History

Important milestones in the history of Wibu-Systems:

1989

  • Wibu-Systems is founded in Karlsruhe Germany by Marcellus Buchheit and Oliver Winzenried.
  • WibuBox, a dongle for the LPT interface, is introduced.

1993

  • First dongle as a PCMCIA card, introduced at the COMDEX/Fall in Las Vegas.

1998

  • CodeMeter development begins.

2000

  • All WibuKey products receive the UL listing (Underwriter Laboratories) for USA / Canada

2001

  • Wibu-Systems USA Inc. is founded.
  • First WibuKey Hacker’s Contest announced.
  • Document protection SmartShelter introduced.
  • Participation in the 5th European Union R&D Supporting Program.

2002

  • Platform-independent protection for Java applications.
  • Established Chinese office.

2003

  • CodeMeter 1.0 shipped.

2004

  • CmStick/M: first dongle with integrated flash disk.
  • iF design Award received in China.
  • European Patent for CodeMeter granted.
  • Established Wibu-Systems offices in Belgium and The Netherlands.

2005

  • Established Wibu-Systems (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
  • iF Design Award Germany received.
  • For the first time, CodeMeter is a SIIA Code Awards finalist in the Best DRM Solution category.

2006

  • CodeMeter granted patents in the USA and Japan, numerous new patents filed.
  • Finalist at the SIIA Codie Awards for “Best Security Solution”.
  • Nominated for the design prize of the Federal Republic of Germany.
  • Established Wibu-Systems office in the UK.

2007

  • First worldwide announcement of a Hacker’s Contest with CodeMeter (prize: $40,000)
  • Finalist at the SIIA Codie Awards in the “Best DRM Solution” category.

2008

  • CmAct introduced for software-only activation.
  • Established Spanish office.
  • Certified as Microsoft Gold Certified Partner.
  • Coordination of new German Federal Ministry projects.

2009

  • Wibu-Systems celebrates its 20-year anniversary.
  • CodeMeter License Central introduced for creating, managing, and delivering licenses.
  • CodeMeter introduced in SD Card and CF Card form factors.

2010

  • CodeMeter is again chosen as a finalist for the SIIA CODiE Awards.

2011

  • CmStick/C introduced as the world’s smallest dongle.
  • Started development of cloud computing.