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Systems Announces OEM Agreement for its Digital Rights Management
Technology
Browser functionalities such as print, copy,
print capture or save are disabled to ensure intellectual property
such as product documentation and technical specifications can be
accessed only by authorized users in a protected environment.
JERUSALEM---July 1, 2003--C.D.I. Systems, a developer of e-publishing
solutions, today announced the signing of an OEM agreement with
Aladdin Knowledge Systems (Nasdaq:ALDN - News).
C.D.I. Systems will provide Aladdin with its Digital Rights Management
(DRM) technology for the protection of digital content. The DRM
technology from C.D.I. Systems is incorporated into Aladdin's HASP
DocSeal, a product based on their proven HASP security key hardware.
DocSeal is commercially available and is being marketed via Aladdin's
worldwide sales network.
C.D.I. Systems' DRM technology, as was integrated in HASP DocSeal,
provides the authorized end-user with read-only rights to the protected
document. Browser functionalities such as print, copy, print capture
or save are disabled to ensure intellectual property such as product
documentation and technical specifications can be accessed only
by authorized users in a protected environment.
"We are pleased to supply Aladdin Knowledge Systems with quality
DRM technology for the protection of industrial content and information,"
said Itzhak Levit, CEO of C.D.I. Systems. "There is no doubt
that in the highly competitive world that we live in, there is a
growing need among corporations and global enterprises to safeguard
their ‘intellectual property’. The combination of the technologies
is opening up new markets and creating new business opportunities
for both companies."
"Information is most valuable to the enterprise when it is
in the right hands at the right time," says Avi Barir, vice
president of software commerce at Aladdin Knowledge Systems. "With
the HASP DocSeal system, valuable information is tightly controlled
and protected so that only those who have the rights or clearances
to view it will be permitted access. Integrating C.D.I.'s DRM technology
enabled us to quickly react to the emerging needs of the market
for protecting documents."
About C.D.I. Systems
Founded in 1992 by Mr. Hillel Ashkenazy, Adv., C.D.I. Systems is
a privately owned software house headquartered in Israel. The Company's
e-publishing solutions have been deployed throughout the world as
part of interactive legal productions on CD-ROM, dynamic professional
databases (on-line and handheld), newspapers, phone directories,
electorate registries and encyclopedias. C.D.I. Systems is the leading
e-publisher of legal content in Israel and is a principal technology
provider to the legal market in Germany.
Earlier this year C.D.I. Systems announced the mass-market release
of NetIS™, an electronic publishing platform that integrates
Web Content Management (WCM), Digital Rights Management (DRM) and
e-commerce tools.
For more information on C.D.I. Systems visit: www.cdisys.com
About Aladdin Knowledge Systems
Aladdin (Nasdaq:ALDN - News) is a leader in digital security, providing
solutions for software commerce and Internet security since 1985.
Aladdin serves over 30,000 customers worldwide. Aladdin's products
include: HASP and Hardlock, hardware-based software security systems
that protect the revenues of developers; and Privilege, a software
licensing and distribution platform; the USB-based eToken device
for user authentication and e-commerce security; the eSafe line
of content security solutions that protect PCs and networks against
malicious, inappropriate and nonproductive Internet-borne content.
For more information on Aladdin's HASP DocSeal System visit: www.hasp.com/docseall
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