Arxan Technologies Names Morgan Vice President, Engineering.Software Veteran to Lead Development of Next-Generation Anti-Piracy Products BETHESDA, Md. & SAN FRANCISCO & WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Arxan Technologies Inc. announced on Tuesday (Sept. 26) Kevin Morgan has joined the company as vice president of engineering, effective immediately. Arxan Technologies Inc. ("Arxan") provides fortified fortified (fôrt  ´fīd),adj containing additives more potent than the principal ingredient. products and services to protect software and hardware in untrusted environments, making products secure when distributing files or installing software across a network. Arxan's EnforcIT[R] platform enables developers to quickly implement customized protection for their native and embedded software. Protection is automatically inserted into a compiled binary and is easy to update and individualize in·di·vid·u·al·ize tr.v. in·di·vid·u·al·ized, in·di·vid·u·al·iz·ing, in·di·vid·u·al·iz·es 1. To give individuality to. 2. To consider or treat individually; particularize. 3. . Arxan's APG APG Assists Per Game (basketball) APG Assists Per Game (hockey statistic) APG Aberdeen Proving Ground APG Automated Password Generator APG Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering [TM] solution provides efficient protection for desktop software against common threats using a simple, intuitive interface. "There is strong customer pain around piracy and reverse engineering of products rich in intellectual property, and Arxan is ideally positioned to provide best-of-breed solutions to these problems," said Mike Dager, Arxan's chief executive officer. "Kevin's leadership, backed by his outstanding experience and depth in software system development, will be critical in developing the next generation of our anti-tamper and anti-piracy products." Morgan has 26 years of experience in the commercial system software business. He holds a master's degree in computer science from the University of California at Berkeley (body, education) University of California at Berkeley - (UCB) See also Berzerkley, BSD. http://berkeley.edu/. Note to British and Commonwealth readers: that's /berk'lee/, not /bark'lee/ as in British Received Pronunciation. and began his career at Hewlett Packard developing kernel-level software in the RTE (1) See runtime engine. (2) (Real-Time Executive) The operating system used in the HP 1000 series. See HP 1000. operating system. He rose to laboratory manager for the HP-UX HP's version of Unix that runs on its 9000 family. It is based on SVID and incorporates features from BSD Unix along with several HP innovations. (operating system) HP-UX - The version of Unix running on Hewlett-Packard workstations. kernel and oversaw all HP-UX product development. In 1999 Morgan joined MontaVista Software as the vice president of engineering and the sixth permanent employee. There, he led the engineering and product strategy for nearly seven years, growing the company to the world's dominant embedded Linux products provider and one of the largest embedded operating systems businesses overall. "Arxan is the world's leader in anti-tamper and software IP protection technologies," Morgan said. "We are extraordinarily positioned to advance this technology into broad commercial markets, as well as extend its strong position in the defense market. I am very excited about Arxan's core technology and the exceptional intellectual talent in the company. I look forward to leading the company's technology and product programs and enabling rapid business growth." About Arxan Technologies Inc. Arxan Technologies Inc. (http://www.arxan.com) provides products and solutions to fortify for·ti·fy v. for·ti·fied, for·ti·fy·ing, for·ti·fies v.tr. To make strong, as: a. To strengthen and secure (a position) with fortifications. b. To reinforce by adding material. native and embedded products against tampering, piracy, reverse engineering and other compromise. Arxan takes software security beyond static obfuscation ob·fus·cate tr.v. ob·fus·cat·ed, ob·fus·cat·ing, ob·fus·cates 1. To make so confused or opaque as to be difficult to perceive or understand: "A great effort was made . . . and encryption to actively defend, detect, and react against attacks. The company supports the full gamut of anti-tamper and robustness needs, from basic copy protection all the way up to military grade assurance. Arxan's customers include government agencies, defense corporations, software vendors and content owners. Founded in 2001, Arxan Technologies has offices in Bethesda, Md., San Francisco and West Lafayette, Ind. 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