Digital Content Security Experts Broaden Offerings to Complete Digital Logistics Solutions.

Business/Technology Editors

NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 9, 2001

Atabok Inc., formerly known as e-Parcel, is a leading provider of digital logistics solutions. Atabok's superior technology provides solutions for efficient, secure and reliable transmission and control of digital assets. Atabok assists clients in developing secure, efficient reliable logistics for digital assets, such as communications, data, sensitive information, and graphics, to their intended audience. Additionally, the company's solutions allow constant control over assets, even after delivery, for the remainder of their lifecycle.

According to Hiroshi Kobata, President and CEO of Atabok, "This change has become necessary as we shift the company's focus from `Mission-Critical Data Delivery' to `Digital Asset Logistics.' By incorporating a broader range of technologies to provide our clients and partners with a complete and integrated solution for the design, control, integration and management of their communications and digital assets, we are able to support all needs for digital asset logistics."

From design to backend management, organizations can leverage the Internet to exchange critical business content safely and quickly without compromising security or reliability. Atabok works with a company's business model to develop a seamless integration of products and services for digital asset logistics. Once a system has been designed to address the needs of the business model, lifetime control of assets is achieved through Atabok's dynamic digital rights management (DRM). Atabok's DRM provides the ability to securely send, receive, track and control digital content over public networks. It also is able to set and modify rights post-delivery and change the rights in near time. DRM protection can be extended to executable files, thereby providing for many distribution models such as software leasing and try-before-you-buy.

Atabok facilitates digital content delivery services over the Internet by deploying its Virtual Communications Network (VCN), an integrated combination of e-Parcel Digital Delivery Service, DRM capabilities, and the highest level of global digital security commercially available. The Atabok VCN provides complete Internet-based communications management, and eliminating the need for companies to integrate partial solutions from numerous providers.

Once the information has been sent securely, and the DRM programmed to suit the way that the materials will be used; it is time to manage the assets. This is done through Atabok's management services, which allow consumers to maintain visibility and administrative control over both the network as well as the digital assets for its lifetime. At anytime, the DRM can be changed to include or exclude recipients and govern how the recipients use the materials.

About Atabok Inc.

Atabok, a leading provider of digital logistics solutions, develops scalable virtual communications networks (VCN) that can securely and reliably handle all of a company's digital communication and e-supply chain management needs. Atabok's proprietary technology enables users to securely send, receive, track and control digital content over public networks. Utilizing this delivery technology, Atabok's suite of services can be tailored for a wide range of customer applications across diverse industries. Unlike email, FTP, fax or traditional couriers, Atabok allows data transmission over the Internet with automatic authentication, optimized compression, encryption and dynamic digital rights management.

For more information, contact Atabok, 29 Crafts Street, Newton, MA 02458; 617-964-5566 or fax [phone]. Information is also available on the company's website at www.atabok.com