If you have decided to integrate a 3rd party licensing solution for your software application, you’ve made the right choice. By doing so, you’ve freed up your developers to do what they do best — writ more
Software for embedded systems is based more and more on open system platforms – Linux Embedded, VxWorks , Windows Embedded, QNX and many others. In addition to powerful core functionality, one of the more
"Attackers — in ever greater numbers and with increasing sophistication — see, in the growing promise of our tech-connected world, opportunities to steal or cause major disruption or destruction by ex more
Whether you are a total believer or not, it looks like the shift from perpetual software licensing to the software subscription model is here to stay. According to a Gartner report , “By 2020, more th more
More than 81% of organizations believe successful adoption of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is critical to their future success, yet ironically, only 25% of these organizations have a clear more
The more that is written about the Internet of Things and its myriad of potential game changing applications, it seems that the terms “IIoT” and “disruption” become more closely aligned. Disruption in more
It has been several years since Kevin Ashton introduced the concept of the Internet of Things, based on RFID and sensor technology that enable computers to observe, identify and understand the world—w more
The Deloitte Centre for Health Solutions paints an interesting picture of the healthcare and life science sectors in their report, Healthcare and Life Sciences Predictions 2020 – a bold future? The la more
We’ve all seen the disturbing software piracy statistics released by BSA | The Software Alliance in their Global Software Survey : 43 percent of the software installed on personal computers globally i more
Whether it be Stuxnet or an iPhone virus, it is people who are the cause for trouble. But let’s go back to how the story began: Just a few days ago, it was unthinkable for an iPhone to be infected wit more
The intellectual property gained during the development of an ISV’s flagship software product most likely represents an investment in hundreds and hundreds of man hours. The majority of that time is s more
The SD Association recently celebrated the 10th anniversary of the microSD™ Card. Founded in 2000 by Panasonic, SanDisk and Toshiba, the SD Association is a group dedicated to establishing SD standard more
The Trusted Computing Group (TCG) is a not-for-profit organization formed to develop, define and promote open, vendor-neutral, global industry standards, supportive of a hardware- based root of truste more
Late last year, the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on the Future of Software & Society issued a very interesting report on Deep Shift: 21 Ways Software Will Transform Global Society . In more
Software licensing and monetization continue to be critical factors in a successful deployment for ISVs, particularly as the IoT and embedded systems market evolves and end user licensing preferences more
The Industrial Internet Consortium held an interesting TweetChat last week in preparation for their Security event held on Tuesday, November 4 in NYC. The IIC-led chat posed 6 questions and received e more
When At&T, Cisco, GE, IBM and Intel founded the Industrial Internet Consortium in March 2014, I wonder if they had envisioned how quickly the International technology community would embrace the their more
There were some interesting findings released in a global study this past June conducted by Harbor Research (in conjunction with Progress Software) on the State of IoT: 2015 Global Developer Study . N more
It doesn’t happen often, but it is possible that license containers can be lost, stolen or broken, and when it does occur, the ISV is faced with a dilemma: how to reactivate the license quickly to fos more
Much has been written recently, in this space and elsewhere, about the growing popularity with end users and ISVs alike of cloud-based subscription software delivery . Subscriptions offer ISVs several more