Share Your Key - Share Your Costs - wibu-systems ag
Share Your Key - Share Your Costs - wibu-systems ag
Share Your Key - Share Your Costs - wibu-systems ag
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CASE STUDY<br />
Easy to Switch to CodeMeter<br />
A system for software protection and license man<strong>ag</strong>ement is not changed daily. After a decision is made, it<br />
should be the solution for a long time..<br />
Good Reasons<br />
A system for software protection and license<br />
man<strong>ag</strong>ement is not changed daily. After a decision<br />
is made, it should be the solution for a<br />
long time.<br />
Customers who changed to WIBU-SYSTEMS<br />
have given us the following reasons for doing<br />
so:<br />
Weak Security: In many cases the customer<br />
had found a hack of his software<br />
on the Internet, but their old solution<br />
provider did not come with new protection<br />
schemas.<br />
Missing Features: Our new customers<br />
especially like the license man<strong>ag</strong>ement<br />
features of CodeMeter. The ability to offer<br />
their customers various ways to purchase<br />
their software has opened new sales<br />
channels. And all of these different distribution<br />
methods can be handled by one<br />
license man<strong>ag</strong>ement tool: CodeMeter.<br />
Outdated Technology: Any software<br />
protection has a viable quality level for<br />
a short period of time, and then hacker<br />
tools and methods catch up. Like a virus<br />
scanner, a software protection system<br />
needs permanent enhancement, and<br />
WIBU-SYSTEMS outshines the competition<br />
in staying one step ahead of the hacker<br />
community.<br />
Continuity at WIBU-SYSTEMS<br />
But of all the reasons to switch, continuity is<br />
the one that will save you the most money in<br />
the long run. And continuity is a major goal<br />
at WIBU-SYSTEMS. Our products have always<br />
been backwards as well as forwards compatible<br />
and now you can see that we offer continuity<br />
between our product lines as well. Whether<br />
you have decided for Wibu<strong>Key</strong>, CodeMeter or<br />
CodeMeterAct – or when you decide – you<br />
cannot make a wrong decision.<br />
No matter which of our products you choose,<br />
you can integrate a mix of our products and<br />
three basic technologies without trouble. By<br />
strictly separating the basic system and solution,<br />
any enhancement in the automatic protection<br />
of AxProtector and WUPI (Wibu Universal Protection<br />
Interface), our unique API, will be within<br />
reach of all our customers.<br />
Steps if you Change<br />
You may have a few, many or very many customers.<br />
But, the principle steps and the open<br />
questions are always similar:<br />
What must I change in my software to<br />
support CodeMeter?<br />
How will I program my dongles in the<br />
future?<br />
How should I change the installed base?<br />
Completely in a big bang or step by step?<br />
Integration into Software<br />
In many cases, the integration into the software<br />
is the easiest point. Naturally it depends which<br />
system you had before.<br />
Using a Wrapper<br />
In this case you simply replace the previous<br />
wrapper with AxProtector. You can use the graphic<br />
user interface or the command line tool<br />
in an automatic build process – in both cases<br />
our support experts can help you in the fi ne<br />
tuning of the AxProtector options, targeting<br />
your special application.<br />
Login, Logout, Crypt<br />
If you use an API with functions like xxLogin,<br />
xxCrypt and xxLogout. Then the CodeMeter API<br />
provides you with similar functions:<br />
API (former) Cm API<br />
xxLogin CmAccess<br />
xxCrypt CmCrypt<br />
xxLogout CmRelease<br />
With CmAccess you specify the Firm Code and<br />
Product Code which you want to use – parameters,<br />
which defi ne your license.<br />
In contrast to your previous dongle, you can also<br />
modify the key for the encryption and decryption<br />
during execution. Use this feature to increase<br />
the security <strong>ag</strong>ainst hacking.<br />
Writing and Reading Data: Are you used to<br />
writing data into your previous dongle during<br />
runtime and reading it back later? This is also<br />
possible with CodeMeter, we even provide you<br />
with several access rights.<br />
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