Digital rights management directives
Experts share tips on how to make the DRM decision and deploy the technology.
By
Susan Marks
Network
World, 02/18/02
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"DRM is an evolving market, so thoroughly check out a potential vendor's financial viability."
- Joshua Duhl, analyst, IDC.
"DRM software needs to be easy to use at both ends of a transaction."
- Daniel Schreiber, CEO, Alchemedia Technologies.
"Look for compatibility with existing internal and customer systems as well as cross-platform support, product reliability and scalability. A product should not limit transmission to certain clients or computers."
- Mark Ashida, COO, InterTrust Technologies.
Go slow with implementation. "Don't hurry it because you are changing your way of doing business. It is important to not upset your clients."
- Mark Roberts, director of research, Off Wall Street Consulting Group.
Marks is a freelance writer in Denver. She can be reached at sjmarksco@aol.com.
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