Programming them can be automated, reducing the overhead costs associated with their distribution. Company A can have many different combinations of evaluations and sales taking place simultaneously. Programming the i Buttons' password to protect the security codes completes the process. Software routines can be developed to automate this activity, so that the physical action to complete all the tasks is a momentary touch of the i Button to an i Button reader, affixed to a PC in the shipping department. Buttons has now been reduced to a mechanical, repetitive process.
Applications engineers can use the database to help troubleshoot problems.
Accounting departments can use the database to ensure each customer has been correctly billed and has paid for the software they purchased. While direct monetary savings cannot be placed on the value of the database, it certainly offers efficiency gains beyond the original security intentions of using i Buttons. The technology helps to make the business run more efficiently. Overhead Rental License Strategy Suppose that Company A's customer wanted to temporarily license an option product for 30 days to cover a peak engineering demand and accelerate a product's time to market. Traditionally, protection devices would have little or no value.