Wibu-Systems Blog

Whether you are a total believer or not, it looks like the shift from perpetual software licensing to the software subscription model is here to stay.

The Trusted Computing Group (TCG) is a not-for-profit organization formed to develop, define and promote open, vendor-neutral, global industry standards, supportive of a hardware- based root of trusted computing platforms.

IDC recently released their annual top 10 software licensing and pricing predictions for 2016 and I think they are right on target based upon feedback from organizations who are using our CodeMeter secure licensing platform.

There were some interesting findings released in a global study this past June conducted by Harbor Research (in conjunction with Progress Software) on the State of IoT: 2015 Global Developer Study.

Endpoint Security for a rail system: another Industrial internet system success story.

The SD Association recently celebrated the 10th anniversary of the microSD™ Card.

The intellectual property gained during the development of an ISV’s flagship software product most likely represents an investment in hundreds and hundreds of man hours. 

Whether it be Stuxnet or an iPhone virus, it is people who are the cause for trouble.

We’ve all seen the disturbing software piracy statistics released by BSA | The Software Alliance in their Global Software Survey.

Software for embedded systems is based more and more on open system platforms – Linux Embedded, VxWorks, Windows Embedded, QNX and many others.

If you have decided to integrate a 3rd party licensing solution for your software application, you’ve made the right choice.

With today’s cloud or virtual solutions, there are many available license management options to evaluate and even more questions to consider – What about security? Service levels? Architecture? Server location? Support? Cost and fees?

ISVs today must address many questions in your product development and delivery strategies as the software licensing landscape has become increasingly complex.

Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney acknowledged that he once feared that terrorists could use the electrical device that had been implanted near his heart to kill him and had his doctor disable its wireless function.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission recently released an in-depth report entitled, The Internet of Things: Privacy & Security in a Connected World, which included a long list of considerations and recommendations on how manufacturers should secure IoT devices.

During the early 2000's, there was much skepticism about the value and viability of virtualization.

Software for embedded systems is based more and more on open system platforms, such as Linux Embedded, VxWorks, Windows Embedded, QNX and many others.

Faced with an increasingly complicated network environment, made only more complex by the addition of virtualization, cloud services and bring your own devices (BYOD), many of your customers are also struggling to keep track of their software assets, contracts, and entitlements.

When describing software protection dongles in a 2007 article appearing in PC Magazine, John C. Dvorak, a well-respected (but self-described curmudgeon) and award winning columnist said, “The dongle was a mostly failed copy-protection device that came into existence in the 1980s. It was also a point of controversy…”

We’ve been hearing the term "software monetization" bandied about. What does it mean?

The big news for crypto-wonks this week is that an international group of researchers has cracked a portion of RSA encryption.

Thomas Friedman argues in his classic work that modern telecommunications makes global trade and competition a simple fact of modern life.

There are plenty of reasons to use a software protection dongle even when you're running an embedded system.

Hackers are out there. So you can't take for granted--now or ever--that it won't happen to you.