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How SmartFlow Compliance is Different From A License Management Solution
by Ted Miracco, SmartFlow CEOSoftware piracy, counterfeit licenses, and unauthorized usage are all growing problems for software developers. Many companies have decided to move forward with a license...
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SmartFlow Professional 2016 is Here!
Joins SmartFlow Enterprise 2016 to Offer Software Vendors Enhanced Compliance Case Management and Revenue Recovery
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SmartFlow Helps Major EDA Company Build Successful Compliance Program
This leading EDA software developer is focused on helping customers build great products that connect the world. When it discovered its software was being pirated, it began looking for solutions to...
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Crack99: The Story of a Sting Operation That Took Down a $100M Chinese...
For more than a decade I have been highly concerned that valuable software intellectual property (IP), developed primarily by U.S.-based corporations, is being stolen by foreign corporations and...
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Five "Dos and Don'ts" for Protecting Your Software From Piracy
SmartFlow has just posted a new best practices document to help software vendors better protect their software from piracy. Here are our five tips:
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Guest Blog: Cyber Piracy-Don’t Wait for the Government to Come to the Rescue
This guest blog is contributed by David Locke Hall, keynote speaker at SmartFlow’s upcoming November 2, 2016 Anti-Piracy Summit. Hall is the author of CRACK99: The Takedown of a $100M Chinese Software...
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Our First Annual EDA/CAD Anti-Piracy Summit Was a Hit!
The first annual SmartFlow EDA/CAD Anti-Piracy Summit, held on November 2, 2016 and co-hosted by Keysight Technologies at its headquarters in Santa Rosa California, was a huge success! Thank you to all...
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White Paper: Using Cultural Intelligence to Enhance Your Compliance Program
There are fundamental differences in values, behaviors, and attitudes that are expressed in cultures worldwide, and these have a significant impact on decision-making processes in business situations...
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SmartFlow Partners with Leading EDA and Semiconductor IP Provider to Develop...
"SmartFlow developers are focused on the holistic aspects of a compliance program, not just on recovering as much revenue as possible. We need to be very careful of our customer relationships and...
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The Importance of Export Compliance for Software Companies
Guest Blog by Ted Miracco, CEO and Akshay Dhule, Application Engineer With heightened global tensions, it is more important than ever for software companies to make sure their products are only...
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IP Thieves at the Gate: Combating IP Theft on a Global Scale
We all know that cybersecurity, software piracy, and IP theft are becoming bigger and bigger problems in today’s semiconductor industry. But what can we do about it?
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Hacking Takes Center Stage in 2017
by Ted MiraccoIt seems like hacking is all over the news these days, from the Black Hat and Defcon conferences to the near-constant coverage of the Russian involvement in the 2016 U.S. presidential...
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Announcing SmartFlow Enterprise 2017 With Configurable Data Collection...
Today we announced the 2017 version of SmartFlow Enterprise, which has the unique ability to configure the data collection functionality to help ensure compliance with the European General Data...
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SmartFlow Professional 2017 Offers Unique Capabilities for SMBs Establishing...
Announcing the availability of SmartFlow Professional 2017, the latest release of our entry-level, cloud-based anti-piracy solution for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) developing software and...
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The Cost of Automotive Diagnostics Software Piracy
A report from the National Association of Manufacturers connects the dots from software piracy to the loss of over 42,000 manufacturing jobs and over $239B in revenues, as shown in the figure on the...
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Video Interview: Take Five With Warren
SmartFlow CEO Ted Miracco delivered the keynote at the REUSE Conference on December 14 in Santa Clara, CA. In a video interview with conference organizer Warren Savage, general manager of IP at EDA...
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SmartFlow Compliance Solutions Posts Fourth Consecutive Year of Record Sales...
SmartFlow has posted a fourth consecutive year of record sales for the 2017 fiscal year with revenues soaring 87 percent over 2016 and bookings pipeline growth of 104 percent. Growth was fueled by...
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GDPR: The Right to Be Forgotten vs. Legitimate Interest
As you probably are well aware by now, the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes into effect next month on May 25. Much is being written about it, and if you do any sales and/or...
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New Administration China Trade Tariffs: U.S. Government Takes Steps to...
The Trump administration announced new trade tariffs against China in March, claiming that the President is “standing up for American innovation.” Details from a U.S. Trade Representative investigation...
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2018 BSA Global Software Survey Finds Use of a Compliance Program Lowers Risk...
The Business Software Alliance (BSA) has released its 2018 global software survey and key takeaways are very enlightening. Conducted in partnership with International Data Corporation (IDC), the survey...
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