Rockwell Automation Code Protection
Rockwell Automation Shrinks and Secures One of its .NET Applications Using PreEmptive Solutions' Dotfuscator Professional Edition
Rockwell Automation, Inc. is a provider of industrial automation power, control and information products and services. The Company has three operating segments consisting of Control Systems, Power Systems and FirstPoint Contact. The Control Systems operating segment is a supplier of industrial automation products, systems, software and services focused on helping customers control and improve manufacturing processes. The Power Systems operating segment is divided into two units: the Mechanical Business and Electrical Business. Mechanical's products include mounted bearings, gear reducers, standard mechanical drives, conveyor pulleys, couplings, bushings, clutches and motor brakes. Electrical's products include industrial and engineered motors and standard AC and DC drives. The FirstPoint Contact operating segment provides customer contact center solutions that support multiple channels (voice, e-mail, Web and wireless) through open interaction infrastructure.
The Situation
Rockwell is using .NET software technology for RSEnergyMetrix, an energy management application software. One concern to us was that .NET is very easy to reverse engineer with freely available tools. Our Application took about 4,000 hours to produce and without protection our investment could be lost by hackers and competitors getting at the application. Rockwell could lose a competitive advantage.
Solution & Benefit
We needed a product to help protect our investment against reverse engineering and make it smaller and more efficient. We chose PreEmptive Solutions' Dotfuscator because it provides a high level of protection and size reduction. Also, it is easy to configure and add into our development cycle. Dotfuscator was the best solution for us.
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