Snow received 163 reviews in the SAM Tools category with a 4- or 5-star rating from 91% of our users as of July 24, 2019.

In addition, in April, Flexera was named a Leader in the 2019 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Software Asset Management Tools. Flexera was positioned highest for ability to execute in the Leaders Quadrant.

Most employees take their work devices on vacation

According to the survey of 3,000 workers from around the world, 34% report that they always take their work devices on vacation, with another 27% saying they bring them most of the time and 17% taking them some of time. There were also some notable regional trends around professional devices and personal travel:

 “The market has evolved to a point where simply managing software, hardware or cloud services as singular elements creates limited value for organizations,” said Vishal Rao, President and CEO at Snow. “Customers want a complete view of their technology ecosystem as they launch digital transformation initiatives, migrate key services to the cloud, optimize cloud spend and manage risk.

Adding a cloud readiness dimension to the Flexera portfolio

“Our Cloud Management Platform optimizes cloud usage for our customers, and is well regarded by key industry analysts, including Gartner and Forrester,” noted Jim Ryan, President and CEO of Flexera. “But we’re always seeking to strengthen our capabilities in cloud migration—an area that’s becoming more of a focus for IT executives and analysts.

“There is a tectonic shift happening in the enterprise, driven by a rapid move to the cloud and nearly unlimited access to technology,” said Vishal Rao, President & Chief Executive Officer at Snow. “Part of what we see in this data is a philosophical evolution in what the future of work looks like. The CIO and their teams are now strategic business partners with the power to fundamentally change their organizations.

This mixed response around the impact of GDPR likely reflects the complexity of educating the public on data regulations, as well as the difficulty that organizations still face in complying with the law.

Anderson is the first Chief Customer Officer at Snow as well as the first executive to hold that title in the software asset and cloud management market, highlighting the company’s exceptional dedication to its customers.

“Everyone at Flexera is proud of the continued recognition we’re receiving. To us, it’s a testament to our leading solution for software asset management,” said Jim Ryan, President and CEO of Flexera. “And as enterprises increasingly adopt SaaS and public cloud technologies, we have also significantly expanded our portfolio to offer solutions that help customers optimize and govern their full hybrid IT landscape.

“We’ve seen incredible traction with our Snow for SaaS product that was released late last year,” said Vishal Rao, President & CEO at Snow. “Our new release is another important step in delivering on our vision of complete visibility and manageability of hardware, software and cloud services across the enterprise, reinforcing our clear leadership position within the market.”

“As digital transformation consumes the enterprise, our customers are faced with increasingly complex technology ecosystems,” said Peter Björkman, Chief Technology Officer at Snow. “We continue to make it easier for businesses to manage the cost, efficiency and risk associated with enterprise technology, ultimately supporting their ability to empower employees with the software and services that best drive performance.”

Gartner’s analysis placed Snow furthest to the right on completeness of vision axis. We believe this position reflects our track record as a clear innovator, consistently delivering features that anticipate and address the challenges faced by both end users and business leaders.