C.D.I. Systems Announces the Official Release of NetIS™ 3.8 - higher visibility with additional browsers and formats supported

September 2005, JERUSALEM---C.D.I. Systems, a developer of online publishing solutions, has announced the release of the latest version of its premier online publishing platform - NetIS™ version 3.8.

NetIS™ proceeds to combine (strong) leading web content management and DRM functionality with e-commerce tools to deliver a platform that controls the access to, and the sale of, premium and sensitive content in a secure manner. Now it is even more robust with the new features, functionality sets and interfaces that have been incorporated into version 3.8.

The latest version includes Concurrent Usage Management and application policies that controls Customer concurrent access, and application behavior upon Customer's inconsistency with limitations; a Cross-platform DRM Client and W3C Compliance, now supporting a wider array of browsers: including Microsoft Internet Explorer browsers, and Gecko based browsers (such as Netscape, Mozilla or Firefox); Cumulative Rights enables, on top of time-limitations, the cumulatively measured time or consumption (volume) of content; Default DRM Profiles that define access rights granted to Customers before they purchased anything, or when their access rights expire); an improved Reporting Mechanism that provides a simple GUI for available sales reports; PDF Support allows the upload and index of PDF files in NetIS (including PDF password-protected files), and distribution in Acrobat PDF Reader.

Already using the new version is "Globes" - Israel's daily business newspaper, this new e-commerce solution for their English language archives, includes a sophisticated search engine that enables items in the archive to be searched rapidly and with high precision, once again proving NetIS spread is very wide, also suitable for the unique business models encapsulated in newspapers and archives.

NetIS™ is well known for its outstanding flexibility when offering the content owner with powerful tools integrated into a comprehensive platform", noted Ely Calderon, deputy CEO of C.D.I. Systems. "The additional reach, provided by the release of NetIS 3.8, answers to the trends and standards within the DRM market, without losing NetIS unique granular proposition to the content owner - robust DRM capabilities, commercialization of content and low deployment costs."

About C.D.I. Systems

Founded in 1992, C.D.I. Systems is a privately owned software house, headquartered in Israel. The Company's online 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, electoral 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, with a multitude of applications and customers, and including high profile applications such as the Dun and Bradstreet - Market analyzer, IDC Israel - Pay per view site, Legal Portal joint venture with Bezek (Israel telecommunication company) and Globes (Israel leading business newspaper).

Contact:
Ely Calderon
Deputy CEO
C.D.I. Systems
+972-2-587-0112
ecalderon@cdisys.com