Case Study: IBM SPSS protects and monetizes statistical software with Thales Sentinel

IBM protects SPSS for 100,000 organizations with Thales e-Security

The customer, IBM, needed to protect and monetize its widely-used SPSS Statistics software against revenue leakage while supporting a wide array of complex licensing models for its diverse global customer base. To address this challenge, IBM partnered with vendor Thales e-Security and implemented its Thales Sentinel software licensing and monetization platform.

The solution from Thales Sentinel provided IBM with a secure and flexible framework to manage perpetual, subscription, concurrent, and feature-based licensing from a single platform. This enabled IBM to simplify software packaging, support secure offline deployments for highly regulated government and banking environments, and prepare for new AI-driven consumption models. As a result, IBM has securely licensed its software to over 100,000 organizations for nearly three decades, protecting a significant revenue stream.

IBM