LockLizard Digital Rights Management Customer Case Studies

Below is a selection of case studies from some of our satisfied customers who have successfully implemented and deployed our PDF Security and DRM software for copy protection of their documents.  LockLizard's customers use our digital rights management products to ensure the security and use of their PDF documents, ebooks, web content, corporate information, elearning and online training applications.





Overview of Company:
TSD is the number 1 provider of vehicle management software & technology.

LockLizard DRM Product Used:
Enterprise PDF DRM.

Summary:
Touch Publications use Enterprise PDF Security to lock down their documents from distribution, printing and viewing, improve their business response and delivery times to their customers, and provide a 'greener' alternative solution to their printed manuals.

Challenge:
TSD wanted to provide instant gratification to their customers by allowing them to download  electronic versions of their manuals immediately after payment.  They needed a secure solution that would be easy to use and that would enable them to eliminate the many man hours, printing resources and postage currently involved in sending out printed copies.

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Overview of Company:
NetMasterClass provides education products and services for network professionals, with a focus on R&S CCIE® candidates. NMC are a Cisco Certified Learning Partner and a leading Cisco training provider.

LockLizard DRM Product Used:
Protector web content security and Safeguard PDF security.

Summary:
As with all advanced elearning providers, we have to be able to offer our training courses at any time with total availability – across the Internet.   LockLizard is the perfect solution for securing our elearning content so that only the user that purchased the product has access to it.

Challenge:
NMC need to be able to engage their customers across time zones and provide immediate accessibility to high grade high quality training for Cisco systems.  However, NMC have made a significant investment in the development of proprietary training methods and techniques and have already experienced having their IPR stolen and made publicly available. So their challenge is to protect their IPR adequately whilst still delivering electronic services.

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Overview of Company:
Nexus is the principal processor of credit cards in Chile addressing more than 50% of the market.

LockLizard DRM Product Used:
Safeguard PDF security.

Summary:
Safeguard PDF Security is used to protect merchant documentation and system critical data.

Challenge:
Nexus needed to share PDF documents securely and confidentially with company employees.  They wanted to stop document leakage.

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Overview of Company:
Adevarul Group is the premier integrated multimedia business of Romania. Its diverse operations span news collection, newspaper publishing, magazines and books, printing services, press distribution and retail, as well as advertising services delivered through own publications and the Group's web portal.

LockLizard DRM Product Used:
Enterprise PDF DRM.

Summary:
Adevarul use Enterprise PDF DRM to protect their ebooks and other content in electronic format against theft and misuse. Adevarul wanted to take a leading position in the ebook marketplace in Romania with the launch of their new ebook shop.

Challenge:
To launch a new ecommerce web site selling digital versions of their books and other content, whilst protecting their content against sharing and theft.

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Overview of Company:
FH Companies, trading as seeMORE, is the premier company job search and content provision in Korea. They have the largest market share in recruiting professional staff, addressing the management consulting, accountancy, finance, banking and legal sectors.

LockLizard DRM Product Used:
Safeguard PDF security.

Summary:
FH Companies use Safeguard PDF security to protect employment information. They needed a PDF security solution that did not rely on passwords for protection and they wanted to limit the number of times documents could be viewed and printed.

Challenge:
In Korea, more than 50% of commercial content is pirated.  FH Companies needed a secure PDF solution that could not be broken by the widely available PDF cracking tools.  They needed PDF DRM software that could be easily integrated into their existing ecommerce system without additional training, since English is not their main language.

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Overview of Company:
HOCK international (HOCK) sells exam preparation materials for the Certified Management Accountant (CMA) and Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) exams.  Most distribution is done electronically.

LockLizard DRM Product Used:
Safeguard PDF security.

Summary:
Hock international use Safeguard PDF Security to electronically distribute their textbooks and flash cards.  They provide a 24x7 service using Safeguard's ecommerce API to automate the creation of user accounts and delivery of license information.

Challenge:
Hock international needed to protect their exam textbooks and study materials that range in size from 80 to 500 pages.  They wanted the familiar Adobe Reader type features but with strong security to prevent unprotected digital copies being circulated around the Internet.  Cost, a reliable support service, and simple management were key to their purchasing decision.

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Overview of Company:
TonySurridge is is an accountancy study publisher providing affordable and easy to use learning materials for ACCA students.

LockLizard DRM Product Used:
Safeguard PDF security.

Summary:  
Safeguard PDF Security is used to protect digital training material.

Challenge:
TonySurridge required a secure, reliable process for providing their training materials to students who urgently need access to digital courses.  They wanted to make sure courses were not shared with friends or posted on the Internet.

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Overview of Company:
Engineers Media is the publishing subsidiary of the Institution of Engineers Australia, Australia's peak professional association for engineers.

LockLizard DRM Product Used:
Safeguard PDF security.

Summary:
Safeguard PDF Security is used to protect engineering technical journals, ebooks, and magazines, and to get product to market securely long before it can be made available as hard copy.

Challenge:
Engineers Media wanted to create the traditional bookshop experience online whilst protecting their publishers against IPR theft.  Additionally they want to get product to market quickly and provide an automated, yet secure, subscription service to members without having to change their existing ecommerce system.

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Overview of Company:
Dream Force provides practice management solutions including: web-based medical billing software discounted sales, medical billing services, training onsite or live online, and consulting.

LockLizard DRM Product Used:
Protector Web Content Security.

Summary:
Protector Web Content Security protects Dream Force's online training videos, safeguards Dream Force's revenue stream, and extends their marketing reach.

Challenge:
Dream Force had to protect their online medical billing training videos that are produced in HTML format to prevent against loss of revenue. They required a powerful, yet simple to use solution, that enabled them to extend their marketing reach without being constricted as to where they could store their protected files or how they could deliver them to their customers.

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Overview of Company:
The Institute of Current World Affairs (ICWA) is a private Foundation operating a small international Fellowship program.  This aims to produce individuals with a deep expertise in foreign cultures and political systems.

LockLizard DRM Product Used:
Safeguard PDF security.

Summary:
The ICWA purchased Safeguard PDF Security to secure electronic publication of their newsletters without fear of them being freely distributed over the Internet.

Challenge:
The ICWA needed the flexibility of a system that allowed them to cut costs by moving from print to electronic publications, yet at the same time enable secure distribution to prevent non-members from gaining access to them, and limiting how many times they could be printed.

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Overview of Company:
The Austin Diagnostic Clinic is one of the most prestigious multi-specialty clinics in Austin and Central Texas.

LockLizard DRM Product Used:
Safeguard PDF security.

Summary:
The Austin Diagnostic Clinic needed to make available management documents containing proprietary and/or confidential information to their physicians.

Challenge:
The Austin Diagnostic Clinic had to protect confidential information contained in their management documents so that it could be  made available to physicians who could not make it to management meetings. They required a simple to use solution (physicians focus on treating patients, not IT skills), that protected their PDF documents and ensured sensitive material was only made available for a certain period of time.

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Overview of Company:
TOUCH Publications is a non-profit organization serving churches from many denominations around the world.

LockLizard DRM Product Used:
Safeguard PDF security.

Summary:
Touch Publications use Safeguard PDF Security to expand their marketing reach (including new younger audiences), give assurance to their publishers that their works are being protected, provide a green alternative to printed publications, and to save on shipping and labour costs.

Challenge:
Touch Publications wanted to serve churches around the world who would never be able to purchase their resources in printed form due to high shipping costs and delivery issues.  They therefore wanted to offer digital editions of their publications, but required these to be protected against illegal distribution.

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Overview of Company:
Integrity Research Associates is an experienced provider of syndicated research and strategic consulting to help financial services firms chart a winning course in today's turbulent business environment.

LockLizard DRM Product Used:
Safeguard PDF security.

Summary:
Safeguard PDF security secures Integrity Research Associates financial research documents to protect and expand their revenue stream.

Challenge:
Integrity Research Associates wanted to protect the time they have invested in creating their financial reports by controlling access to subscription publications that they wanted to sell over the Internet.   They also wanted to restrict printing of  their research documents.

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Overview of Company:
Nice-Pak is the global leader in the design, manufacture, marketing and distribution of premium quality branded and private label wet wipe products.

LockLizard DRM Product Used:
Safeguard PDF security.

Summary:
Safeguard PDF security protects NicePak's internal PDF documents, ensuring that they are only ever distributed to employees.

Challenge:
Nice-Pak had a requirement to protect internal documents containing performance data from being shared outside of the company.  Before purchasing Safeguard PDF Security they did not distribute these documents to their employees for fear they would end up in the wrong hands.

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Overview of Company:
WestNet Learning provides affordable, high quality, and easy-to-implement managed learning solutions.

LockLizard DRM Product Used:
Safeguard PDF security.

Summary:  
Safeguard PDF security protects WestNet Learning's elearning course material that is published in PDF format, causing an increase in sales.

Challenge:
WestNet Learning required a cost effective 'out of the box' PDF DRM security product that could be quickly implemented with their existing e-commerce system.  They wanted an easy to use system, where they could manage all the DRM controls without the need for technical support and without complex, costly and lengthy setup and configuration implementation tasks before they could go live.  Achieving a high ROI however was their main objective.

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Overview of Company:
Aviationexam is the leading provider of exam preparation materials for students preparing for their aviation knowledge examinations.

LockLizard DRM Product Used:
Safeguard PDF security.

Summary:
Safeguard PDF security secures Aviationexam's ebooks and study material returning rapid and high ROI.

Challenge:
Aviationexam.com wanted to expand their product range and reach, and improve customer service by delivering electronic copies of their popular study books.  They wanted a PDF DRM security system that was easy to use straight out of the box and that could quickly be implemented with their existing e-commerce system.  Their overall objective was security of their information with rapid and high ROI.

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Overview of Company:
Law School Downloads is the premier online web site specialising in delivering law school study aids in audio (MP3) and document (PDF) formats.

LockLizard DRM Product Used:
Safeguard PDF security.

Summary:
Safeguard PDF security enables Law School Downloads to sell PDFs that are the copyrights of law publishers ensuring that the PDFs they sell will not be redistributed to others once they are purchased and that copying and printing is prevented.

Challenge:
We sell documents that are the copyrights of law publishers.  They are probably more sensitive to IPR and copyright issues than most.  They want some assurance that we have taken effective measures to resist and prevent redistribution and piracy of their books before they will let us sell them as digital documents rather than on paper.

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Overview of Company:
Angel Business Communications was established in 1981 and is a leading business-to-business (B2B) media, conference, awards and exhibition organiser.

LockLizard DRM Product Used:
Enterprise PDF DRM.

Summary:
Enterprise PDF DRM enables Angel Business Communications to deliver secure PDF solutions to their clients that need to control the distribution and use of ecourses to their subscribers in a secure and easy manner.

Challenge:
Angel Business Communications was contacted by one of their clients to find a solution that would protect their electronic courses without requiring them to change the look and feel of their product, was quick to implement, secure, and required minimum work to maintain.

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Overview of Company:
Vickie Milazzo Institute is the authoritative resource center since 1982 for nurses seeking to explore the dynamic field of legal nurse consulting.

LockLizard DRM Product Used:
Safeguard PDF security.

Summary:
Safeguard PDF security enables the Vickie Milazzo Institute to securely distribute their online educational programs, and expire content when it is out of date.

Challenge:
The Vickie Milazzo Institute wanted to take positive steps to maintain their copyright and control over their content.  This meant making sure that they could limit file sharing between customers and non-customers, expire documents to prevent them going out of date, and limit or prevent printing.

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Overview of Company:
Dexler's primary focus is in education specializing in collaborative platforms, enriched content and strategic services. It has 150 employees dedicated to creating rich learning content, hosting content on an enterprise class LMS and providing learner-mentoring support and end user training solutions.

LockLizard DRM Product Used:
Enterprise PDF DRM.

Summary:
Enterprise PDF DRM enables Dexler Information Solutions to have a greener, cheaper, and more secure way of distributing training manuals.

Challenge:
Dexler needed a reasonably foolproof mechanism for delivering e-book versions of their participant handbooks while not compromising on security and digital rights.

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Overview of Company:
Contagious Communications is the premier marketing strategy intelligence organization. They deliver intelligence briefings identifying ideas, trends & innovations behind the world’ s most revolutionary marketing strategies.

LockLizard DRM Product Used:
Safeguard PDF security.

Summary:
Contagious use Safeguard PDF security to protect their quarterly briefing magazine delivered electronically to their subscribers, as well as special reports and extracts from studies which they sell online. Safeguard PDF security is also giving them access to new revenue streams by making it possible to distribute other materials securely.

Challenge:
Contagious are having to deliver more and more of their market intelligence information electronically.  But that cannot be done without protecting intellectual property because that is the core asset of the business. Further, they want to extend their offering with sections that could not previously be provided.

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Overview of Company:
6Sigma.us offers online, onsite and open enrollment six sigma training and six sigma certification in Green Belt, Black Belt, Master Black Belt, Champion and Lean Six Sigma certification.

LockLizard DRM Product Used:
Safeguard PDF security.

Summary:
Safeguard PDF Security is used to protect proprietary training materials used for six sigma education.

Challenge:
6Sigma.us needed to provide a digital method of distributing their training materials securely.  They wanted to be able to expire content after a year, limit printing, and prevent copying and screen grabbing.

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Overview of Company:
CCS is a leading provider of Business Process Outsourcing and strategic recovery solutions.

LockLizard DRM Product Used:
Safeguard PDF security.

Summary:  
Safeguard PDF Security is used to protect commercial proprietary documents.

Challenge:
CSS Companies needed to protect commercial proprietary documents which they have to share with clients but also keep secret.  They wanted to make sure that documents were not copied or forwarded to anyone who was not authorized.

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Overview of Company:
Canada Care Global are an educational company that trains caregivers for work in Canada, delivering educational modules over the Internet.

LockLizard DRM Product Used:
Safeguard PDF security.

Summary:
Canada Care Global use Safeguard PDF security for protection of their intellectual property.  Safeguard protects their training courses from being pirated and copied/distributed without their knowledge.

Challenge:
Canada Care Global deliver their training courses over the Internet.  Whilst this cuts costs, it does however makes them an easy target for theft and unlicensed use. The challenge is ensuring a low cost delivery mechanism that still fully protects their intellectual property from piracy and misuse.

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Overview of Company:
EUReBOOKS is a B2B publisher and distributor of digital information, such as eBooks, on a European-wide scale.

LockLizard DRM Product Used:
Safeguard PDF security.

Summary:
Safeguard PDF security protects EUReBOOKS ebooks from unauthorized distribution and copying.

Challenge:
Any Internet based publisher knows that they have to take positive steps to protect their IPR when they publish on the web.  Apart from the obvious requirements of preventing easy copying, cut and paste, screen grab and so on, they need to be able to control printing and add watermarks, and make sure that people cannot bypass protection controls by using terminal server type solutions.  That's quite a broad waterfront to try and protect.

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Overview of Company:
A worldwide financial services company that offers investment managers an impartial evaluation of their options in making investment products. It also advises institutions, professional, and high net worth investors on portfolio construction and management.

LockLizard DRM Product Used:
Safeguard PDF security.

Summary:
Safeguard PDF security secures a financial service company's investment advice and individual portfolio analysis and results, significantly improving their service offerings and reducing their administration overhead.

Challenge:
Financial services company wanted to ensure its investment advise could be delivered in a timely manner so that customers could take appropriate action as soon as possible.  Confidentiality of the portfolio valuation itself, and confidentiality of the investment advice being given, was also an important factor, so that other people, not paying for the service, cannot use the advice.

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