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2011 Key Trends in Software Pricing& Licensing Survey

Sponsored by Flexera Software


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2011 Key Trends in Software Pricing & Licensing Survey Sponsored by Flexera Software

Overview of Survey Findings

The 2011 Key Trends in Software Pricing and Licensing Survey of 348 participants, prepared with assistance fromIDC, found that:

Perpetual/Subscription

Application producers derived 79% of their software revenues from perpetual licenses, 15% viasubscription.

Application producers expect perpetual license revenues to decline an average of 10% over the next twoyears, and subscription revenues to increase by an average of 6% over the next two years.

Metrics

The number of application producers that are pricing based on a usage metric (number of uses, timeused and number of transactions) is expected to double in the next two years, from 22% today to 43%.This is consistent with the results of last year's survey, with usage metrics expecting to experience themost growth as compared to other models.Of the total survey population, 47% of application producers do not monitor customer usage. Of thesurvey population that is either doing usage-based pricing today or plans on doing usage-based pricingin the next two years, 48% do not monitor customer software usage.In terms of hardware-based metrics, the number of application producers offering processor-basedmetrics is expected to decline by 18%, while the number of application producers offering processor coreis expected to grow by 34%.The most common metrics used today, per seat and concurrent user, will remain relatively flat in the nexttwo years, with an 8% decrease in per seat offerings and a 7% increase in concurrent user offerings.

Enforcement

The most common means of enforcement is network-based licensing and product activation. Accordingto enterprises, these are their favored approaches as well.These means of enforcement will also increase by the greatest margin in the next two years (48% and

54%, respectively).Most enterprises (53%) rely primarily on software asset management for tracking, management andreporting of their software licensing/usage today. 20% are doing this manually, relying primarily onspreadsheets.The most common primary reason that customers are tracking usage is for compliance purposes;however 31% are tracking usage primarily to reduce shelfware.
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Of the ways that customers track usage, the highest satisfaction rating is for vendor provided tools, with90% of customers that primarily use that approach indicating that they are satisfied. The least favoredapproach manual/spreadsheets registers only 22% satisfaction.Enterprises believe that it is harder to maintain compliance for infrastructure (not applications) software.The primary reason for difficulty, according to customers, is that licensing is too complex.

Audits

Most application producers did not perform any audits at all in the last year (60%)Most application producers that did perform audits did 10 or less.For the vast majority of application producers that performed audits, the award was less than $100,000.Our enterprise survey corroborated this data.The application producers listed by enterprises as conducting audits within the last year includedMicrosoft, Oracle, IBM, and SAP.

Licensing Effectiveness

55% of application producers think their current licensing strategy does a good job of capturing value. And 70% in that population plan on making additional licensing strategy changes to capture more valuein the next two years.

Application producers with concurrent licensing were most likely to rate their licensing/value equation asbeing effective (77%). In addition, 40% of enterprises listed concurrent licensing as their preferredapproach, the highest percentage of any category.

Application producers with processor-based licensing were most likely to rate their licensing/valueequation as being ineffective or very ineffective (60%).

Entitlements

Most application producers (62%) believe that it is difficult to somewhat difficult for customers todetermine which products they are entitled to use and what they are using.

Survey Background

The 2011 Key trends in Software Pricing and Licensing survey was conducted by Flexera Software with input fromIDCs Software Pricing and Licensing Research division under the direction of Amy Konary, research vice president -software licensing and provisioning at IDC. This annual research project looks at software licensing, pricing andenforcement trends and best practices. The survey reaches out to executives at application producers and

enterprises who use and manage software and devices. Now in its seventh year, the survey is previewed at theannual SoftSummit Conference and made available to the industry at large each year.
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Methodology and Sampling

In total, 348 respondents participated in the survey, including 98 enterprise executives and 250 application producers(defined as software vendors and intelligent device manufacturer) executives.

Enterprise Demographics

More than one-half of the enterprise respondents were from larger enterprises of more than $1 billion inrevenues, and more than a third were from companies with $3 billion in revenues or more. 45% were fromNorth America, 38% from Europe, 13% from Asia Pacific, and 2% from the Middle East.

Application Producer Demographics

The largest segment of application producer respondents (47%) came from companies with under $10million in revenues. The remainder were divided relatively equally across all revenue levels. 72% were fromNorth America, 21% from Europe, 6% from Asia/Pacific, and 1% from theMiddle East.

Which of the following best represents yourannual company revenues?

Less than $100million$101 - $999million$1 billion - $3billion> $3 billion

Do not know

Which of the following represents your annualproduct licensing revenues? Less than $10 million

$11 - $30 million

$31 - $50 million

$51 - $100 million

$101 - $500 million

$501 million - $1 billion

Over $1 billion

Do not know


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Individual Findings

Pricing Flexibility and Value

Usage-Based Pricing Remains Popular, but Seat-Based Pricing Gaining Popularity

The most popular software pricing model for enterprises (40%) is concurrent user (floating/network) licensing(down from 60% last year). However, the demand for usage-based pricing remains significant at 17%.Seat-based licensing models (per machine/server and named user) have gained popularity, with 30% of respondents preferring those models, compared to 9% in 2010.

What is the software pricing model you prefer forenterprise class applications?

Processor

Processor core

Seat (per machine/per server)

Seat (named user)

Concurrent user (floating/network)

Usage metric (number of uses,time used, number of transactions)Financial metric (revenue, cost,royalty)


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Application Producers Continue to Offer a Wider Variety of Software Pricing Models:

Application producers continue to offer a growing variety of pricing models in response to greater demand bycustomers. More are offering seat (per machine/per server) 70% in 2011 vs. 65% in 2010, seat (nameduser) 34% in 2011 vs. 27% in 2010, concurrent user (69% this year vs. 63% last year) and financial metric(12% this year vs. 6% in 2010). There have been slight decreases over last year in the number of application producers offering processor, processor core and usage metric models. Over the course of thenext two years, we can expect to see a large increase in the number of application producers offering usagemetric pricing models (43%).

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Revenue Generation & Customer Satisfaction Driving Changes:

42% of application producers indicate that they have changed their pricing and licensing policies over the

past two years to make them more flexible. The top two reasons for this shift have been to improvecustomer relations (46%) and generate more revenue (40%). Accelerating the sales cycle (27%) was alsocited as a key reason for broadening pricing and licensing policies.

Both Enterprises and Application Producers Are Largely Satisfied with CurrentPricing Models:

The survey asked enterprises to rate their satisfaction of pricing for database, middleware, ERP, CRM,engineering and desktop applications . The applications eliciting the highest satisfaction (responses of highlysatisfied or satisfied) included desktop applications (44 respondents) and engineering/technicalapplications (38 respondents). Those eliciting the lowest (responses of unsatisfied or highly unsatisfied )included ERP software (19 respondents) and database software (18 respondents).

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62% of application producers said that their pricing and licensing strategies captured the value of their software effectively, down considerably from 2010 when the response was 79%. 23% consider their pricingstrategies either ineffective or very ineffective, compared to 14% in 2010 .

Software Usage, Delivery and Enforcement

Software Budgets Starting to Increase

43% of enterprises report that, looking ahead two years, they expect their software budgets to increase upfrom 33% in 2010. 28% expect their budgets to stay the same, and 22% expect them to decrease.

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How would you rate your price-to-value satisfaction ofthe following types of software?

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How would you rate the overall effectiveness of yourcompanys pricing and licensing strategies in capturing the

value that your product provides to customers?

Very ineffectiveIneffective

Effective

Very effective

Don't know


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Percentage of Total Software Budgets Assigned to New Software Varies

The percentage of total software budget within enterprises assigned to new software purchases variesgreatly. 23% report that between 1-10% of budget is assigned to new software, 21% report the figure beingbetween 11-20% of their budgets, and 24% report it being more than 20%.

Managing Software Licensing & Usage is Critically Important for Enterprises

Looking forward two years, do you expect yoursoftware budgets to...

Decrease

Stay the same

Increase

Do not know

What percentage of your total software budget isassigned to new software licenses?

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72% of enterprises indicated that compared to other objectives, managing software licensing and usage isimportant or very important. Only 12% indicated it is unimportant.

Application Producers Aware of Customers Usage & Entitle ment Tracking Challenges

62% of application producers believe it is somewhat or very difficult for customers to determine their softwareproduct entitlements. 34% believe customers have no difficulty.

Moderated Approach to Adopting Cloud Licensing Strategies

Compared to your other objectives, how important is

managing software licensing/usage?

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How difficult do you believe it is for your customers todetermine which of your products they are entitled to useand what they are actually using?

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Application producers are taking a gradual view in anticipating licensing strategy changes to accommodatethe Cloud. 46% indicate the changes theyll need to make will be moderate over the next two years. 34%anticipate no change. While 21% indicate changes will be significant or dramatic.

Please rate the level of your agreement with the followingstatement: In the next 24 months, my company's current

licensing strategy will need to change in order to adapt tothe requirements of cloud computing.

1 = Stay the same/no change

2 = Moderate changes

3 = Significant changes

4 = Dramatic changes


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Subscription Software Licensing Models Continue to Grow

Subscription-based license models represent an important source of revenue for application producers today though the majority still derive most of their revenue from perpetual licenses.

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Thinking of your total software licensing revenue, whatpercentage is associated with the following license types?

Percent of Revenue Associated withPerpetual Licenses

Percent of Revenue Associated withSubscription/TermLicenses

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Over the next two years, subscription-based licenses will represent an increasing source of revenue for application producers.

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Looking forward in the next two years, what percentage ofyour total packaged software and/or intelligent devicelicense revenue will be associated with the following

license types?

Percent of Revenue Associated withPerpetual Licenses

Percent of Revenue Associated withSubscription/TermLicenses

Percent of Revenue Associated withOther LicenseTypes (such asusage-based)


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Virtualization on the Rise Within Enterprises

Most enterprises report that they have adopted some level of virtualization technology. The type of virtualization deployed and the extent of that adoption vary widely across respondents.

Strategies for Managing Software Licenses in Virtual Environments Vary

36% of enterprises use automated commercial license management software to manage their virtuallicenses. 26% do so manually, while 21% use the tools supplied by their virtualization vendor.

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What virtualization technologies has yourorganization adopted?

< 20%20-40%40-60%60-80%> 80%

How do you manage software licenses in yourvirtual environments?

Automated commercial licensemanagement software

Software provided by the(virtualization) vendor

Automated homegrownsoftware

Manual methods, includingspreadsheets

We dont manage softwarelicenses in our virtualenvironments


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Varied Software License Optimization Approaches for Virtualized Environments

While 83% of enterprises take into account license entitlements such as software product use rights, andupgrade/downgrade rights when managing licenses in a virtualized environment, 50% do so for only key,high-value vendors and only 33% do so across all vendors.

Shelfware and License Non-Compliance Challenges Persist for Enterprises

Only 15% of companies report that none of their software spend is associated with out of compliance

applications down from 30% last year. 35% report that between 1-10% of their software license spend isassociated with applications that are out of compliance slightly lower than 2010 (37%), 16% report that 11-20% of their applications are associated with out of compliance applications (up from 7% last year).

Do you take into account license entitlements (e.g., softwareproduct use rights such as upgrade rights, downgrade rights,

etc.), which are part of all software license agreements, in youranalysis when reconciling your organizations software license

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Yes, for all vendors

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What percentage of software license spend within yourorganization do you estimate is associated with applications that

are overused and therefore out of compliance?

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1-10%11-20%21-30%31-40%41-50%> 50%Do not know


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The levels of software underuse (shelfware) have not changed substantially over 2010 and suggest therestill is room for improvement. Only 4% of enterprises report no spend associated with shelfware, 25% reportthat up to 10% of their application spend is associated with shelfware, and 27% say that up to 30% is

associated with underused applications.

Tracking Customer Usage Remains Blind Spot for Application Producers

Of the application producers responding, the largest proportion, 47%, report that they do not monitor customer usage of their products. For those that do, 20% report doing so using internally developed trackingtools, and 16%, using manual audits. Only 10% use third party tracking tools.

What percentage of software license spend within yourorganization do you estimate is associated with applications that

are underused (shelfware) and therefore over-licensed?

0%1-10%11-20%21-30%31-40%41-50%> 50%Do not know

How do you primarily monitor your customers usageof your product?

We do not monitor customer software usageManual audits

Third-party usage-trackingtool(s)Using internally developedusage-tracking tool(s)Do not know

Other (please specify)


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Enterprises Use a Variety of Tracking Methods

98% of all enterprises track, manage and report on their software usage the majority of which (53%) use

commercial software asset management systems. 20%, however, still track usage manually usingspreadsheets. The top two reasons for tracking usage were the same in both 2011 and in 2010 but theratios were reversed. In 2011 56% cited ensuring compliance (32% in 2010), and 55% in 2011 citedreducing software costs/minimizing shelfware spending as their primary reasons (32% in 2010). 66% of respondents are satisfied or very satisfied with their current methods for tracking licensing and usage.

How do you primarily perform tracking, management and reportingof your software licensing/usage today?

Automated (commercial) software, which is

part of our asset management systemUse software provided by the vendor

Automated (homegrown) software, our ownsystem used only for license management

Manual methods, including the use of spreadsheets

Do not currently track

If you are currently managing your software licensing/usage, whatis the most important reason for doing so?

Reduce software costs/minimizeshelfware spending

Ensure compliance with vendor agreements (and reduce cost andrisk of an audit)

Prevent downtime due to denials inthe middle of critical projects(concurrent licenses)

Do not manage softwarelicensing/usage


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Enterprises Would Prefer Enforcement via Network Licensing

48% of enterprises prefer enforcement of their software license via network licensing (activation by aninternally shared license) down from 67% in 2010. Lesser-preferred methods include product activation,vendor-supplied monitoring with annual true-up, and compliance audits. Dongles and locally-checked serialnumbers are the least preferred enforcement mechanism.

If you are currently managing your software licensing/ usage, howsatisfied are you with the current method?

Very dissatisfied

Dissatisfied

Satisfied

Very satisfied

If a software vendor gave you a choice, which ofthe following means of software license enforcement

would you prefer most?

Product activation (softwareactivated over the internet byvendor key)Network licensing (softwareactivated by internally sharedlicense)Trust-based licensing with manualvendor compliance audit

Vendor-supplied automated

monitoring mechanism with annualtrue-upSerial numbers checked locally

Dongle/USB


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Lack of Automation Hinders Usage Tracking in Enterprises

Enterprises most frequently cited desktop, engineering and middleware software as being difficult or verydifficult to track usage and maintain license compliance. They most frequently (33%) cite lack of automatedtracking mechanisms as the reason.

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For which types of software is it difficult to track usage and maintainlicense compliance?

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If you checked "difficult" or "very difficult" to any software type in theprevious question, what is the primary reason why?

Licensing policy is too complex

IT environment is too complex

IT management is toodecentralizedNo automated trackingmechanisms in place


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Application Producers Cite Numerous Methods Their Customers Use to Track Entitlements

Application producers believe their customers use a variety of methods to manage entitlements includingweb-based entitlement management systems, home grown systems, manually, and through customer inquiries. 24% do not think their customers manage entitlements.

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Many Application Producers Lack Automation to Monitor Usage; Recognize Need to modifyLicensing Strategies

47% of application producers say they either do not have technology in place that enables them to knowwhat product, product version or platforms their customers are using or they simply do not know. They see

the need to change their licensing strategies to deploy technologies that better track licensing (42%), thatbetter enforce their licenses (40%), that support pay-as-you-go schemes (26%), and that accommodateshort bursts of use (19%).

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Compliance Audits Continue to Gain Steam

Network licensing (56%) continues to be application producers most predominantly used enforcementmechanism, followed by product activation (48%). Compliance audits tied with serial numbers (28%) for the third most used method. 15% indicated that within the next two years, the need for compliance auditswill increase.

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Application Producers Commonly Use Compliance Audits as Enforcement Means40% of all application producers reported having conducted software license audits within the past year.15% of those conducted 21 or more audits as part of their enforcement efforts. 60% did not conduct anyaudits.

Software True-Ups Usually Small, but Can Represent a Substantial Revenue Stream forSome Application Producers

The vast majority (84%) of application producers report that the average true-up revenue received per audit over the last year was less than $100,000, though 6% reported that the average was more than $1,000,000.10% reported the average to be between $100,000 and $1,000,000. 79% of respondents said their total true-up revenue last year was less than $100,000. 12% reported that the total was more than $1,000,000.

How many license compliance audits did your company performwithin the last year?

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What is the average true-up revenue per audit your companyreceived within the past year?

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< $100,000


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The Majority of Enterprises Have Been Audited Within the Last Year

56% of enterprises reported having been audited over the past year, and almost a third report having beenaudited more than once. 17% were audited three times or more.

What is the total true-up revenue from compliance auditsyour company received within the past year?


$50 - $100 million

$20 - $50 million

$5 - $10 million

$1 - $5 million

$500,000 to $1 million

$100,000 to $500,000

< $100,000

How often have you been audited (or had a license review)by your vendor(s) within the last year?

More than 3 times in the past year

3 times

2 times

1 time

We have not been audited or had alicense review within the past year


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Microsoft is the Most Frequent Auditor

Half of all respondents report that they have been audited by Microsoft over the last year, making it the mostfrequent auditor. Oracle (41%) SAP (35%) and Adobe (24%) were the next most frequent auditors.

Average Size of Enterprise Compliance True-Ups VaryConsistent with the application producer survey findings, 68% of enterprises report that their average, true-up penalty was less than $100,000 per audit. But some enterprises reported broader exposure, with 8%reporting true-up costs of more than $1 million per audit, and 24% reporting average true-up per audit in the$100,000 to $1 million range.

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

Adobe IBM Microsoft Oracle SAP Symantec

If you have been audited within the last year, which vendorshave audited you?

What is the average true-up cost per audit foryour organization?



$100,000 to $300,000

< $100,000


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Total True-Up Exposure Moderate for Most, but in the Millions for Some Enterprises

64% of enterprises report their total software true-up bills were less than $100,000 over the past year. But11% reported theirs to be more than $1 million. $25% reported their total true-up exposure to be between

$100,000 and $1 million.

What was your total software audit true-up cost within thelast year for your organization?



$100,000 to $300,000

< $100,000


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