CoreMedia and IBM Jointly Present UMTS Enabled OMA DRM Solution for Pictures, True Tones, Music Tracks & Videos at 3GSM WorldCongress.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers 3GSM World Congress 2004 HAMBURG, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 20, 2004 IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Selects CoreMedia for Mobile Digital Rights Management in Service Provider Delivery Environment (SPDE SPDE Service Provider Delivery Environment SPDE stochastic partial differential equation SPDE Solid Phase Dynamic Extraction SPDE Solar Plasma Diagnostic Experiment SPDE Spedus Corp (stock symbol; New York, NY) ) CoreMedia, the leading provider of Smart Content Technology, today announced that it has joined the IBM Service Provider Delivery Environment (SPDE) Global Partner Network. At 3GSM WorldCongress, starting Monday in Cannes, at the IBM booth in Hall 1 (area C1), CoreMedia as global IBM partner will present an exclusive live demo for rich media content delivery to UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) The GSM implementation of the 3G wireless phone system. Part of IMT-2000, UMTS provides service in the 2 GHz band and offers global roaming and personalized features. devices. The solution enables high quality mobile services with secured revenues while also enabling "super distribution" of rich media content like pictures, music, true tones, games and videos. CoreMedia's mobile DRM (1) (Digital Radio Mondiale) A digital audio broadcasting (DAB) system for AM radio in Europe. See HD Radio. (2) (Digital Rights M solution integrated with IBM SPDE enables mobile operators to embrace new business opportunities and increase their average revenue per user (ARPU (Average Revenue Per User) A calculation often used to determine the overall value of an application. It is also used to rate particular customers, especially in the wireless space, by comparing someone's account to the overall average. ) by delivering higher quality, valuable content to subscribers in protected format. The solution also stimulates wireless viral marketing An online advertising approach that functions somewhat like word-of-mouth. The "viral" refers to how quickly it propagates, but its purpose is not to cause damage like a computer virus, but to make an offer available to the masses. by allowing legal super-distribution, turning subscribers into distributors of content and thereby generating new revenues from content as well as driving data usage. The live demo at 3GSM will show all functionality defined in the OMA (1) See Object Management Architecture. (2) (Open Mobile Alliance Ltd., La Jolla, CA, www.openmobilealliance.org) An organization formed in June of 2002 by the consolidation of the WAP Forum group and the Open Mobile Architecture Initiative. 1.0 DRM standard (including defined upgrade path to version OMA 2.0) with CoreMedia's functionally rich, "out of the box" suite of capabilities which has been developed to address the needs of mobile operators. SPDE Global Partner Network, a network of independent software vendors, content providers and telecommunications and network equipment providers who test and validate digital rights management (DRM) and other applications for compatibility and ease of integration within the SPDE framework. "As a member of the SPDE Global Partner Network, CoreMedia underlines its position as a leading provider of innovative open standard DRM software for operators and handset manufacturers," said Soeren Stamer, Co-Founder and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of CoreMedia. "Together with IBM, we help wireless service providers to reduce operational expenses, increase revenues and improve profitability." "We are very excited to demonstrate this leading edge solution with our partner CoreMedia," commented Karin Arnold, SPDE Development Manager at IBM. "As a member of the SPDE GPN GPN Great Plains Network GPN Great Plains National (Instructional Video) GPN Grosse Pointe North (high school) GPN Global Pastors Network GPN Global Policy Network , CoreMedia has access to IBM's technical experts for SPDE and can take advantage of IBM's software, research and development capabilities." SPDE solutions are based on open standards and are designed to give mobile service providers the flexibility to introduce new, revenue generating services to their customers faster, easier and at a lower cost. CoreMedia CoreMedia AG (www.coremedia.com) is the leading provider of first-grade standard software for content management systems (CMS (1) See content management system and color management system. (2) (Conversational Monitor System) Software that provides interactive communications for IBM's VM operating system. ), digital rights management (DRM) and multi-channel delivery. Specializing on high-end markets for complex content technology, including mobile service delivery, CoreMedia is an active member of the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) and a leading mobile DRM provider. Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, CoreMedia has over 100 employees and a worldwide network of implementation partners that includes 450 trained consultants. CoreMedia brings together the innovative force of a university spin-off and the sustainability of an enterprise that is managed by its founder with the stability of a principal shareholder such as Deutsche Telekom. With over 1,000 sold licenses, CoreMedia is one of today's most successful software companies. Leading enterprises have implemented CoreMedia Smart Content Technology for sophisticated service delivery and integrated information management. Over 100 of the foremost companies in 20 countries within the telecommunications, media, industrial, financial and public service sectors have successfully employed CoreMedia's technology, among them Bertelsmann, Continental, DaimlerChrysler, Deutsche Telekom, Debitel, O2, EPCOS EPCOS Electronic Parts and Components , NEC/Mitsubishi, Nokia, SEAT, T-Mobile, T-Online, RWE RWE Rot-Weiss Essen (Germann football club) RWE Ralph Waldo Emerson RWE Rheinisch-Westfälische Elektrizitätswerke (German Power Supplier) RWE Read Write Execute RWE Right Wing Extremist , Wincor Nixdorf, and the German government. For more information, please visit www.coremedia.com or contact info@coremedia.com. About IBM IBM is the world's largest information technology company, with 80 years of leadership in helping businesses innovate. Additional information on IBM's solutions in digital media can be found at www.ibm.com/industries/digitalmedia. |
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