Deluxe Entertainment Services Group will offer advanced Intellectual Property (IP) security services and solutions powered by VANTOS‘ Investigation Lifecycle Management product and platform. With the launch of these new hosted services, Deluxe will be delivering what’s being billed as the first-of-its kind advanced IP security services and solutions to media, entertainment and gaming organizations worldwide.
“In today’s digital world, all it may take is one breach of security resulting in the loss of intellectual property which could cause catastrophic financial loss,” said Frank Artes, VP, security, Deluxe. “Deluxe is addressing this issue head-on with our new security solution. Powered by VANTOS V-Flex™, we are expanding our robust and proven security solution.”
Tom Spadafore, president/CEO of the Seattle-headquartered global security and risk management automation market firm VANTOS, said that via the new offerings, “Deluxe will enable studios to easily and quickly automate the tedious and time-consuming pre and post-production audits on all of the contributing vendors and businesses used during the course of film production.”
Deluxe services include: motion picture film processing, printing and distribution; EFILM® digital intermediates; postproduction and subtitling services; titles design and digital VFX; DVD compression, encoding and authoring; digital cinema services, digital asset management, digital distribution; marketing fulfillment services and IP security systems. Deluxe operates facilities around the world.
Apple and Google Face UK Investigation Into Mobile Browser Dominance
Apple and Google aren't giving consumers a genuine choice of mobile web browsers, a British watchdog said Friday in a report that recommends they face an investigation under new U.K. digital rules taking effect next year.
The Competition and Markets Authority took aim at Apple, saying the iPhone maker's tactics hold back innovation by stopping rivals from giving users new features like faster webpage loading. Apple does this by restricting progressive web apps, which don't need to be downloaded from an app store and aren't subject to app store commissions, the report said.
"This technology is not able to fully take off on iOS devices," the watchdog said in a provisional report on its investigation into mobile browsers that it opened after an initial study concluded that Apple and Google effectively have a chokehold on "mobile ecosystems."
The CMA's report also found that Apple and Google manipulate the choices given to mobile phone users to make their own browsers "the clearest or easiest option."
And it said that the a revenue-sharing deal between the two U.S. Big Tech companies "significantly reduces their financial incentives" to compete in mobile browsers on Apple's iOS operating system for iPhones.
Both companies said they will "engage constructively" with the CMA.
Apple said it disagreed with the findings and said it was concerned that the recommendations would undermine user privacy and security.
Google said the openness of its Android mobile operating system "has helped to expand choice, reduce prices and democratize access to smartphones and apps" and that it's "committed to open platforms that empower consumers."
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