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We no longer live in a world where computing is limited to our desktop. In fact, we may not even have a desktop any longer.

More commonly, we now use several devices in several locations to get our work done—our laptop, our phone, a tablet, maybe a desktop or two.

For cloud-based software, this is no big deal. But many software packages are not in the cloud yet, and that creates headaches. Software that is locked in per user or per desktop can hurt productivity and add to cost. Flexibility also suffers.

Flexera Software offers a solution to this problem, as one of their recent blog posts noted. The solution is concurrent licensing.

Flexera’s concurrent licensing model allows their InstallShield and InstallAnywhere solutions to be useable on any machine by any developer in any office, depending on the number of seats in your firm’s concurrent licensing model.

This lets software developers use Flexera’s popular development offerings where they need it, when they need it; it greatly simplifies use, so developers can focus on the business of software development instead of having to deal with new installs.

InstallShield, of course, is one of the leading Windows installation development solutions; it helps development teams to be more agile, collaborative and flexible when building reliable InstallScript and Windows Installer MSI (News - Alert) installations for desktop, server, Web, virtual and traditional applications. InstallAnywhere is a multiplatform development solution for application producers who want a professional and consistent cross-installation experience for physical, virtual and cloud environments.

Offering concurrent licensing makes the use of these software solutions as easy for developers as the software makes it easy for developers to build installation environments.

Overall, it is just another example of Flexera having its finger on the pulse of software development and entitlement management.