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WIBU-SYSTEMS AG
Rüppurrer Straße 52-54
76137 Karlsruhe Telefon: +49 721 93172-0
Telefax: +49 721 93172-22
info@wibu.de
Rüppurrer Straße 52-54
76137 Karlsruhe Telefon: +49 721 93172-0
Telefax: +49 721 93172-22
info@wibu.de
Facts & Figures
Read more about the important milestones in the history of Wibu-Systems since it was founded in 1989.
2012
- Manpower increment in development, support, sales and consulting
- Enhanced AxProtector supporting .NET mixed mode applications and Wind River VxWorks
- New CmDongle firmware featuring field update from ISVs applications, 2048 RSA key encryption and “maintenance period” license model
- CodeMeter integration with CODESYS IEC 61131-3 development tools and target systems
- New membership in the OPC foundation and vigorous propulsion of industrial automation alliances
2011
- First prize for Wibu-Systems at Baden-Wuerttemberg Security Awards for preventing product piracy
- Introduction of CmStick/T: secure time certificates with battery-backed clock
- Introduction of CmStick/C: wordwide smallest dongle for software protection
2010
R&D projects VitaBIT and Pro-Protect successfully concluded- New distributor "Rainbow Security" settled in Moscow
- WIBU-SYSTEMS (Shanghai) Co. Ltd opens new office in Beijing
- WibuKey protects WATCHOUT software at Expo 2010 in Shanghai
- Protection for software using VxWorks real-time operating system
- Wibu-Systems unbeaten at the Hackers Contest in China
- For the first time: CodeMeter® protection for Cloud Computing available
- Introducing a new form factor: CmCard/µSD
- SIIA Codie Award Finalist in category "Best Digital Rights Management Solution"
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“
- CodeMeter® supports Mac OS X Leopard operating system
2008
- Introduction of "CodeMeterAct" as a software-based solution
- Wibu-Systems office opens in Spain
- Microsoft Gold Certified Partner
- Coordination of the BMWI VitaBIT project for secure mobile solutions
- Coordination of the BMBF Pro-Protect project for embedded systems protection
2007
- First worldwide Hacker’s Contest for CmStick (prize money worth 32768 euro or US $ 40000). CmStick not cracked!
- Finalist at the SIIA Codie Awards in the category "Best Digital Rights Management“
2006
Nominated for the Federal Republic of Germany Design Prize- CodeMeter® granted patents in the USA and Japan, numerous new patents filed
- Finalist at the SIIA Codie Awards in the category "Best Security Software“
- Wibu-Systems office opens in the UK
2005
iF design Award, Germany- First-time finalist at the SIIA Codie Awards in the category "Best Digital Rights Management Solution: Software“
- Wibu-Systems (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. opens in China
2004
- CmStick/M: first dongle with Flash disk
- iF design Award, China
- European patent granted for CodeMeter®
- Wibu-Systems office opens in the Benelux
2002
- Platform-independent protection for Java applications
- Wibu-Systems office opens in China
2001
First WibuKey Hacker’s Contest announced- Introduction of SmartShelter document protection
- Participation in the 5th R&D framework of the EC
- WIBU-SYSTEMS USA Inc. founded
2000
- All WibuKey products obtain UL listing (Underwriter Laboratories) for the USA / Canada
1999
10th anniversary of Wibu-Systems- Own company building in Karlsruhe, Germany
1997
- Certification according to ISO 9001
1995
- Increase of capital and change of corporate form to WIBU-SYSTEMS AG
1993
First dongle as a PCMCIA card, introduced at the COMDEX/Fall, Las Vegas
1991
- Change of corporate form to WIBU-SYSTEMS GmbH
1989
WIBU-SYSTEMS founded by Marcellus Buchheit and Oliver Winzenried- The idea for the first WibuBox as a dongle for the LPT interface was developed
