History

Important milestones in the history of WIBU-SYSTEMS since its foundation in 1989:


	1989	Foundation of WIBU-SYSTEMS by Marcellus Buchheit and Oliver Winzenried The idea for the first WibuBox as a dongle for the LPT interface was developed
	1991	Change of corporate form to WIBU-SYSTEMS GmbH
	1993	First Dongle as a PCMCIA card, introduced at the COMDEX/Fall, Las Vegas
	1995	Increase of capital and change of corporate form to WIBU-SYSTEMS AG
	1997	Certification according to ISO 9001
	1999	10th anniversary of WIBU-SYSTEMS Own company building in Karlsruhe, Germany
	2000	All WibuKey products receive the UL listing (Underwriter Laboratories) for the USA / Canada
	2001	First WibuKey Hacker’s Contest announced Document protection SmartShelter introduced Participation in the 5th F & E framework of the EC Foundation of WIBU-SYSTEMS USA Inc.
	2002	Platform-independent protection for Java applications WIBU-SYSTEMS office in China opened
	2004	CmStick/M: first Dongle with Flash Disk iF design Award China received European Patent for CodeMeter principles granted WIBU-SYSTEMS office in the Benelux opened
	2005	iF design Award Germany received First-time finalist at the SIIA Codie Awards in the category "Best Digital Rights Management Solution: Software“ Foundation of WIBU-SYSTEMS (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
	2006	Nomination for the design price of the Federal Republic of Germany CodeMeter granted patents in the USA and Japan, numerous new patents filed Finalist at the SIIA Codie Award in the category "Best Security Software“ WIBU-SYSTEMS office in the UK opened
	2007	First worldwide announcement of a Hacker’s Contest with CmStick (prize: 32 768 euros) Finalist at the SIIA Codie Awards in the category "Best Digital Rights Management“
	2008	Introduction of "CodeMeterAct" as a software based solution WIBU-SYSTEMS office in Spain opened Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Coordination of the BMWI project VitaBIT with secure mobile solutions Coordination of the BMBF project Pro-Protect with the protection of embedded systems
	2009	20th anniversary of WIBU-SYSTEMS CodeMeter License Central to create, manage and deliver licenses First dongle as a CmCard/SD and CmCard/CF Winner of the SIIA Codie Award in the category „Best Digital Rights Management Solution“
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