CASE STUDY
Success Story | Metrohm
CodeMeter – Protection and Licensing in Chemical Analytics. Intelligent Business Models for Software and Embedded Devices
The Challenge The Results
For the launch of its new OMNIS product line,
a titration platform for chemical laboratories,
Swiss Metrohm AG required a protection
system to safeguard the know-how invested
in its software and a flexible licensing system
that would allow for the creation of customized
software licensing models for its laboratory
instruments. One specific requirement posed by
the company was the necessity to integrate the
licensing and entitlement solution seamlessly
with the company’s existing back office systems. By opting to integrate CodeMeter into its OMNIS
platform, not only has Metrohm introduced
strong protections for its know-how against
counterfeiting and reverse engineering, but they
can also use the versatile interfaces of CodeMeter
License Central to set up a comprehensive portal,
activate and track licenses, and monitor license
use and activation in the field.
The Solution
CodeMeter, the flagship technology from
Wibu-Systems, allows Metrohm to protect
its software application both on PCs and the
embedded operating systems running in its
analytical devices and to equip them with the
same licensing technology. CodeMeter License
Central Internet Edition, Wibu-Systems’ server
solution for generating and delivering licenses,
helps create, manage, and track license
activations on both types of systems.
Bjoern Christensen
Head Product Group Software/Workflow/Platforms
Chief Systemowner OMNIS, Metrohm AG
“Every Metrohm product comes invested with three quarters of a
century of research and innovation. The expertise going into such
groundbreaking products like OMNIS is our greatest asset – which
we are protecting with the exceptional licensing capabilities of
Wibu-Systems.”
The Client
Metrohm AG is one of the world’s leading makers of high-precision chemical analysis instru-
ments. With subsidiaries and sales partners in more than 120 countries worldwide, Metrohm
develops solutions for the ion analysis field and has established itself as the global market leader
for titration analyzers. In addition to its original operations in Herisau, Switzerland, the Metrohm
group also includes Metrohm Applikon and Metrohm Autolab, makers of online analytical
devices and instruments for electrochemical research. Instruments for NIR and handheld Raman
spectroscopy have completed the Metrohm portfolio since 2013 and 2016, respectively.
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