Protection! blocks out unlicensed users, and ensures that licensed users can only access those features that they've paid for. The company, jProductivity, LLC, has released a new version of one of the best licensing toolkits available. Whether you license your software on a per seat basis or a per running copy basis, you have complete control over the number of copies that can run simultaneously.

    Among the new functions in Version 3 we can find the support for advanced user licensing models, a Licensing Server that allows license distribution and tracking of concurrent license usage, product storage protection to prevent the unauthorized opening and modification of licenses, a product audit feature that minimizes integration errors and conflicts, and a greatly improved integrity check subsystem that includes support for major Java obfuscators.

    Protection! allows for royalty-free applications distribution and priced per developer/user. The Standard and Professional versions cost $407 and $997 respectively for a single-developer license. Protection! Sales Standard and Professional cost $49 and $99 respectively for a single user license. Protection! Backend costs $2,500 per CPU. Protection! Licensing Server starts at $5,000, is royalty free and priced per year based on number of products and number of sessions. Multi-user discounts and other pricing schemes are available. You can download trial versions of Protection! and Protection! Sales from the company's web site.

    Protection! Licensing Framework ensures that the license was issued for the correct product; that only the licensed features are available; that the license has not expired; that the user has accepted the terms of the license agreement; and that the proper number of copies is running on the network.

    Software protection is applicable to all levels of software publishers – from single “lone wolf” developers to major corporations. Piracy is indiscriminate and affects all levels of software products from shareware product to complete Enterprise Suites. If your software does more then just convert Celsius to Fahrenheit – you can bet that someone will attempt to break it.

    Protection! Licensing Toolkit for Java, delivers a powerful and feature-rich licensing solution. Protection! provides a Licensing Toolkit that can be embedded into custom applications or components to prohibit unlicensed use. Protection! features robust functionalities enabling developers to securely distribute their applications to end-users.

For more information visit www.jproductivity.com