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White Papers
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Please select which White Papers you would like to download. All files will be supplied in PDF format.
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Today's software publishers are facing the most difficult business climate in decades.
To survive this crunch, most publishers are tightening budgets and operations and looking to achieve efficiencies wherever possible.
They're also providing the highest level of service and support in an effort to maintain, and perhaps increase, customer loyalty.
But is it also possible to accelerate business growth during these turbulent economic times?
This paper presents 7 practical strategies for growing your software company. These strategies have proven themselves in good times and can be even more important in maintaining and growing your business during tough times.
This paper examines the nature of Java code vulnerabilities, the limitations of
existing protection solutions, and how comprehensive Enveloping of the Java code—which
combines both obfuscation and encryption—is the ideal solution for protecting critical
algorithms and other intellectual property.
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This paper describes general protection strategies for software publishers. It outlines
some of the methods used by software crackers as they identify and negate software
protection and security. The paper also presents protection measures you can use
to enhance software security and frustrate crackers into giving up on cracking your
applications.
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According to the Fifth Annual BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study, by the end
of 2007 there were more than one billion PCs installed around the world—nearly half
of which contained pirated software. Worldwide revenue losses due to software piracy
were $48 billion that same year, an increase of 20% from the preceding year. Whether
intentional or not, a vast amount of revenue is lost to piracy and diverted from
software companies and local governments. Revenue that otherwise would be reinvested
in R&D to develop and improve legitimate software programs simply does not reach
software publishers. This paper discusses the causes and consequences of software
piracy, and presents software publishers with a way to protect their Intellectual
Property and increase revenues, including guidelines for evaluating software digital
rights management (DRM) solutions.
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In today's competitive marketplace and economic downturn, it's important to protect
your software from piracy and illegal use, and safeguard your intellectual property
from reverse engineering. It's also vitally important to be able to respond quickly
to business opportunities that require flexible licensing of your software - and
in the end to ensure license compliance. Building a comprehensive software protection,
secure licensing and activation solution is a complex undertaking. This paper discusses
the challenges of building your own software ware security and licensing infrastructure
and through TCO analysis, examines the real costs involved–many of them routinely
overlooked by software vendors–when a decision is made to develop a protection and
licensing system in-house.
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The .NET Framework is one of the most popular Windows development environments.
Designed as the basis for the majority of new Windows applications, the .NET Framework
was built with a variety of goals in mind. These include: interoperability, portability,
language independence, easier deployment and enhanced security. However, the .NET
Framework also brings with it inherent security risks. Those responsible for major
software projects must weigh the possibility of security breaches within the .NET
framework. This paper discusses two possible security issues within .NET development:
reverse engineering and unwanted modification of code and presents three approaches
to securing .NET code to protect your proprietary Intellectual Property (IP).
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This paper discusses how an advanced software DRM solution that aligns with a software
product’s lifecycle can influence a software publisher’s organizational processes,
drive future sales and reduce operational costs.
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Due to the many challenges software vendors face today, there is a distinct need
to adopt and implement Digital Rights Management that not only helps the vendor
to prevent threats posed by piracy and hacking, but also results in increased sales,
added revenue and smooth integration of the DRM solution with the existing business
processes in the enterprise while helping maintain customer loyalty.
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This white paper describes the importance of the development of new approaches to
software rights management, empowering business decision makers to choose their
preferred hardware- or software-based solution, or a combination of both.
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This paper discusses the key role software protection plays in helping publishers
reap the full benefits of the latest software licensing models. The following licensing
models are discussed:
1. Traditional Perpetual Licensing
2. Subscription
3. Rentals
4. Trial Licenses
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This paper discusses the benefits of the Envelope, an automatic software protection
tool provided with HASP HL.
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This paper discusses the need for software protection as well as the various solutions
and rewards to software developers.
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This white paper discusses the importance of IP as the ultimate asset of every organization.
It details the dangers which can be brought about by the leakage of professional
know-how, expertise, trade secrets and algorithms. It then discusses the area of
IP law, focusing on Sarbanes-Oxley and its impact on Software and System Vendors.
The paper continues to examine the benefits of software IP protection and licensing,
and details how secure software DRM solutions can help companies meet the requirements
of compliance, while at the same time protecting their IP and providing flexible
licensing options.
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