Sunday, March 16, 2008

Aladdin HASP SRM Named Finalist for Prestigious SIIA Codie Award

Aladdin Knowledge Systems , an information security leader specializing in authentication, software DRM and content security, today announced that Aladdin HASP SRM, the industry's leading software protection and licensing solution that enables software publishers to grow their business and maximize profits, stands as a finalist for the Software & Information Industry Association's (SIIA) esteemed Codie Awards in the Best Digital Rights Management category.

The SIIA Codie Awards have celebrated outstanding achievement and visionary software, digital information, and education technologies for more than 20 years. Judged through a unique combination of journalist and peer review, the Codie Awards remain a standard of quality and innovation in technology today.

"It is truly an honor for Aladdin HASP SRM to receive such premier recognition as a finalist for an SIIA Codie Award," said Avi Barir, vice president of software DRM at Aladdin Knowledge Systems. "Aladdin HASP SRM is a unique, role-based business lifecycle management solution that addresses the software protection and license management needs of software publishers. Industry analysts and software developers have praised Aladdin HASP SRM for its innovation in enabling business growth through strong copy protection, IP protection and secure and flexible licensing."

The next step in the process brings finalists in all categories before SIIA members for a peer vote between March 10 and April 30, 2008. This year, a third round of judging has been added at the Codies' Finalist Showcase during the SIIA spring conferences, Ed Tech Industry Summit and NetGain, where Aladdin will be demonstrating the features, benefits, and business value of Aladdin HASP SRM. SIIA members in attendance can review Aladdin HASP SRM in person and cast a final vote at the Codies' Finalist Showcase to help determine the winning products and services.

For more information visit http://www.aladdin.com/HASP.

Arxan Technologies Named 2008 SIIA CODiE Award Finalist

Arxan Technologies, a leading provider of application hardening solutions designed to protect software intellectual property (IP) from tampering and theft, today announced that its software protection solution, GuardIT®, has been selected as a finalist for the 2008 SIIA CODiE Awards in the Best Digital Rights Management category.

CODiE Award finalists were chosen among 1,000 nominations submitted by more than 600 companies. Through journalist and peer review, the Codie Awards recognized 340 finalists in 68 categories, representing an impressive array of technology and business excellence and success.
"Competition is tough this year and that makes selection as a Codie Finalist a real achievement," said Ken Wash, SIIA president. "All the companies on this year's list should feel justifiably proud of their recognition."

For 23 years, the SIIA's CODiE Awards have provided industry recognition for outstanding achievement and vision in the software, education technology and digital content industries. This year's final round of judging will take place at the Codies Finalist Showcase on May 19th in San Francisco, where Arxan will be demonstrating the features and benefits of GuardIT.

"To be recognized among such a diverse and accomplished collection of industry leaders further validates the value of our solution and the innovation of our technology. Being named a finalist is truly an honor," said Mike Dager, CEO of Arxan. "We are committed to providing a new generation of software protection solutions that meet the security and anti-piracy demands of our customers."

GuardIT enables software-driven companies across desktop, embedded and server markets to protect their IP against piracy and tampering and preserve their revenue and brand value with a durable and easy-to-use application hardening solution. GuardIT offers broad support for, Windows, Linux and .NET applications with protection for native and mixed mode images on both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures.

Arxan's technology is deployed via a binary-based solution that is non-intrusive to application performance and supports existing release schedules within an organization's Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Armed with GuardIT, software providers can exercise flexible-yet-granular control over specific and critical areas of the software, including an associated license or copy protection system.

For a complete list of the CODiE Award Finalists, visit http://www.siia.net/codies/2008/finalists.asp.

For more information, please visit www.arxan.com.

Monday, March 10, 2008

The beginning.



"Software protection" was found about 24,600,000 times - that's pretty much for two simple words. And we'll try to find out, which one's of them are useful and which one's are not. That's it for the first post.