Antoon Laane, Product
Manager EMEA, Controllers
& Design Software, Rockwell
Automation, Belgium
Wibu-Systems has proven to be a
solid business partner, clearly showing
their understanding of the Industrial
Automation market and the critical role
of security in our industry. It is truly a
pleasure to work with every member of
the team.
Markus Stoll, Director
E
ngineering IAM Diagnostic
Software, Bosch, Germany
We are pleased with the integration of
Wibu-Systems CodeMeterAct, which has
allowed us to put an even safer solution
in place.
We are very excited about our burgeoning
growth into Latin America and Africa: these
continents are amazing in terms of their
economic potential and we would be excited
to start local collaborations there.
Many of your co-workers
have been with you for an
exceptionally long time. What is
the secret behind such a loyal
team?
[Marcellus] Employees are the engine of
innovation and design. Their input is very
respected. Our company is growing in a stable
fashion aiming at a broad ultimate picture; we
are not the typical “hire and fire” business
driven by short sighted financial results.
At Wibu-Systems, the staff members of all
departments contribute with their ideas and
influence company’s decisions. The atmosphere
is cheerful, doors are open to invite dialogue, we
all enjoy a high level of reciprocal trust combined
with a receptiveness to cultural interchange
both within our headquartered team and with
all our offices and partners scattered all over
the world. The company promotes high ethical
values which makes it easier for all to identify
with them and pursue the common goals we
set together. Last but not least, we invest in
continuous training and education of our staff
and share our commercial success with them.
Matthew Fowles, Group
Marketing Manager, LVD
Group, Belgium
After years of working with Wibu-Systems,
we continue to be impressed with the
extreme reliability and the easy handling
of its security technology. CodeMeter
supports us admirably in coping with LVD’s
ongoing technological evolution.
You have achieved a proven track
record of patents and awards.
What is your role to this day with
the educational world? And how
much are you involved in training
new students?
[Oliver] Yes, that’s true, we own several
trademarks, domains and patents in the US,
Japan, and Eur ope. Patents are the true essence
of the value of a company. And to make sure
our innovations keep being top-notch, we
are very active in research and development,
and thus cooperate with, among others, the
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, the Fraunhofer
organizations, and DFKI -- the German Research
Center for Artificial Intelligence.
Dieter Hess, General Manager, 3S-Smart Software Solutions,
Germany
Wibu-Systems is our partner for license protection and security on all desktop and embedded
platforms. The reasons that led us to choose Wibu-Systems are the strong commitment to
the industrial market, the long-term experience in the license protection technology, and the
willingness to continue to improve the products together with us.
Thanks to this constant exchange of knowledge,
students are welcome for their internships in
our headquarters or offices abroad while they
complete their PhD. Moreover, we promote
engineering, computer science, and other
technology-oriented disciplines directly in
primary schools, where we introduce pupils to
these professions.
If there was something flattering
you were to say about your top
competitors, what would it be?
[Marcellus] We have a decent amount of
competitors in the field, not too few and not
too many, which gives us the right kind of
encouragement to offer high-value products
to our customers and spurs us to differentiate
our offering. As independent analysts recently
highlighted in a Hot Company Watchlist for our
market segment, Wibu-Systems is actually one
of the two top world leaders in hardware-based
software protection and one of the three top
global vendors in license management. Given
that we have an innate tendency to overengineer, the competition also plays a role in
keeping us on track. With some vendors driven by
sheer profit and others who have mainly turned
their company from an entrepreneurial activity
to a financial venture, we are happy to sit in the
midst of all this and maintain our feet right on
the ground and our minds in free rein mode.
What is the legacy that you’d
like to convey to aspirational
entrepreneurs?
[Oliver] Wait until you have a bright idea, but
when it comes to you and you’ve tested it, start
pursuing it no matter what. And then keep a
good balance between external suggestions
and your own insight. Patience and endurance
are also top ingredients for a good mix.
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