Reasons to choose Sony DADC B2B Software Licensing:
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Industry-leading solution for B2B software licensing: With more than 6,000 employees, 3,500
customers and over five million software licence activations each month, Sony DADC is a global market
leader.
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Lower admin costs, higher security: Sony DADC B2B Software Licensing offers its customers a
dongle- and driver-free solution and almost completely eliminates the need to integrate APIs. The solution
can therefore be put to use immediately.
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No additional hardware or software required: The Sony DADC Software as a Service (SaaS) platform
guarantees that customers are always using the latest security on a platform maintained by Sony DADC.
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Flexible licence models: Customers can purchase the required activations in advance and thereby
benefit from economies of scale. Alternatively, customers can choose monthly billing to ensure they only
pay for the activations that have actually been enabled.
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Always up-to-date: Through simple remote updates, licences can be changed at any time and products
can be upgraded.
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Easy licence transfer: Software licences can be rehosted at any time, which means they do not have to
be tied to a specific computer.
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Comprehensive try & buy options: You can activate trial versions and you no longer need to send out
dongles.
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Highly competitive pricing
About Sony DADC:
Sony DADC is part of the Sony Corporation. With more
than 6,000 employees, the company is one of the leading
technology providers for the entertainment and
information industries. Sony DADC has been offering its
customers first-rate replications and solutions for optical
media, as well as high-quality software and security
services, for 30 years. A key component of its solution
portfolio is Sony DADC software licence management,
which is used successfully by software customers in the
areas of B2C and B2B. Leading and ISO-certified quality
and performance standards make Sony DADC the perfect
partner for the global protection of software and
intellectual property.
Technology:
Online Encryption Toolkit and Product Activation Platform
In the area of B2B software licensing, these high-performance web interfaces use an SaaS approach to
enable customers to compile product features, define security and customise their licensing. The Online
Encryption Toolkit (OETK), supported by the latest encryption technology, protects your software against
piracy and reverse engineering, among other things. The Sony DADC Product Activation Platform is a
monitor/diagnosis and configuration interface that allows your customers to manage their licenses intuitively.
Furthermore, it ensures that your sold licences are being used in accordance with your licensing terms and
that you are maximising your licence revenues.
Hosted services / SaaS approach
We make our corporate solutions available online, which allows any company of any size to reduce its
hardware and software, IT management and maintenance costs. At the same time, you become more flexible
and efficient, as the only thing you need for Sony DADC B2B Software Licensing is a browser. A large
proportion of security vulnerabilities can be traced back to outdated software. With Sony DADC B2B Software
Licensing SaaS, you ensure that both you and your customers are always using the most recent and secure
versions. This reduces your maintenance costs and maximises your licence revenues.
No dongles
A dongle-free solution now provides the same level of protection as a dongle-based solution – but it also
offers significantly more flexibility in a live environment. For example, it eliminates the need to send out
dongles and replace defective or lost dongles. A dongle-free solution meets the needs of the digital world and
offers protection in both mobile and tablet environments.
No drivers, no APIs.
Sony DADC B2B Software Licensing offers protection without the need to install additional drivers.
The common APIs, which are usually required to communicate between the dongle and the software to be
protected, are not needed with Sony DADC's solution. You therefore receive an out-of-the-box solution that
can be put to use quickly with no major admin effort.
Secure channel
All communications and data transfers between the browser, client and server take place via secured SSL
and HTTP protocols in order to prevent man-in-the-middle attacks and protect the transmitted data.
Envelope - Wrapper
The latest debugging mechanisms, virtual machine recognition, source code obfuscation/encryption, runtime
protection and function replacement protect your software against reverse engineering and tampering. This
protection against reverse engineering and tampering prevents the copy protection from being removed and
your application being copied illegally or even redistributed by third parties in a modified, harmful form.
With Content Activation, you can also protect data files that are partially decrypted in the memory at runtime in
order to prevent a data dump. To mark highly sensitive code components, an API is also available, which
enables you to protect the code in a specific manner while ensuring that the performance of the applications is
not compromised.
Secure licence management
Sony DADC stores the customer licences as encrypted strings in their Windows registry. After the customer
has entered the serial key, the licence for the corresponding instance is communicated to the Sony DADC
licence server by sending the hardware identification number (hard drive ID, MAC address, graphics card ID,
etc.). This prevents the licence from being used beyond the scope of the licensing terms. Furthermore,
licences can also be registered online.
Flexible and progressive licensing
• Monthly billing by Sony DADC. You only pay for the activations that are actually enabled by your
customers. This means: NO UP-FRONT LICENCE COSTS.
• You can, of course, purchase a licence pool at any time in order to benefit from economies of scale.
• Through simple remote updates, licences can be changed and product upgrades performed at any time.
• Software licences can be rehosted for the end-customer at any time, if required by the software vendor.
• Highly competitive pricing.
Support and advice
Free support
Our support is available to you free of charge whenever you need it. The option of remote maintenance is
always available, if required – on your own systems or even together with you on your customers' systems.
Advice
Sony DADC can support you and offer you competent advice at any time when creating new concepts or
integrating our solution into your own platform. Our sales department and sales engineers will assist you with
advice and practical support. Place your trust in a company with more than 20 years of experience in the area
of digital B2B software licensing.
Contact details:
Sony DADC Austria AG
Sonystrasse 20
A-5081 Anif, Austria
Tel. +43 6246 880 8518
B2B.SoftwareLicensing@sonydadc.com