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FileOpen Unveils Mobile Viewer for Android

kristin@fileopen.com (FileOpen DRM News) — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 16:34:00 GMT

Share Files Securely ─ Anytime, Anywhere on Android

SAN FRANCISCO, November 13, 2013. FileOpen Systems, a leader in document security and rights management, today unveiled the FileOpen Viewer for Android^™ devices, strengthening its support for secure file sharing on mobile platforms. Leveraging FileOpen’s core document security technology, the new FileOpen Viewer not only protects files from unauthorized sharing, but also enforces granular access controls such as document expiration, saving of local copies, and the imposition of user-specific watermarks. Designed to work with FileOpen document security and rights management products, the FileOpen Viewer for Android devices is now available for download for free from Google Play.

With the addition of FileOpen Viewer for Android, FileOpen’s customers can now support users on devices such as the Google™ Nexus, Motorola Droid™ X, and Samsung Galaxy™, in addition to Apple® iOS devices such as the iPad and iPhone. The company will continue to support users on Windows and Mac, as well.

"Mobile and tablet-based devices have truly changed the way work gets done," said Sanford Bingham, President and CEO, FileOpen Systems Inc. "We developed the FileOpen Viewer app to bring the same stringent level of document security to Android that we have delivered to other platforms, all while meeting the users’ demand for ease and productivity.”

Beyond PDF Security

The FileOpen Viewer for Android represents the next generation of the company’s document rights management solutions, which have become a de facto standard for the distribution of valuable and sensitive digital documents. While FileOpen’s flagship products have leveraged the company’s partnership with Adobe Systems to secure PDF documents within Adobe Reader®, the FileOpen Viewer extends that functionality to a broad array of file formats and devices.

FileOpen Viewer enables businesses to:

Enhance productivity: Enable secure, unencumbered access to high-value documents on popular smartphones and tablets.
Control access: Stop unauthorized access to documents no matter how the document was obtained.
Manage / revoke permissions: Control how recipients use information even after delivery.
Monitor activity: Maintain a complete audit trail of how documents are being used.

FileOpen’s longstanding customers have welcomed the addition. “As a global provider of Virtual Data Room (VDR) services, our customers need a simple, easy way to consume information on-the-go,” said Francisco Lorca, CEO of Ethos Data, “We have been working with FileOpen for more than seven years and have seen firsthand the benefits of FileOpen DRM and are excited for the extended support of the new Android app.”

The FileOpen Viewer apps are available via the Apple App Store and Google Play. Securing and managing document permissions require a license to FileOpen SDK, RightsManager or RightsServer.

About FileOpen Systems:

Founded in 1997, FileOpen Systems Inc. pioneered the first document rights management (DRM) solution for securing PDF documents. Today, FileOpen continues to innovate with a complete line of DRM solutions that protect intellectual property and reduce the risk of confidential data loss. FileOpen serves publishers, manufacturers, governments, educators and financial organizations worldwide to protect their sensitive data without compromising the end-user experience. FileOpen Systems is a privately held company headquartered in Santa Cruz, CA. For more information on the company please visit www.fileopen.com.

FileOpen Systems Announces Secure Document Viewer for iPad and iPhone

kristin@fileopen.com (FileOpen DRM News) — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 15:03:00 GMT

FileOpen Systems, a leading document security and rights management developer, today unveiled the FileOpen Viewer for iPad^® and iPhone^®. This new viewer allows businesses to deliver secured documents to tablets and smartphones running Apple iOS, greatly expanding the reach of their content. Leveraging FileOpen’s core document security technology, FileOpen Viewer for iPad and iPhone not only protects files from unwanted sharing, but enforces granular access controls such as document expiration, offline viewing and watermarking.

"We have listened closely to our customers, who increasingly need to distribute documents securely to their users on mobile devices and tablets,” said Sanford Bingham, President and CEO, FileOpen Systems Inc. "We are delighted to bring to market a document viewer for iPad and iPhone that is every bit as secure and even more seamless to use than our Adobe Reader offering. This is also good news for publishers, who can leverage FileOpen’s app rather than having to create and maintain their own iPad/iPhone app.”

Beyond PDF Security

FileOpen Viewer for iPad and iPhone represents the next generation of the company’s document rights management solutions, which have become a de facto standard for the distribution of valuable and sensitive digital documents. While FileOpen’s flagship products have leveraged the company’s partnership with Adobe Systems to secure PDF documents within the Adobe Reader, the FileOpen Viewer extends that functionality to iPhone or iPad devices running iOS 4 or later.

FileOpen’s longstanding customers have welcomed the announcement. “At the British Library, we have over 18,000 registered document supply customers that increasingly rely on tablet and mobile devices. This is certainly a challenge given our stringent requirements to maintain copyright compliance,” said Barry Smith, Head of Commercial Services at the British Library. “We are very pleased with our current implementation of FileOpen DRM and look forward to becoming an early adopter of their iOS-compatible viewer.”

The FileOpen Viewer is freely available via the App Store. Securing and managing document permissions require a license to FileOpen document security and rights management solutions.

About FileOpen Systems:

The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom and one of the world's greatest research libraries. It provides world class information services to the academic, business, research and scientific communities and offers unparalleled access to the world's largest and most comprehensive research collection. The Library's collection has developed over 250 years and exceeds 150 million separate items representing every age of written civilisation and includes books, journals, manuscripts, maps, stamps, music, patents, photographs, newspapers and sound recordings in all written and spoken languages. Up to 10 million people visit the British Library website - www.bl.uk - every year where they can view up to 4 million digitised collection items and over 40 million pages.

FileOpen Systems is the #1 Provider of DRM to the Fast-Growing Virtual Data Room Market

kristin@fileopen.com (FileOpen DRM News) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:47:00 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — FileOpen Systems Inc., the document rights management (DRM) developer, today announced a significant surge in the licensing of their DRM technology to Virtual Data Room (VDR) providers, positioning the company as the predominant enabling technology for VDRs to date. The company's broad customer base in publishing, financial services, manufacturing, healthcare, education and government now includes 8 of the top 10 VDR platform providers.

Enabling Secure Document Exchange

VDRs provide a secure virtual space which enables the parties to a transaction or agreement to access confidential documents remotely from diverse locations. Because VDRs bring together parties from opposite sides of a transaction, including their attorneys and advisors, they pose a unique and stringent set of security and accessibility requirements. According to industry research firm IBISWorld, the VDR industry is growing rapidly, with revenue expected to reach $628 million in 2012 (a 17.1% increase from 2011 and an annualized growth rate of 17.4% since 2007). It is against this backdrop that FileOpen Systems has become the de facto standard for document security integration with VDRs.

"FileOpen’s deep experience with secure document distribution is driving our strength in the VDR market," said Sanford Bingham, President & CEO, FileOpen Systems, Inc. “Simply put, we help our VDR partners succeed without having to become experts in encryption, policy enforcement and authentication. Our combined efforts protect millions of VDR-hosted documents per year from leakage, while providing speed and convenience to end-users.”

Unmatched Security Features

The FileOpen Client, which acts as a security handler within Adobe Reader X™, offers VDR vendors functionality beyond that available from any other solution on the market, including the ability to:

Completely block screen capture of protected windows
Disable printing completely or allow printing only of specific pages and only to physical printers
Watermark user-specific data onto a PDF as it is opened, either online or offline
Impose user and print-specific watermarks if the document is printed

“We needed the ability to secure and control functionality of a large number of files shared in our virtual data rooms. After a detailed review of several DRM vendors in the market it was clear that FileOpen Systems provided the most extensive set of security and access control tools,” said Karen Perkins, President of V-Rooms™. “Over the last two years we have been very pleased with the FileOpen technology. We believe that our combined core competencies will foster continued growth and deliver significant value to our customers."

Easy Integration

All VDR vendors face the challenge of preventing unauthorized access to their customers’ documents once they leave the secure space of the VDR website. With FileOpen RightsManager™ or RightsServer™, VDR hosts can distribute secured documents in native PDF as well as the primary Microsoft® Office® formats, or via the zero-install FileOpen Viewer. By licensing FileOpen’s authentication and permissioning technology, or developing their own tightly integrated system from the FileOpen Toolkit, VDRs can grant access to authorized end-users on a range of desktop and mobile devices, operating systems and applications. VDRs can pick and choose among the wide range of options in the FileOpen feature set, such as unique watermarking, embargo and expiration, and controlled printing to create a customized end-user experience.

FileOpen will be demonstrating its document rights management solutions at the RSA Conference in San Francisco from February 27 – March 1, 2012.

About FileOpen Systems

About V-Rooms

V-Rooms provides a cloud-based, customizable virtual data room (VDR) solution that is designed to streamline document management, collaboration, exchange and archiving for financial, legal and corporate professionals. The V-Rooms Sofware-As-A-Service (SAAS) secure document portal facilitates the secure exchange of sensitive information providing compliant and auditable transactions. V-Rooms enables the acceleration of complex, information-intensive processes while reducing the time and expenses associated with data distribution, courier, printing and travel. Additional information can be found at http://www.V-Rooms.com.

FileOpen Systems Announces Document Control for BlackBerry

diana@fileopen.com (Diana Holm) — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 23:35:00 GMT

FileOpen Systems, Inc., the leading provider of Document Rights Management solutions, today announced the release of the FileOpen Document Control for BlackBerry™. The system enables the same encrypted PDF file to be viewed on the BlackBerry™ wireless platform and on standard Windows/Macintosh/Linux computers.

FileOpen Systems provides rights management software which is widely used by corporations to protect proprietary and confidential information, both inside and outside the firewall. The FileOpen technology offers client- and server-side policy enforcement capabilities which automatically apply access controls to documents based on corporate guidelines. FileOpen BlackBerry Control extends corporate document access and usage policies to BlackBerry Wireless handhelds to ensure consistent, enterprise-defined DRM protection across the extended enterprise.

“BlackBerry is a leading wireless data platform for legal, financial and government organizations around the world. Our licensees needed to offer portable access to their end-users,” said Elizabeth Murphy, vice president of sales and marketing at FileOpen Systems. “FileOpen BlackBerry Control extends document security to a customer’s mobile workforce — helping users maximize productivity while maintaining information control.”

Using FileOpen Document Control for BlackBerry, enterprise BlackBerry users are able to read PDF file attachments governed by FileOpen confidentiality and retention policies. This release is the first in a series of FileOpen Document Control implementations for handheld devices and other mobile platforms.

FileOpen Systems is the leading provider of Document Rights Management solutions that prevent the misuse, unauthorized access, loss or theft of intellectual property and sensitive information. FileOpen Systems has been a licensed Adobe Security Partner for over 13 years and is the leading innovator of DRM technology for PDF and MSOffice formats. FileOpen’s software systems are used by thousands of companies worldwide, in publishing, financial services, government, legal services and pharmaceuticals. FileOpen Systems is a privately held company headquartered in Santa Cruz, CA. For more information on the company please visit www.fileopen.com.