Liquid Machines Builds Global Channel of Microsoft Windows Rights Management Services Resellers, ISV’s and Systems Integrators

Microsoft Security Partners Delivery of Joint Solution Brings Value to Windows RMS Deployments

RSA Conference 2006 -- San Jose, CA -- - February 15, 2006 Liquid Machines, Inc., the leading provider of Enterprise Rights Management (ERM) solutions, today announced it has signed partnerships with six Microsoft Security Solution providers to jointly market, sell, and deploy Liquid Machines Enterprise Rights Management solutions in conjunction with the Microsoft® Windows® Rights Management Services (RMS) platform. The addition of these six new partners brings the total number of resellers, ISV’s and System Integrators enrolled in Liquid Machines’ ERM Partner Program to 16.

 

Microsoft Windows® Rights Management Services (RMS) for Windows Server 2003® is information protection technology that works with Office 2003 applications to help safeguard digital information from unauthorized use. Liquid Machines for Microsoft Windows RMS solutions extend Windows RMS protection beyond the Office 2003 environment and deliver a host of features that enhance user experience and expand enterprise information control throughout the information lifecycle.  For more information, see today’s related release: Liquid Machines Announces New Compliance and Ease-of-Use Feature Enhancements for Microsoft Windows Rights Management Services.

 

“Microsoft has taken a leadership role in the rights management market with Windows RMS, and many customers are turning to their trusted Microsoft solution providers to implement and deploy the RMS platform. Liquid Machines solutions enhance the value of Windows RMS and make it a truly extensible platform that customers can use to consistently protect information across a broad range of applications, business scenarios, and devices,” said David Allen, vice president of channel sales and alliances. “Our partners deliver critical value to RMS customres that require planning and implementation services allowing them to fully benefit from a Liquid Machines and RMS solution.”

 

Liquid Machines’ solution provider partners include:

• BEW Global has developed a holistic approach to assist organizations with their information protection and network security solutions. Centered on ISO 27001, an internationally recognized security standard, BEW Global provides a framework which includes services and relevant products to help organizations achieve regulatory, compliance and security initiatives. With offices in the major regional commercial markets including North America, Europe, and the Pacific Rim, BEW Global provides a truly integrated global perspective on data protection and network security.
• Dyntek is a leading provider of professional technology services to government, education and commercial customers across the United States.
• Eclipsecurity is a leading provider of information security consulting services and Microsoft delivery partner for financial services, healthcare, pharmaceutical, utilities, telecommunications, and manufacturing customers throughout the United States.
• NuSoft Solutions is a Microsoft National System Integrator and one of the leading Microsoft consulting companies in the Great Lakes specializing in the design and implementation of the latest technologies and software solutions.
• Centerlogic is a Microsoft Certified Gold partner focused on providing business analysis and technical implementations that help company’s better access and manage information and applications.
• Canella S.A. specializes in the design and implementation of the latest technologies and software solutions in Central America. Canella S.A is based in Guatemala. 

Liquid Machines is the first and only Enterprise Rights Management solution to support multiple policy servers and enforce Windows RMS policies across disparate desktop and business productivity applications.

 

• Liquid Machines Document Control™ for RMS extends Windows RMS policies to help enforce complete access and usage controls of content including open, read, write, cut, copy, paste, save, save as, print, print screen – as the content moves between 65 different applications and file formats including Office 2000 and XP, Adobe Acrobat and Reader, and Microsoft Visio. Enhanced collaboration and enterprise-control capabilities improve user productivity while putting information control in the hands of the enterprise. 
• Liquid Machines Email Control™ for RMS enhances Windows RMS with server-side policy enforcement capabilities that automatically apply protection based on corporate guidelines at the email gateway. Protection is enforced persistently throughout the e-mail lifecycle no matter where the message goes, internally or externally. 
• Liquid Machines BlackBerry Gateway™ for RMS extends corporate email access and usage policies to BlackBerry® Wireless handhelds, allowing enterprise BlackBerry Wireless Handheld™ users to send and receive RMS-protected messages from their wireless devices to ensure consistent protection across the extended enterprise.

Prospective partners interested in learning more about Liquid Machines Solutions Provider programs can do so at: /partners/. 

 

About Liquid Machines
Liquid Machines is the leading provider of Enterprise Rights Management (ERM) solutions that persistently protect critical business content and audit usage while enabling collaboration.  Liquid Machines’ Document Control and Email Control solutions allow companies in the consulting, financial services, government, manufacturing, and healthcare industries to share information securely, within any application, wherever it goes, throughout its lifecycle.  Liquid Machines ERM solutions help enterprises satisfy today’s ever-increasing information security regulations such as Sarbanes Oxley, NASD 2711, HIPAA and others, as well as implement and practice internal mandates for intellectual property security, product version control, or clinical data protection.
 
Based in Waltham, Massachusetts, Liquid Machines is privately held and is backed by Atlas Venture, Masthead Venture Partners, and Draper Fisher Jurvetson. For more information on the company and our vision The Freedom of Security™, visit us at www.liquidmachines.com.

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