CrypKey Wins Again

CrypKey (Canada) Inc. Named 2004 Readers Choice
Award-Winner by Visual Studio Magazine

CrypKey Is a Three-Time Winner of Coveted Award

(March 30, 2004) - Visual Studio Magazine awarded global software security firm CrypKey (Canada) Inc. with yet another Readers Choice Award at VSLive! in San Francisco last week.

Visual Studio Magazine, the leading independent source of technical information for professional developers working with Microsoft-based technologies, awarded CrypKey the 2004 Readers Choice Merit Award at VSLive!, the largest independent international conference for Windows developers.

The highly coveted Readers Choice Awards are given to companies whose products received the most votes from readers of Visual Studio Magazine.

Presented at VSLife! On March 23, CrypKey received the Readers Choice Merit Award in the Security & Copy Protection category for its popular CrypKey Instant, a fast and efficient copy protection product that prevents unauthorized software usage and duplication.

Readers Choice Merit Awards are given to products receiving a high number of votes that also show real value to Visual Studio Magazine readers. This is the third Readers Choice Award CrypKey has received from the publication. It previously received this distinction in 1999 and 2003.

"The biggest honor in these awards is simply that these are the products our readers say are the best," said Patrick Meader, Visual Studio Magazine's Editor-in-Chief. "What better way to show the value in today's quality components and development tools."

Visual Studio Magazine editors presented awards in three categories:

• Readers Choice Awards, given to products that received the most readers' votes
• Readers Choice Merit Awards, given to products receiving a high number of votes that also show real value to Visual Studio Magazine readers
• Editors Choice Awards, given to products that show special merit or innovation but don't fit comfortably into the standard categories

Fawcette Technical Publications, Inc., multi-media provider of hands-on technical information for the IT development professional, publishes Visual Studio Magazine. In addition to Visual Studio Magazine, FTP produces Windows Server System Magazine, Enterprise Architect and Java Pro, as well as various conferences (VSLive!, Enterprise Architect Summit, ThunderLizard Productions and JavaPro Live!), and an online network of technical sites at www.ftponline.com.

CrypKey (Canada) Inc. is the world leader in software license management providing copy protection and authorization tools including easy licensing, dynamic multi-key encryption, "CloneBuster" technology and enhanced anti-hacking features for the vertical software market. Based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, CrypKey has 3,000+ clients in 60+ countries including Cadence, Caterpillar, Du Pont, Eaton, Ericsson, Fujitsu, Honeywell, IBM, Microsoft, Minolta, Nokia, 3M and thousands more. For more information, see www.crypkey.com.

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Ruth Adams
Media Relations
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Email: ruth@techpublicity.com