Aladdin's HASP SRM

Every year software piracy translates to huge loss (in

billions) to software companies. One way to protect your product from piracy is

via encryption at  the software level, but this puts a lot of overhead on

developers and testers thereby preventing them from focusing on core tasks.

Even if you deploy a DRM solution, there are chances that

you might end up increasing product life cycle time and the desired flexibility

to customize licensing according to users need becomes difficult to achieve.

HASP SRM is a DRM solution which is not only flexible in usage but also

separates developed product from business process. This solution as mentioned

above maps perfectly with software product life cycle. Plus  this is very easy

to learn and use, and include role based tools for  developers, product

managers, order processing, and production.

Installation of this software is simple and once installed

developers can secure their developed software either by using 'Envelope'

(simplest to perform) or insert calls (via provided API) to locks  (software and

hardware) inside developed code. After installing the vendor suite of HASP SRM,

open it and click on 'Envelope'.  Authenticate using password set during

installation. This will open an interface where one can add programs to be

protected. Attach a USB based hardware key to your system and click on 'Add

Programs' on right top. Add your executable file here and click on 'Protect

All'. Now running this executable file without hardware key would give an error

giving vendor highly protected software that runs only with its key.

Once developer has done his part, it gives out single

application binary which is now encrypted using AES (128 bit) algorithm. The key

to this software is available either in USB drive or as software. From

developer, the product moves to marketing manager who can strategize licensing

model depending on the market situation. Interesting feature about HASP SRM is

that marketing manager can opt for any licensing model i.e rental, feature

based, floating, time based, pay per use, etc.

Doing this is again simple. Open your HASP SRM Business

Studio and add different licensing models with a few clicks. Licenses again can

be distributed either by using  USB drives or via Internet. By integrating this

DRM solution with existing IT and Web infrastructure enables automation of

license fulfillment processes and synchronization with existing business systems

(ERP and CRM). By tracking licensing via HASP SRM, sales team can pitch for

future sales.

In the end, the actual user of the product is given ease of

usage via automatic activation plus a licensing management system to manage

licenses.

Bottomline: If

you are looking for a simple solution to protect your  software product  without

tweaking your current business process, then this could be a great solution.