A leading provider of application hardening solutions designed to protect software intellectual property (IP) from tampering and theft, Arxan Technologies, announced today that GuardIT®, its software protection solution, has been selected as a finalist for the 2008 SIIA CODiE Awards in the Best Digital Rights Management category.

CODiE Award finalists were chosen among 1,000 nominations submitted by more than 600 companies. The Codie Awards, through journalist and peer review, recognized 340 finalists in 68 categories, representing an impressive array of technology and business excellence and success.

Ken Wash, SIIA president said: "Competition is tough this year and that makes selection as a Codie Finalist a real achievement". "All the companies on this year's list should feel justifiably proud of their recognition."

The SIIA's CODiE Awards, for 23 years, have provided industry recognition for outstanding achievement and vision in the software, education technology and digital content industries. Arxan will be demonstrating the features and benefits of GuardIT at this year's final round of judging will take place at the Codies Finalist Showcase on May 19th in San Francisco.

GuardIT enables software-driven companies across desktop, embedded and server markets to protect their IP against piracy and tampering and preserve their revenue and brand value with a durable and easy-to-use application hardening solution. GuardIT offers broad support for Linux, Windows, and .NET applications with protection for native and mixed mode images on both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures.

Arxan's technology is deployed via a binary-based solution that is non-intrusive to application performance and supports existing release schedules within an organization's Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Software providers, armed with GuardIT, can exercise flexible-yet-granular control over specific and critical areas of the software, including an associated license or copy protection system.