Stealth 'Phone Home' Software Gets SaaS

The software-as-a-service (SaaS) model enables even the smallest software vendor to not only identify and locate pirated copies of its applications, but also return business intelligence about popular features and facilitate transforming trial copies into licensed users. Look for an increasing number of independent software venors (ISVs) tracking legal and illegal uses of its software now that nearly every computer worldwide in online. R.C.J.


New software from V.i. Labs allows companies to track how their programs are being used--both leagally and illegally. V.i. Labs extended its stealth module approach to legal uses of its software by tabulatoing for vendors which features are most used and assisting in transforming users of trial copies into licensees. The new software-as-a-service (SaaS) model for CodeArmor Intelligence is also more affordable for smaller ISVs who do not want to maintain their own servers to receive and tabulate incoming calls from their software "phoning home."
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