I read the news today that Acresso is changing it's name to Flexera.
Huh? Why?
As if the makers of InstallShield hadn't already done enough damage to their brand, let's just go change names yet again!
BTW, Flexera is already taken by a company in the alternative energy market. Anyone want to take a guess which one of these companies actually stands a chance of being in a high growth market for the next ten years?
XD
ReplyDeleteI noticed the same thing about the Flexera energy company!
Somebody needs to show that marketing executive how to use google
They were forced to change again because they chose a name that was very similar to another tech company Agresso and therefore had copyright/trademark problems...along with all their other ones!
ReplyDeleteLooks like they need to be careful with name no.3 too...!
Jon
Nalpeiron, Hosted Software Licensing (www.nalpeiron.com)
This surprised me, too.
ReplyDeleteJust wondering, what was wrong with Macrovision name?..
stupidity.
ReplyDeletethere's the link to the news article for the reason for the name change
ReplyDeletehttp://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=3DE89934-1A64-6A71-CE991EDAC7E31544
It appears to be a company habit - they have changed their product names from time to time too, without fundamental underlying improvements.
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