formerly known as aladdin systems see allume systems . aladdin knowledge systems ltd. type private industry security software & services fate acquired by safenet founded 1985 founder jacob yanki margalit and tzvi popowski headquarters belcamp md usa products etoken esafe hardlock hasp revenue us 105.9 million 2007 operating income 13.911 million 2007 net income 14.888 million 2007 number of employees 464 1 website www.safenet inc.com aladdin knowledge systems formerly nasdaq aldn and tase aldn was a company that produced software for digital rights management and internet security . the company was acquired by safenet inc in 2009 . its corporate headquarters are located in belcamp . md. contents 1 history 1.1 corporate timeline 1 2 products 2.1 drm 2.2 internet security 2.2.1 digital identity management 2.2.2 network security 2.3 vbox 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit aladdin knowledge systems was founded in 1985 by jacob yanki margalit when he was 23 years old ; he was soon joined by brother dany margalit who took the responsibility for product development at the age of 18 while at the same time completing a mathematics and computer science degree in tel aviv university . in its early years the company developed two product lines an artificial intelligence package which was dropped early on and a hardware product to prevent unauthorized software copying similar to digital rights management . yanki raised just 10 000 as an initial capital for the company . 2 the digital rights management product became a success and by 1993 generated sales of 4 000 000 . the same year that company had an initial public offering on nasdaq raising 7 900 000 . 3 in 2004 the company s shares were also listed on the tel aviv stock exchange . 4 by 2007 the company s annual revenues reached over 105 million . in mid 2008 vector capital was attempting to purchase aladdin . vector initially offered 14.50 per share but aladdin s founder margalit refused the offer arguing that the company was worth more . aladdin s shareholders agreed on the merger in february 2009 at 11.50 per share in cash . in march 2009 vector capital acquired aladdin and officially merged it with safenet . 5 corporate timeline 1 edit 1985 aladdin knowledge systems was established 1993 aladdin held an initial public offering 1996 aladdin acquired the german company fast 1998 aladdin patented usb smart card based authentication tokens 1998 dec aladdin acquired the software protection business of eliashim 1999 aladdin acquired the esafe content security business of eliashim 2000 aladdin acquired 10 % of comsec 2001 aladdin acquired the esd assets of preview systems 2005 aladdin completed second offering 2 000 000 shares with net proceeds of 39m 2009 aladdin was acquired by vector capital . 2010 aladdin was merged with vector capital s safenet . products edit drm edit aladdin s hasp product line is a digital rights management drm suite of protection and licensing software with 40 % global market share used by over 30 000 software publishers . it is used across many platforms windows linux mac . 6 hasp which stands for hardware against software piracy was the company s first product and evolved into a complete digital rights management suite that includes a software only option and a back office management application in recent years also software as a service capability . internet security edit in the late 1990s the company started diversifying and began offering internet security and network security products offering two product lines digital identity management edit six models of etokens etoken portable device for two factor authentication pasdigital identity management mainly deployed as a usb token . network security edit esafe a line of integrated network security and content filtering products protecting networks against cracked and pirated internet borne software . vbox edit used by adobe and macromedia in their 30 days product trials . see also edit product activation license manager list of license managers floating licensing silicon wadi references edit a b company profile for aladdin knowledge systems ltd aldn retrieved 2008 10 20 shohet dan aladdin s yanki margalit it s not personal globes 15 09 2008 archived from the original on 2011 07 13 retrieved 2009 11 16 aladdin completes flotation . aladdin knowledge systems finishes initial public offering on nasdaq israel business today article date october 29 1993 aladdin knowledge systems to dual list on tel aviv stock exchange . pr newswire article date july 22 2004 shuster shmuel march 2009 vector completes aladdin takeover . miller zack march 12 2008 march stock of the month aladdin knowledge systems aldn israel opportunity investor external links edit safenet inc. data protection & software licensing website content security esafe etoken pass aladdin product aladdin knowledge systems website aladdin prize granted by the haifa center of law & technology retrieved from https 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