VeriSign Wins Streaming Media Award for Top
Content Management Platform of 2007
VeriSign® Intelligent Content Delivery Network recognized as the top
platform for helping multi-media users manage their rich media content
delivery
Mountain View, CA – October 22, 2007 –VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ:
VRSN), the leading provider of digital infrastructure for the networked
world, today announced that the VeriSign® Intelligent Content Delivery
Network has been awarded Streaming Media’s 2007 Readers’ Choice Award
for Top Content Management Platform. A total of 92 companies submitted
almost 120 products and services or were nominated by customers or others
in the industry. More than 3,000 readers of Streaming Media magazine
and StreamingMedia.com logged their votes.
“We are honored to receive the award for Top Content
Management Platform from Streaming Media's highly knowledgeable readership
of industry professionals and streaming media experts who depend on
digital media for their business needs,” says Jeff Richards, Vice President,
Digital Content Services of VeriSign. “We are extremely proud that the
VeriSign Intelligent CDN has been recognized as an exceptional product
for both managing and delivering rich media content, all within the
first year after the original launch of the solution,” continued Richards.
The VeriSign Intelligent Content Delivery Network
(CDN) is a managed service combining the power of advanced streaming
and P2P technology that enables content providers to securely publish,
protect, deliver, and track digital video content to consumers.
Originally launched in December 2006, the VeriSign Intelligent CDN gives
end users on-demand access to high quality video while providing a low
cost delivery model for the content provider, providing:
- a superior end-user experience through DVD/HD quality video delivery
- content protection using digital rights management (DRM)
- a highly scalable and low cost delivery model
- central management and controls supporting legal and legitimate publishing
activities
- a fully customizable User Interface (UI) to support brand extension
and brand equity
VeriSign Intelligent CDN benefits include:
Content Integrity and Security. The VeriSign Intelligent CDN
includes copyright protection as well as viewer and content controls
which allow only authorized users to receive and view protected content
that may not be transferred or copied. The VeriSign Intelligent CDN’s
integration with leading digital rights management (DRM) solutions such
as Microsoft and Adobe allows only authorized content to be delivered
through the network and only authorized use to be performed on the content
delivered.
Audit and Controls. The VeriSign Intelligent CDN monitors
who has viewed the content and for how long. The Intelligent CDN also
verifies and confirms content delivery and completed downloads. Its
publishing process supports legitimate publishing activities to significantly
reduce the possibility spam.
Delivery. The VeriSign Intelligent CDN offers an efficient
download process that is transparent to the consumer and does not impact
his or her device’s performance. The Intelligent CDN blends bandwidth
usage to lower service provider costs and provides efficient grid delivery/P2P
delivery putting minimal strain on the existing network.
Customization. The VeriSign Intelligent CDN offers full customization
of the UI to fit the context of delivery and the content, and to provide
a feature rich experience for the end user. Industry standard XML and
Web Services API enables easy standards based integration with consumer
media applications and portals.
As part of this year’s Streaming Media West show,
awards will be presented to the winners at the Streaming Media Readers’
Choice Awards Reception Party at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 7,
at the Grande Ballroom of the St. Clair Hotel in San Jose. The reception
will be open to full conference attendees, speakers, exhibitors, and
the press, as well as to the winners.
“This is a tremendous opportunity for us to acknowledge
not just the winners of these awards but the continued growth and vitality
of the streaming media industry,” says Streaming Media editor Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen.
“The winners exemplify technological and business innovation, as well
as outstanding customer service and brand messaging. I think the fact
that the winners were chosen by end users makes them all the more meaningful.”
To learn more about what VeriSign offers the world’s
media and entertainment companies, visit www.verisign.tv.
About VeriSign
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), operates digital infrastructure services
that enable and protect billions of interactions every day across the
world’s voice and data networks. Additional news and information about
the company is available at www.verisign.com.
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For more information, contact:
VeriSign Media Relations: Allison Flerl , aflerl@verisign.com
, 650-452-4867
VeriSign Investor Relations: Nancy Fazioli, ir@verisign.com,
650-426-5146
VeriSign Industry Analyst Relations: Katie Hammler, khammler@verisign.com,
(703) 948-4367
Statements in this announcement other than historical
data and information constitute forward-looking statements within the
meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These statements involve risks
and uncertainties that could cause VeriSign's actual results to differ
materially from those stated or implied by such forward-looking statements.
The potential risks and uncertainties include, among others, the uncertainty
of future revenue and profitability and potential fluctuations in quarterly
operating results due to such factors as the inability of VeriSign to
successfully develop and market new products and services and customer
acceptance of any new products or services, including the VeriSign Intelligent
CDN, the possibility that VeriSign’s announced new services may not
result in additional customers, profits or revenues; and increased competition
and pricing pressures. More information about potential factors that
could affect the company's business and financial results is included
in VeriSign's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including
in the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2006 and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. VeriSign undertakes no
obligation to update any of the forward-looking statements after the
date of this press release.
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