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Drawing on each party's leadership, the alliance will advance the deployment of secure and fully interoperable, end-to-end mobile DRM solutions, based on OMA DRM 2.0 and Windows Media-DRM
Hamburg, Germany and San Mateo, California, October, 30th, 2006 - CoreMedia, the global provider of software solutions for convergent content business, and Discretix, the leading provider of embedded security and DRM solutions for mobile devices and flash memory, today announced a collaboration agreement to accelerate the deployment of OMA DRM 2.0 and Windows Media-DRM solutions.
The collaboration agreement will draw on the industry leadership, installed base and innovation of both parties to achieve fully interoperable, robust, seamless end-to-end mobile DRM solutions. The solutions will address the mobile operators’ and content owner’s requirements for both usability and security. Fully interoperable DRM solutions provide a cost effective deployment while simplifying the user experience to ensure a rapid uptake of digital content services.
Discretix is currently a licensee of the CoreMedia IOP interoperability server – the industry’s leading test server. The partnership will further strengthen the interoperability between both companies’ products – CoreMedia DRM and Discretix Multi-Scheme DRM Client.
The Discretix Multi-Scheme DRM Client offers unparalleled flexibility in meeting the evolving needs of mobile operators and handset manufacturers. Reinforced by an underlying hardware-based security sub-system, such as Discretix CryptoCell®, the Client features an outstanding level of security and high performance.
With its comprehensive content technology CoreMedia establishes an interoperable "end-to-end trust model" for convergent content distribution on mobile phones, PDAs and PCs. CoreMedia offers its comprehensive technology according to open standards and bridging OMA DRM with Windows Media DRM. In addition CoreMedia incorporates CMLA specifications in its OMA DRM 2.0 technology.
“CoreMedia is the most widely deployed provider of DRM to mobile operators and is setting the standard for interoperability and convergence,” said Edo Ganot, EVP Sales and Business Development of Discretix, “The collaboration benefits mobile operators, content provider, device manufacturers and platform providers – bringing the market a step closer to ubiquitous premium content services.”
“Discretix’s large installed base of embedded security solutions, combined with their Multi-Scheme DRM Client software, complements the CoreMedia technology, forming an ideal basis for a partnership’, said Dr. Willms Buhse, Executive Director CoreMedia. “The combination of a robust, hardware-based security solution on the client side with CoreMedia’s comprehensive content technology, provides a secure and innovative infrastructure upon which convergent digital content commerce can flourish.”
About CoreMedia
CoreMedia is technology leader of software solutions for convergent content business. The company develops innovative software, which secures, strengthens and expands content business. CoreMedia delivers key components for each Service Delivery Platform, which manages, distributes and protects digital content. As an active member of the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA), CoreMedia is committed to open standards and interoperability. Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, CoreMedia has over 140 employees and maintains a global network of partners that includes 500 professional consultants. After winning the A.T. Kearney "Best Innovator" award, CoreMedia was recognized by Deloitte as the fastest-growing software company in Germany. In 2005 the Red Herring Magazine ranked CoreMedia in their Top 100 European companies for its leading role in innovation and technology. For more information, please visit www.coremedia.com.
About Discretix
Discretix is a leading provider of embedded security technology for mobile devices and flash-based storage. Discretix technology, which incorporates both hardware and software components, enables security to be incorporated into products at the chipset level so that it’s transparent to the user while protecting sensitive information from malicious attacks, viruses, fraud, and theft. Discretix device toolkits fit into a wide array of devices and mobile systems to enhance security, reliability, and user experience. Discretix technology benefits the entire value chain of chip and platform vendors, device manufacturers, application providers, and operators by eliminating the need for them to devote resources to security, thereby lowering operation costs, increasing trust and driving increased deployment and greater revenues. For more information, please visit www.discretix.com
Discretix and CryptoCell are trademarks of Discretix, Ltd.
Other products and trade names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.
Contacts for Discretix:
Edo Ganot
Tel: +972-544-410-140
edo.ganot@discretix.com
Contacts for CoreMedia:
Tina Kulow
Tel: +49-40-432 77005
tina.kulow@coremedia.com
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