Zero-Knowledge Systems Inc., on Behalf of Synomos Inc., Files Motion to Institute Proceedings Against IBM.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MONTREAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 9, 2004 Synomos Inc., through its parent company Zero-Knowledge Systems (ZKS ZKS Zero-Knowledge Systems ZKS Zwiazkowy Klub Strzelecki (Polish: United Shooting Club, Warsaw, Poland) ), today filed a Motion to Institute Proceedings against International Business Machines Corporation (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) ) in the Superior Court of Quebec The Court of Quebec is the Provincial Court of the Canadian province of Quebec. The Court is divided into the following areas: The Civil Division The Criminal and Penal Division The Youth Division External links
The Motion details the joint work done by ZKS' Enterprise Privacy Unit (now known as Synomos Inc.) and IBM from June 2001 to February 2002 towards the creation of an XML-based language standard for writing enterprise privacy policies. This work was based on the Privacy Rights Markup Language (PRML (Partial Response Maximum Likelihood) A technique used to differentiate a valid signal from noise by measuring the rate of change at various intervals of the rising waveform. ) that ZKS had previously created and then shared with IBM under a Confidential Disclosure Agreement. The joint work of both parties on PRML led to the creation of the Enterprise Privacy Markup Language 1.0 Specification on February 4, 2002. As a result, ZKS and IBM are co-owners of the copyrights to this work. This specification is the basis upon which IBM created its Enterprise Privacy Authorization Language Enterprise Privacy Authorization Language (EPAL) is a formal language for writing enterprise privacy policies to govern data handling practices in IT systems according to fine-grained positive and negative authorization rights. , which it then published, publicized, submitted, and licensed to the World Wide Web Consortium without acknowledging ZKS' contribution, and without the license, authority or consent of ZKS as required by law. More information on the action is at: http://www.synomos.com/html/EPML/ About Synomos Inc. Synomos provides data governance solutions that enable businesses to achieve cost-effective regulatory compliance, manage data policies, and assure the value of enterprise data assets. Synomos, formerly known as the Enterprise Privacy Unit of Zero-Knowledge Systems, was spun out into a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of ZKS in June 2004. The company's flagship product is the Align Data Governance Manager suite, a comprehensive data governance solution that enables businesses to manage, apply and enforce data policies within the IT environment. Synomos has delivered on mandates for Fortune 500 companies, financial services organizations and global technology leaders. The company is headquartered in Montreal, Canada with offices in the Eastern United States. More information is available at http://www.synomos.com. |
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