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AspenTech's Aspen Licensing Center Provides Customers Insight to Replicate Best Practices Across the Enterprise
Also Makes it Easy to Evaluate New aspenONE Applications with Just
Three Clicks
BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 8, 2008--Aspen Technology, Inc. (OTC: AZPN.PK), a leading provider of software and services to the process industries, today announced the launch of the Aspen Licensing Center. The secure, web-based licensing center provides customers with insight that enables them to replicate best practices across the enterprise. It also makes it easy to evaluate new aspenONE applications with just three clicks.
-- The Aspen Licensing Center is being introduced in conjunction with aspenONE V7, a groundbreaking new software release that enables process industry companies to achieve the seven best practices of engineering excellence. (See "AspenTech Introduces aspenONE V7" press release for more information.) -- At the heart of the new licensing center is AspenTech's innovative and flexible, token-based licensing model. Customers can access aspenONE applications on a "check out/check in" basis up to their purchased amount of tokens. The flexibility of the token model enables customers to access and use the right software at the right time, based on their changing business needs. -- The Aspen Licensing Center provides customers with graphical views of how their software is being used across the enterprise, enabling them to identify best practice usage of the software. -- The Aspen Licensing Center also delivers 24x7, self-service product evaluation. With just three clicks, customers can download and start using aspenONE applications. Supporting Quote: Blair Wheeler, Senior Vice President of Marketing, AspenTech -- "With today's rapidly changing market conditions, process industry companies cannot afford to be locked into rigid software licensing models that result in shelfware. Our flexible token-based licensing model gives customers the ability to use the software they need when they need it. The new Aspen Licensing Center gives them unprecedented insight into their usage patterns to optimize the value of their software investment." Supporting Resources: -- Link to more information on aspenONE V7 and screen shots of the Aspen Licensing Center at www.aspentech.com/V7 -- Link to AspenTech company information at http://www.aspentech.com/corporate/press/media_kit.cfm About AspenTech
AspenTech is a leading supplier of software that optimizes process manufacturing. With integrated aspenONE solutions, process manufacturers can implement best practices for optimizing their engineering, manufacturing and supply chains. As a result, AspenTech customers are better able to increase capacity, improve margins, reduce costs and become more energy efficient. To see how the world's leading process manufacturers rely on AspenTech to achieve their operational excellence goals, visit www.aspentech.com.
(C) 2008 Aspen Technology, Inc. AspenTech, aspenONE and the Aspen leaf logo are trademarks of Aspen Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
CONTACT: Aspen Technology, Inc. Erik Mason, 781-221-8386 AspenTech erik.mason@aspentech.com or North America Lois Paul & Partners (for AspenTech) Michael Parker, 781-782-5714 aspentech@lpp.com SOURCE: Aspen Technology, Inc.