V.i. Labs Selected for Microsoft Windows Embedded Partner Program
Partnership Will Enable V.i. Labs to Target Software Vendors Who Need to Protect Sensitive Applications Deployed on Windows XP Embedded-Based Devices and Equipment
Waltham, MA — February 20, 2007 —V.i. Laboratories, Inc. (“V.i. Labs”), a provider
of software protection solutions for securing high value and mission critical applications,
announced today that it has been named a Microsoft Windows Embedded Partner (WEP).
As a WEP, V.i. Labs will be well positioned to offer its solutions to software vendors
that need to secure sensitive Intellectual Property (IP) embedded in applications
on devices and equipment running Windows XP Embedded.
V.i. Labs’ CodeArmor software protection solution guards embedded software applications
against the threats of reverse engineering, software tampering and code theft. The
solution prevents unauthorized access to sensitive IP that resides within software
programs through a combination of run-time security monitoring, application integrity
checking, machine authentication, and granular function-level re-encryption. CodeArmor
ensures that software only runs on authenticated Windows XP Embedded-based equipment
by continuously verifying the integrity of system files and other system attributes.
According to Global Information, Inc. the world market for embedded software will
grow from about $1.6 billion in 2004 to $3.5 billion by 2009. Many ISVs and providers
of high value applications are selling into emerging markets where IP laws are traditionally
weak. These organizations are becoming increasingly worried about the risk of competitors
accessing their source code and pirating software. Since embedded software applications
are often deployed in remote and untrusted sites, software protection technology
is a necessary defense against the threat of reverse engineering.
“Organizations are concerned about the ease with which their embedded software applications
can be copied and stolen from their commercial off the shelf platforms and replicated
by competitors,” said Victor DeMarines, vice president of products, V.i. Labs. “Our
software protection technology counters the reverse engineering threat as well as
ensures that software will not operate on unauthorized equipment.”
Microsoft Windows XP Embedded is an operating system based on the same binaries
as Windows XP Professional and has been optimized for use in embedded applications
running on PC architecture hardware.
“We are very excited V.i. Laboratories has joined the Windows Embedded Partner Program
and look forward to extending its leading security offering to the broader Windows
Embedded community," said Ilya Bukshteyn, director of Windows Embedded Marketing
for the Mobile and Embedded Devices Division at Microsoft Corp. "Providing V.i.
Labs’ security solutions will help companies developing devices on the Windows XP
Embedded platform protect their sensitive applications.”
About V.i. Laboratories (V.i. Labs)
V.i. Labs provides software protection solutions that protect against the misappropriation
and theft of intellectual property resident in software applications. Through V.i.
Labs’ patent-pending technology, software vendors, embedded system providers, enterprise
organizations and government agencies are able to easily secure their software against
the threat of piracy, tampering and theft, independent of where the applications
are distributed. V.i. Labs is privately held and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.
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V.i. Labs logo, are trademarks of V.i. Laboratories, Inc. All other product and
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Contacts:
Victor DeMarines
V.i. Laboratories, Inc.
781.398.3404
vdemarines@vilabs.com
Gene Carozza/Jason O'Keefe
PAN Communications
978.474.1900
vilaboratories@pancomm.com