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Protection Suite for PCs
The many versions of the AxProtector technology for different software application types offer the right protection for your specific needs. As a software developer, you want to protect your revenue stream and safeguard
your intellectual property.
The Wibu-Systems Protection Suite is a
comprehensive set of protection mechanisms
for software products. The need for protection
has become ubiquitous as the threats have
multiplied. Payroll accounting applications in a
catering business, music editing software in a
recording studio, or digital grinding machines
in a dental laboratory: they all need protection.
There are many different threats that independent software vendors need to worry about.
Every single piece of software that is sold
should be used for its intended purpose, e.g. a
single-user license for a basic set of features is
meant to be used to this exact scope without
the possibility to activate non-purchased additional modules. Licenses are the solution, but
they need to be secure. License controls need
to be built into the software in a tamper-proof,
non-removable manner if you want to avoid
the internet being flooded with instructions for
circumventing your license protection or even
torrents of pirated copies of your software.
More and more companies today need to
inject a lot of their technical know-how into
the products they sell. This can be, for example,
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the most effective way to place individual
pieces on a cutting pattern, or the secret code
that allows one video editing application
to process each frame more quickly than its
competitors. Such intellectual property needs
to be safe from the prying eyes of competitors at home and abroad. Keeping the head
start for as long as possible translates into real
financial gains.
It is becoming increasingly common for
features to not be sold on a blanket basis,
but for licenses to be limited to the required
modules, a specific time period, or to a defined
number of uses for specific features. This even
allows users on a limited budget to use the
software they need – a win-win solution for
license vendors and their clients.
The means of protection need to cover a range
of mechanisms: