PressReleases 2010

2010-08-20
Successful fishing meets software protection: CodeMeter encrypts electronic log (eLogbook) on fishing quota
Karlsruhe – Wibu-Systems BV, located in the Netherlands, supports software vendors in the Benelux countries and markets software protection and license management solutions of Wibu-Systems AG located in Karlsruhe, Germany. The proven software protection solution CodeMeter was implemented by Wibu-Systems BV for the Dutch Fish Board both for licensing and the secure transfer of information on fishing activities. Starting this year, the electronic log (eLogbook) records and encrypts information on all fishing operations in the Netherlands and transmits it to the Dutch Fish Board based on the EC Regulation 1077/2008 which requires all masters of fishing vessels to keep a logbook. The Dutch Fish Board represents all groups in the fishery industry, ranging from ship-owner and fishermen, auctioneers, traders, and processors to the unions.
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2010-04-14
Immobilizer protects against product piracy: Wibu-Systems presents new protection hardware at the Hannover Messe
Karlsruhe – During the Hannover Messe the German software protection expert Wibu-Systems AG presents new solutions for protecting and licensing software at the group pavilion product protection in Hall 17, Booth C14/1. The focus are the new plug-in cards based on the CodeMeter technology which has been especially designed to meet industrial requirements and act as immobilizers protecting both machines and plants. They encrypt digital information, such as, embedded software, production data, machine logs, or service documents. Only the matching CodeMeter hardware decrypts the digital information making it accessible. Since engineering industry uses special interfaces, the new CodeMeter hardware comes in the form factors CompactFlash Card, SD Card, and MicroSD Card. CodeMeter is the proven technology for software protection and licensing preventing product piracy. The protection hardware combines the top secure licensing system in the smartcard chip with the reliable and fast flash memory on SLC basis. This allows to retrofit the solutions for thousands of industry PCs and embedded systems.
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2010-03-15
Flexibility and Security for new Business Models: S4Cloud extends CodeMeter Software Protection for Cloud Computing
Karlsruhe – In January, a survey of the high-tech association BITKOM identified Cloud Computing as the top IT trend in 2010: more and more companies will use external storage space, computing capacities, and single applications via the Internet to reduce costs and to benefit from new technologies. Thus software vendors which provide products in the cloud have vital interest in and make high demands on flexible and secure license management. Starting at March 2nd, the first day at the CeBIT, the Fraunhofer-Institut für Techno- und Wirtschaftsmathematik (Industrial Mathematics) together with the software protection provider Wibu-Systems AG will jointly work in the new project S4Cloud. The objective is to launch a secure and innovative license management system to meet the special requirements of cloud computing, and in this process to extend the proven CodeMeter technology.
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2010-02-23
Software protection at CeBIT 2010: Wibu-Systems develops CmCard/µSD for mobile phones
The latest survey (January 2010) conducted by the German BITKOM association defines the most important IT trends for 2010 in categories like Cloud Computing, mobile Internet or IT security. Wibu-Systems AG, one of the leading suppliers of protection solutions for software, documents, access and media, has considered the survey and will be exhibiting products at CeBIT in Hall 11 Booth B43 that take advantage of these emerging trends. The company will provide information to visitors about license management as well display new hardware and complete security systems for protecting software. These new and exciting products will also create possibilites for securing hosted SaaS programs and even mobile applications.
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