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2008 Year In Review Quiz - Enter to Win a $100 Amazon.com Gift Certificate! |
2008 has been a busy year in the world of software protection. Take this quiz and submit your answers* to mgoff@vilabs.com - we will draw from the correct entries and award a $100 Amazon.com gift certificate!
- According to the Fifth Annual BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study published in 2008, 2007 saw worldwide dollar losses from piracy rise to nearly
- $4.8 million
- $48 million
- $4.8 billion
- $48 billion
According to the SIIA, what is the average annual sales revenue of an organization that uses pirated software in the U.S.? [Source: Software Piracy Strategies: Targeting Unlicensed Customers and Lost Revenue]
- $170,000
- $1,700,00
- $17,000,000
- $170,000,000
According to research from V.i. Labs, what was the average time needed by crackers to crack software from in PLM (product lifecycle management) industry?
- 30 days
- 60 days
- 90 days
- 180 days
Microsoft made some waves with its anti-piracy awareness efforts this fall. What did Microsoft do to make users of pirated Microsoft Office and Windows so upset?
- Turned their desktops black
- Inserted a picture of Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer into PowerPoint presentations
- Added a "Created Using Pirated Software" watermark into Microsoft Word documents
- Limited Internet Explorer so users could only go to microsoft.com
The 2008 RSA Conference offered a chance for some stargazing from V.i. Labs' booth. Who did we see?
- Barack Obama
- Ben Stiller
- Bill Gates
- Bono
* Entries must be received by December 31, 2008, 11:59 P.M. EST to be eligible for the drawing. |
| New Blogger at Code Confidential |
 Tim Bridge has recently joined the ranks of V.i. Labs' bloggers at Code Confidential:
I'm new to this Blog posting thing but had to jump in on this topic. First of all I'm the Vice President of Sales here at V.i. Labs and secondly if you think this is interesting let me know and I'll write more, I have tons of 'from the front line' stories.
Software piracy seems to be one of those topics that everyone knows about, but no one ever talks about. We spend our time here studying it, have become experts on this topic, and have fine tuned our solutions to help companies implement the appropriate anti-piracy strategies for their organization.
When I talk to a new prospect we start by talking about their specific issues, and I continue to be amazed by the number of organizations that are surprised by the piracy activity on their offerings. Read the entire post |
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