This IDC white paper commissioned by Macrovision provides a summary of the capabilities that make up Software Product Life-Cycle Management (SPLM), as well as the ways in which the application of these capabilities can help software publishers.

A key focus of the white paper is a discussion of the build versus buy decisions that companies that produce and sell commercially available software face when looking to improve their ability to manage, track, and improve their software license assets. It also presents three case studies featuring software publishers that are using Macrovision technologies to help manage their software products' life cycles.