Wibu-Systems named SIIA Business Technology CODiE Award Finalist for Best Content Rights & Entitlement Solution

Wibu-Systems, a global leading vendor in secure license lifecycle management, today announced that CodeMeter Secure Licensing Platform was named finalist for the 2016 SIIA CODiE Awards in the Best Content Rights & Entitlement category. Finalists represent the information industry’s best products, technologies, and services in the software, content and business technology.

The SIIA CODiE Awards are the premier awards for the software and information industries, and have been recognizing product excellence for over 30 years. The awards offer 91 categories that are organized by industry focus of education technology and business technology. CodeMeter Secure Licensing Platform was honored as one of 215 finalists across the 62 business technology categories. Wibu-Systems' CodeMeter has been a frequent contender for the CODiE Awards since 2005 and has been chosen as Finalist a full eight times in that period.

“I am amazed by the level of innovation and creativity of the products that have been selected as this year's CODiE Award finalists. We are happy to recognize them for their great contributions and impact they are making on the software, content and business technology industries,” said Ken Wasch, President of SIIA.

CodeMeter is a secure license platform for management and protection of software and content. CodeMeter License Central enables the realization of various license models required to meet the dynamic user demands of today and tomorrow. License Central is easily integrated into the ISVs’ existing business processes (such as ERP & CRM) via industry standards. CodeMeter License Central has a rich reporting capability providing ISVs with valuable business analytics. CodeMeter provides flexible licensing options such as trial periods, pay-per-use, pay-per-function, perpetual, floating users, and subscription. Licenses can be delivered and activated electronically or manually, offline or online. Licenses can be stored in node-locked containers, hardware containers and in the cloud. CodeMeter is unique in that it provides end users business enabling functionality, such as offline license transfer and license borrowing, without the need for Internet access or help desk assistance. License usage statistics enable the end-user to understand who is using the software and how often. Licenses are secured with strong encryption using AES 128, ECC and RSA 2048, allowing ISVs to protect the IP of the software and ensure license integrity. Likewise, security is important to the end user for ensuring tamper resistant applications and maintaining license compliance. CodeMeter supports all major platforms – Windows, OS X, Linux, cloud, mobile, as well as real-time operating systems like VxWorks, QNX and others.

“Being the only company in the software licensing field that has reached the Finalist stage again makes us exceptionally proud and confirms our global innovation leadership in this technology. The award judges have recognized the unique strengths of the new version 6 of CodeMeter and, in particular, the extreme versatility of license storage, deployment, transfer, usage and tracking options,” said Marcellus Buchheit, co-founder of Wibu-Systems and CEO of Wibu-Systems USA.

The SIIA CODiE Awards are the industry's only peer-reviewed awards program. The first round review of all nominees is conducted by software and business technology executives with considerable industry expertise, including members of the industry, analysts, media, bloggers, bankers and investors. The judges are responsible for selecting the CODiE Awards finalists. SIIA members then vote on the finalist products and the scores from both rounds are tabulated to select the winners. Winners will be announced during a virtual award ceremony on May 18.