V.i Lab's CodeArmor Intelligence Now Supports Linux Platforms

V.i. Laboratories (V.i. Labs), a provider of software protection solutions, has announced that its CodeArmor Intelligence solution now supports Linux platforms.

 

Introduced last year in August, CodeArmor Intelligence is built on V.i. Labs’ software protection technology. It enables independent software vendors (ISVs) to gather intelligence on pirated use of their software. Company officials said that this allows them to recover revenue lost to unlicensed use.

 

CodeArmor Intelligence is turn-key piracy detection and reporting system that integrates with existing applications and customer relationship management (CRM) applications such as Salesforce.com (News - Alert). The system, officials said, provides a method to collect, filter and report on the use of pirated applications and create leads for sales, compliance or legal teams.

 

The company is using a technology that enables ISVs to generate actionable piracy leads within days of their software’s release and general availability, according to officials.

 

The new version of CodeArmor Intelligence now supports Red Hat (News - Alert) versions four and five. Company officials said that at present it’s available in the online version of the Red Hat Software Catalog.

 

Additionally, V.i. Labs said that it’s now a member of the Red Hat ISV Partner program. The program is said to encourage the combination of open source and traditional technologies into the fabric of enterprise computing.

 

Moreover, CodeArmor Intelligence includes features that make it easy to integrate with .NET (News - Alert) applications and also flexible in specifying what data is being collected.

 

 “The EDA software industry members typically build high value applications that can be used on both Windows and Linux platforms,” said Scott Baeder, chairman of anti-piracy committee at EDA.

 

This extension of CodeArmor Intelligence to support Linux has provided the company a solution that can help better understand the evidence to help recover revenue from businesses using unlicensed software on both Windows and Linux platforms, said Baeder.

 

Victor DeMarines, vice president of products at V.i. Labs, said that Linux is a growing platform for many high-value software applications.

 

Though, he said, ISVs developing software for Linux are experiencing the same level of piracy activity found in Microsoft (News - Alert)-based environments, adding that latest release reflects this reality and allows ISVs to detect and report on pirated use for both Linux and Windows applications.