CASE STUDY
Case Study | VECTOR
The Challenge
As a trailblazer for the future of mobility and a
leading innovator behind ingenious technologies
for electric car charging, safety and security
concepts, Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems
(ADAS) and autonomous vehicles, and the
AUTOSAR Adaptive Platform, Vector’s business
depends on selling many thousands of licenses
every year. Protecting its technology from piracy is
a challenge that Vector faces head-on with their
Vector Network Interfaces (VNIs) and licenses
associated with a combination of Wibu-Systems
hardware and software containers. Integrating
this system into the production landscape and
streamlining its delivery called for a leaner
and standardized solution, built right into the
company’s sales processes.
The Solution
In mid-2018, Vector turned to CodeMeter for a
holistic system coupling CmActLicenses, bound
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with SmartBind to the target devices for ease
of use, and CmDongles for software with more
stringent security and mobility needs. A key
feature is the use of CmActLicenses, stored in
and bound to Vector’s unique VNIs.
The system’s backbone for license creation,
delivery, and management is CodeMeter
License Central, fully integrated with Vector’s
SAP system by Wibu-Systems’ dedicated
partner, Informatics, an Austrian centre of
excellence for SAP. Wibu-Systems and Infor-
matics bring together many years of experience
with SAP and CodeMeter to bear on their
shared projects.
The Result
With CodeMeter integrated, Vector can manage
its licenses centrally from the comfort of
CodeMeter License Central dashboard, making
for leaner support and sales processes. As the
license and entitlement management system is
cleverly connected with SAP, licenses can now be
created and delivered immediately upon purchase
of a product. Users can access, activate, and start
enjoying their Vector software without any delay.
future of mobility in the automotive, aerospace,
transportation, and control engineering sectors,
empowering engineers to master their highly
complex work with unrivalled ease of use.
Headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany, Vector
serves its customers with a workforce of 2,800
people from 26 locations worldwide.
The Company
Since 1988, Vector is a premier independent
producer of software tools and embedded
components for the development of electronic
systems and their networking with many
different systems from Controller Area Networks
(CAN) to Automotive Ethernet. The solutions and
products made by Vector pave the way for the
Peter Decker
Product Manager, Vector
In our collaboration with Wibu-Systems and Informatics, we immediately saw that we are
working with a premier team, equipped with just the SAP and CodeMeter know-how we
needed. The experience they contributed allowed us to find effective and immediate solutions
to our very specific requirements.”
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