Flexera has four tiers of manufacturers for prioritizing Technopedia coverage enhancement and gap fill activities: Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3, and Tier 10.
Tiers 1, 2, and 3 are assigned based on the following criteria, with Tier 1 being the top category.
Revenue per year
Number of software releases and hardware models in Technopedia*
Number of evidence mappings in Technopedia**
Number of Flexera customers with the manufacturer active in their environment
Industry rank (determined by Flexera)
Manufacturers are ranked for Technopedia prioritization using these criteria, then the ranks are averaged to create an overall rank:
if final rank is greater than or equal to 8, it is Tier 1
if final rank is less than 8 and greater or equal to 6, it is Tier 2
if final rank is less than 6, it is Tier 3
Notwithstanding this calculation, any manufacturer of operating system software shall be prioritized no lower than Tier 2.
Tier 10 is assigned to a manufacturer that is marked as Inactive (ceased independent operations due to business shutdown or acquisition).
* SaaS software in Technopedia is deemed to have 20 releases a year for purposes of manufacturer tier ranking.
** Hardware mapping is weighed 12 (twelve) times of software mapping due to different mapping ratio.
