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Aladdin Milestone: $500 Billion of Software Protected
Aladdin Knowledge Systems marks 20 years of preventing software piracy and announces
it has sold more than 30 million Aladdin HASP keys
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TEL AVIV, ISRAEL, November 7, 2005, - Aladdin
Knowledge Systems (NASDAQ: ALDN), the worldwide leader in Software
Digital Rights Management (DRM) and USB-based authentication
solutions, and a leading innovator in enterprise
secure content management, today announced that its 20th anniversary
this year marks more than $500 billion in software piracy prevented by its market-leading
Aladdin HASP® solution. This week Aladdin also announced it has sold more than
30 million Aladdin HASP keys.
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Since Aladdin's founding in 1985, Aladdin has provided software publishers and developers
with powerful protection against piracy through Aladdin
HASP software protection and license management products. Named the world's
largest provider of software licensing and authentication tokens by IDC, Aladdin
continues to save organizations billions of dollars in lost revenues caused by pirates.
Using annual piracy rates from around the globe and the increasing cost of software
piracy each year, Aladdin's CEO Mr. Yanki Margalit today announced that Aladdin
conservatively estimates HASP's privacy prevention at half of a trillion dollars.
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"As the world's largest provider of hardware-based software anti-piracy solutions,
Aladdin is proud to celebrate more than $500 billion in software piracy prevention,"
Margalit said. "We continue to develop and offer innovative, flexible Aladdin HASP
solutions for developers that not only secure their products, but also increase
revenues through customizable sales models. This week serves as a significant celebration
for Aladdin, marking not only our 20-year history and 30 millionth HASP key sold,
but our large role in anti-piracy efforts around the globe."
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To celebrate Aladdin's 20-year history, Margalit is scheduled to host numerous long-time
customers in Tel Aviv, Israel during a conference for employees and distributors
this week. For more information on the Aladdin HASP product line, visit
www.Aladdin.com/HASP.
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About Aladdin HASP
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The Aladdin HASP family provides a suite of revolutionary
hardware and software solutions engineered for software publishers to ensure that
their intellectual property is securely protected and that their products are easy
to distribute. Aladdin HASP provides the highest level of anti-piracy protection
available to combat unauthorized copying and use. HASP also delivers powerful new
tools to enable innovative software licensing schemes and flexible pricing models
that allow publishers to bring their products to market with confidence while increasing
sales and profits:
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HASP for Single-User: A hardware-based (HASP HL) or software-based (HASP
SL) solution for protecting and licensing software running on stand-alone computers.
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for Enterprise: A hardware-based (HASP HL Net) solution for protecting
and licensing software used by multiple users in network environments and the enterprise.
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HASP for Trialware: A software-based solution (HASP TT) for creating
secure, controlled software trialware.
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HASP for Documents: A hardware-based system (HASP DocSeal) for protecting
intellectual property and sensitive information in HTML files.
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HASP is the worldwide market leader in software
DRM solutions and is used by more software developers than any other product. In
a recent head-to-head comparison conducted by independent testing lab KeyLabs, HASP
finished far ahead of its closest competitor with a large lead in key categories
including security, ease-of-use, flexibility of tools and functionality, and compatibility
across platforms and environments.
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About Aladdin
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Aladdin Knowledge Systems Ltd. is a global provider of security solutions that reduce
software theft, authenticate network users and protect against unwanted Internet
and e-mail content, including spam, viruses and spyware. Its security products are
organized into two segments: Software Digital Rights Management (DRM)
and Enterprise Security. Aladdin's Software DRM products allow software publishers
to protect their intellectual property and increase revenues by reducing losses
from software theft and piracy. Its Enterprise Security solutions enable organizations
to secure their information technology assets by controlling who has access to their
networks (authentication) and what content their
users can utilize (content security). Visit the
Aladdin Web site at www.Aladdin.com.
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Zintel Public Relations
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Aladdin Investor Relations
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