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Software vendors have long endured outright theft and inadvertent unlicensed use of their products, through pirated software and illegal key generators. Prior to the development of robust anti-piracy technologies, there was little that could be done by the software vendors, and many software consumers were duped into "purchasing" counterfeit licenses to non-genuine software.  

The Cylynt Connect 2021 summit once again attracted a record number of attendees, thanks in part to the virtual format, which enabled many more people to attend, as well as dedicated time zone sessions for both the Americas and Europe/Asia. 

As part of our mission to achieve Zero Dark Usage, we have recently been highlighting the increasing risk companies face from their employees using illegal software at work.

For software developers, offering trial evaluations gives potential customers a great opportunity to try before they buy – but 90% of trials don’t actually convert to a successful sale, leaving vendors frustrated and at a loss as to how to maximize the trial experience and successfully convert trials to sales. In addition, for those trials that do convert, what can be done to ensure customer succe […]

If there’s one thing to be learned from the past year, it’s that change can happen faster than expected. Roll back just over 12 months and it would have been hard to believe that many companies in different industries would move to a remote working model, with a large majority of employees working from home. With so many workers accessing corporate networks remotely, piracy is an even bigger risk […]

For years high tech software companies have endured a consistent and ever growing piracy assault on their intellectual property, which, according to the BSA Software Alliance, has resulted in lost revenue of more than $46 billion a year. 

Preview: Cylynt and Proof LCS are partnering to bring the software industry new capabilities for uncovering piracy, collecting installation/usage data, rapidly performing data analysis, and then monetizing those software licenses found to be over-installed or pirated.

Preview: Cylynt has introduced Cylynt Ranger, a powerful new piracy detection application that enables independent software vendors (ISVs) to identify and track the illegal usage of older, non-instrumented releases of their software applications.

Preview: Cylynt is partnering with Thales to offer software developers a best-in-class platform for recovering revenue from under compliance and piracy, as well as maximizing additional revenue opportunities. Cylynt CEO Ted Miracco and Thales VP of global solutions sales at Thales eSecurity comment on the advantages of this joint solution.

Preview: Rob Telson, Cylynt VP of Worldwide Sales, advises customers about ways to develop alternative methods for revenue generation during the pandemic travel restrictions using Cylynt's data-driven software monetization tools.