Bethesda, MD — December 18, 2007 — Continuing its efforts to counter piracy, Arxan Technologies, a leading provider of application hardening solutions designed to protect software IP from piracy and tampering, today announced its participation in the Microsoft Visual Studio Industry Partner (VSIP) program as a premiere-level partner.

With more than 200 members, the VSIP program gives partners the resources they need to successfully integrate their tools, components and services into the Visual Studio development environment. Arxan's VSIP membership ensures that its GuardIT product family is well-aligned with the program's development tools and strategies, maximizing ease of use for Windows developers deploying Arxan's application hardening solution for software intellectual property (IP) protection.

"Microsoft is serious about protecting developers' applications both from piracy and from malicious attacks," said Michael O'Neill, Visual Studio Product Manager at Microsoft Corp. "Arxan's application hardening technology arms developers with the tools they need to protect their software code and intellectual property with minimal impact on performance or time-to-market. Microsoft is pleased to have Arxan in the VSIP program."

"Software piracy is growing globally at an alarming rate, and we're seeing an increased demand from the market for a solution that aptly protects their software IP investments, while integrating seamlessly into their already-existing development lifecycle as to not impact the quality or performance of the software," said Mike Dager, CEO, Arxan Technologies. "We are very excited to be working with Microsoft to more closely integrate our offerings with one of the world's most prevalent development environments. Our solution provides Visual Studio developers with application hardening solutions to protect valuable IP and therefore, protect innovation."

Arxan's GuardIT family of products provides application code hardening solutions that addresses the full range of software protection needs, from piracy to tampering to reverse engineering threats. For more information on GuardIT, please contact info@arxan.com.