V.i. Labs and Reprise Software Team Up to Offer Comprehensive Anti-Piracy Solution
Partnership Combines Advanced License Management System with Strong Software Protection Technology
Waltham, MA — November 20, 2006 — V.i. Laboratories, Inc. (“V.i. Labs”), a provider
of software protection solutions for securing high value and mission critical applications,
announced today a partnership with Reprise Software, Inc., a provider of software
license management systems for end-users and Independent Software Vendors (ISVs).
The partnership combines V.i. Labs’ strong anti-piracy technology with Reprise’s
license management system to provide comprehensive protection against software cracking
threats.
The Reprise License Manager (RLM) is a software licensing solution that enables
ISVs to more effectively price and license their products for sale to end-users.
Unlike legacy licensing systems, RLM provides an open platform that is easy to integrate
with existing applications, accessible reporting capabilities, and improved value-oriented
pricing. Reprise Software was founded in January 2006 by Matt Christiano, who served
as Chief Executive Officer of Globetrotter Software, Inc., the company that developed
the FLEXlm license management system. Globetrotter Software was sold to Macrovision
in 2000.
“License management is a fundamental component of an ISV’s anti-piracy strategy.
At the same time, ISVs are demanding solutions that protect against common software
cracks that lead to piracy,” said Matt Christiano, CEO of Reprise Software. “We
saw significant value in V.i. Labs’ CodeArmor product because it provides strong
protection for license management functions without impacting the software development
process.”
According to Business Software Alliance and other watchdog piracy groups, software
piracy is on the rise, most notably in emerging foreign markets. The software cracking
community has continually targeted license management systems embedded within high
value and popular software programs. Using reverse engineering techniques, a cracker
can develop unauthorized license key generators or binary patches that bypass license
enforcement.
The V.i. Labs and Reprise Software offering will provide a more comprehensive defense
against these threats. The RLM solution already employs public/private key encryption
technology to protect against unauthorized license generators. With the added application
security provided by CodeArmor, ISVs will gain comprehensive protection against
binary patching threats as well. Because CodeArmor can protect software applications
without requiring source code changes, ISV customers can easily apply software protection
to critical license functions after the development process is complete.
“License management and software protection are foundation blocks for preventing
overt and inadvertent piracy,” said Joe Noonan, CEO and president of V.i. Labs.
“By adding CodeArmor protection to RLM, vendors will be able to recover significant
revenue in markets with rampant piracy.”
About Reprise Software, Inc.
Reprise Software, Inc. is a software development company focused on providing best-of-breed
electronic software licensing technology to global independent software vendors
and their end users. Reprise Software is privately held and is headquartered in
San Jose, California. For more information please visit www.reprisesoftware.com.
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.
For more information please visit www.vilabs.com.
Contacts:
Victor DeMarines
V.i. Laboratories, Inc.
781.398.3404
vdemarines@vilabs.com
Jeff Dillow/Jason O'Keefe
PAN Communications
978.474.1900
vilaboratories@pancomm.com