
Wibu is ranked highly by Frost and Sullivan in its annual review of software optimization vendors, outranked only by Gemalto and Flexera, with its closest rival being Reprise. Wibu customers include Agfa, Bosch, Rockwell and Wincor-Nixdorf. Wibu’s principal product is Codemeter, which is used by over 7000 independent software vendors globally, and which offers mainly flexible hardware and some software licensing solutions.
Founded in 1989, by engineer Oliver Winzenried and software developer Marcellus Buchheit, Wibu specializes in software licensing and security. Wibu is a German company that is celebrating its 30th year in 2019. OpenLM provides the following functionality for monitoring Codemeter Licenses:-Ĭodemeter is only one of over 60 license managers that OpenLM can manage. Although their main market is hardware-based, they are also expanding their software offering. They are recognized in the market for their reliability and security. Wibu specializes in hardware license managers, such as dongles.
Select the response file and the dongle license will be updated.Codemeter is the licensing product of the German company Wibu.
Run the GetData License Manager, right-click on the picture of the dongle and select ‘Import Activation Response…’ from the drop down menu. The purchase email address and new license key are required to be entered into this page. The page will validate the request file and return a ‘response’ file. Transport this file to an online computer. This will export a file to the computer with a name in the format ‘GetData. Right click on the picture of the dongle in the GetData License Manager and select ‘Export Activation Request’ from the drop-down menu. The date in the Maintenance column should now reflect the new maintenance date.Īlternate method using an ‘Activation Request File’:. Click the Apply button to apply the renewal key. If the search does not return a result, it is likely that firewall settings are blocking communication with the GetData activation server. The search should return a ‘’ license, as shown below. In the search window, enter the maintenance renewal key (in the format xxxx-xxxx-xxxx) and click the search button. Maintenance is added to the existing license. IMPORTANT: When applying maintenance do not delete anything from the dongle. If maintenance is expired a red icon will display and the maintenance date will appear in red, as shown below: The dongle shall appear in the left hand column. Remove other Wibu CodeMeter dongles (e.g.