There are plenty of reasons to use a software protection dongle even when you're running an embedded system. Some people believe that embedded systems are immune to piracy because the software has to more
The world is flat. Thomas Friedman argues in his classic work that modern telecommunications makes global trade and competition a simple fact of modern life. And so you need flat earth software licens more
The big news for crypto-wonks this week is that an international group of researchers has cracked a portion of RSA encryption. And it's not like they had to throw supercomputers at the problem; it was more
We’ve been hearing the term " software monetization " bandied about. What does it mean? We define software monetization as the capability to effectively maximize your software revenue by meeting marke more
All is not well within today’s pharmacist community. Several recent reports have documented the growing pressures brought on by increasing workloads with limited resources, time, and staffing. During more
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 . N more
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 se more
Software for embedded systems is based more and more on open system platforms – Linux Embedded, VxWorks , Windows Embedded, QNX and many others. In addition to powerful core functionality, one of the more
"Attackers — in ever greater numbers and with increasing sophistication — see, in the growing promise of our tech-connected world, opportunities to steal or cause major disruption or destruction by ex more
A recent report released by the Economist Intelligence Unit entitled Long-term Macroeconomic Forecasts: Key trends to 2050 highlighted some of the emerging economic issues expected to shape global bus more
I recently read an interesting article in Engineering and Technology Magazine, entitled ‘Immature’ Internet of Things Hackable with Primitive Methods. What caught my eye was the opening paragraph that more
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 more
If you have decided to integrate a 3rd party licensing solution for your software application, you’ve made the right choice. By doing so, you’ve freed up your developers to do what they do best — writ more
Aside from the widespread attention and hype surrounding the prolific growth expectations of the Internet of Things (IoT), industry focus has been on potential (IoT) device vulnerabilities and cyberse more
The Industrial Internet Consortium ( IIC ) recently released the first version of a document entitled " Industrial Internet Reference Architecture Technical Report ". The document serves to initiate a more
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 it more
ISVs today must address many questions in your product development and delivery strategies as the software licensing landscape has become increasingly complex. Let’s take a look at some of these quest more
We’ve all seen the disturbing software piracy statistics released by BSA | The Software Alliance in their Global Software Survey : 43 percent of the software installed on personal computers globally i more
Whether it be Stuxnet or an iPhone virus, it is people who are the cause for trouble. But let’s go back to how the story began: Just a few days ago, it was unthinkable for an iPhone to be infected wit more
It has been several years since Kevin Ashton introduced the concept of the Internet of Things, based on RFID and sensor technology that enable computers to observe, identify and understand the world—w more