-- Integration with Visual Studio 2008, now enabling installation
development within the same Visual Studio interface
-- Four new InstallShield MSI trouble-shooting tools, providing
visibility into hidden MSI attributes
-- Functionality to quickly take advantage of MSI 4.5 beta technology
with a simplified authoring environment
-- Support of IIS 7 on Windows Server 2008, including the enhanced
installation of web site and virtual directories
-- Support for 35 languages with the addition of Hebrew and Arabic
"Acresso is a longtime industry partner of Microsoft, and InstallShield
2009 provides key advances for customers," said Jay Roxe, Group Product
Manager, Microsoft Corp. "Developers worldwide rely upon InstallShield to
create a positive customer experience."
All software producers are looking for ways to ensure a smooth installation
experience for end users, while keeping development time on track.
InstallShield is not only an advanced authoring tool, but also saves time
and effort with easy to use templates, wizards and pre-built objects.
Acresso provides access to an active online community and professional
training courses, and for maintenance users, dedicated installation-focused
customer support.
"As Microsoft's technologies expand, InstallShield continues to help
developers smoothly transition products and facilitate a positive customer
installation experience," said Mark Bishof, CEO, Acresso Software. "Acresso
takes pride in ensuring the full range of technologies, from Visual Studio
2008 and Windows Server 2008 to deployment models such as SaaS and web
services, will continue to be correctly installed, configured and updated."
For more information about InstallShield 2009, please visit
www.acresso.com/installshield.
Acresso's InstallShield Windows and InstallAnywhere™ multi-platform
installation technologies are considered an industry standard, deployed by
over 71,000 customers on more than 500 million systems worldwide. These
proven leaders are relied on by the world's software and hardware producers
to install their products successfully on any platform, including Windows
Vista, Solaris, AIX, Linux, Mac OS X, and much more.
About Acresso Software
Acresso Software provides solutions that power the business of software for
multiple customer segments, including software and hardware producers,
developers, helping them uncover revenue opportunities, streamline their
infrastructure and reduce costs. The company's proven solutions, including
the FLEXnet and InstallShield product lines, have been simplifying the
business relationship between software and hardware producers and their
enterprise and government customers for more than 20 years. Acresso
maximizes the value of the software the world develops and uses. For more
information, please go to: www.acresso.com
Contact Information: Press Contacts: Elizabeth Kollross or Elyce Ventura Eastwick Communications 650.480.4040 acresso@eastwick.com