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Liquid Machines Announces New Enterprise Rights Management Solution to Persistently Protect Data Accessed Outside of Microsoft SharePoint
Marketwire
Posted: 2008-09-29 09:16:00
Tight Integration With Microsoft Rights Management Services (RMS) Extends Persistent Protection to More Than 400 File Types; Prevents Data Loss of Intellectual Property Used Outside of Microsoft SharePoint
WALTHAM, MA -- (Marketwire) -- 09/29/08 -- Liquid Machines, the leader in Enterprise Rights Management (ERM) solutions, today announced the availability of the Liquid Machines Gateway for SharePoint, a new solution to protect documents and eliminate the risk of data loss beyond the SharePoint collaboration and document-management environment.
The Gateway for SharePoint is tightly integrated with Microsoft Windows Rights Management Services (RMS) and Microsoft Office SharePoint Services (MOSS) to persistently protect files opened or downloaded from SharePoint. The Liquid Machines Gateway for SharePoint supports existing business processes and workflows by extending persistent information protection to a broader range of document and file types, and enabling advanced rights-managed workflows.
Since 2003, Liquid Machines has offered solutions that tightly integrate with and extend the efficacy of Windows RMS. Liquid Machines enables users to create and manage a persistent set of access controls that travel with the content, protecting against unauthorized access to files regardless of where they travel. Thousands of users at the world's largest financial organizations, manufacturers and government agencies rely on Liquid Machines to secure and control their most critical information, including intellectual property, executive and board communications, customer data and human resources information, while enabling secure collaboration and strict adherence to regulatory compliance.
"Microsoft has sold more than 100 million licenses of SharePoint and surpassed total sales of $1 billion since its introduction," said Ed Gaudet, senior vice president of corporate development and marketing. "Liquid Machines is extending its award-winning software solutions to support this substantial market opportunity and enable global customers to persistently protect data from loss when used outside of Microsoft SharePoint."
"A long-standing Microsoft partner, Liquid Machines enables our mutual customers to extend SharePoint's native information protection to hundreds of file formats and devices," said John "JG" Chirapurath, director of identity and security at Microsoft. "The combination of RMS and Liquid Machines increases the protection of regulated information in support of compliance initiatives for our joint customers."
"Gartner recognizes increased interest in protecting corporate intellectual property and other forms of highly sensitive data when it leaves enterprise content management (ECM) systems," said Gartner Research Vice President Ray Wagner. "Integration between ECM and Enterprise Digital Rights Management (eDRM) systems can provide an additional layer of security via persistent access controls that help prevent loss of intellectual property and inappropriate or unintended disclosure of proprietary or confidential enterprise information."
Documents removed from SharePoint are automatically protected by the Gateway for SharePoint with an RMS policy that includes the proper permissions for all authorized library or list users. Authorized users, even when working outside of the network, can collaborate on protected documents without first returning to the library. Different users can have different usage rights based on their SharePoint permissions. If an unauthorized user obtains a copy, they are prevented from opening it. When the document is saved back to SharePoint, the Gateway decrypts the file to maintain indexing and search capabilities within SharePoint.
Key features and benefits of the Liquid Machines Gateway for SharePoint include:
-- Persistent Protection Outside of SharePoint: The Liquid Machines
Gateway for SharePoint protects content by automatically encrypting it and
applying rights management controls when a user opens or downloads files
stored in SharePoint. SharePoint documents are protected no matter where
they reside -- at rest, in transit or in use. Similarly, when a user
uploads a protected file, the Gateway decrypts the file and stores it for
searching or archiving of document libraries. This allows the native
SharePoint search and index service to crawl and index content according
SharePoint access control lists and permissions, so unauthorized search
results are not displayed.
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