Case Study: Siemens achieves compliance and improved efficiency with Thales Sentinel

Siemens Digital Industries Process Automation Ensures Compliance, Improves Efficiency with Thales Sentinel

Siemens Digital Industries Process Automation, which sells the SIMATIC WinCC system and a suite of WinCC Add‑Ons to process industries, needed more flexible but still highly secure licensing. As a long‑time user of Thales Sentinel hardware keys, Siemens sought a licensing solution that supported hardware, software and cloud enforcement, virtual environments, demo licenses, remote updates and scalable options for industrial cloud services.

Thales delivered a Sentinel solution (Sentinel LDK with hardware- and software‑based keys and cloud licensing options) that added software license enforcement, electronic key delivery and faster remote updates. With Thales Sentinel, Siemens can offer full‑function demo licenses, win new customers and grow revenue, while streamlining support and reducing operational costs through easier remote feature updates and scalable cloud-ready licensing.

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