Wibu-Systems White Paper | Page 3

White Paper Introduction IT professionals everywhere enjoy the many advantages offered by virtual machines and terminal servers and are getting more out of less hardware and allowing easy recovery if things go wrong. As software publishers and vendors, you might have more mixed feelings about virtual machines. On the one hand, virtual machines give you an easy means of testing your software in a freely definable environment. On the other, virtual machines and terminal servers create major new challenges for licensing your products – at a time when licensing and protection against piracy have become indispensable for the success of your software. CodeMeter offers you a powerful tool for safe and reliable licensing on both virtual machines and terminal servers. This whitepaper introduces you to different use cases that showcase the capabilities of CodeMeter. Image 1: CodeMeter overview Software CodeMeter Runtime Service Dongle License file License server Cloud license CodeMeter allows you to choose the following license containers for every individual client: