DDC chose to deploy C.D.I. Systems latest version of NetIS online publishing platform, as it integrates a high-performance user management back-office with excellent data protection capabilities combined with e-commerce. After concluding many investigations and enquiries DDC found NetIS to be the best match for its needs and needed functionality.

The BookFund project is intended to bring an online catalogue of books available to its users, providing a user-friendly interface for searching the books and reading them, as well as integrating them with an applicative outline. The system will also allow book owners to edit their content as well as their rights, and for customers to maintain a personalized library for a monthly fee. User guests would be able to see only book summaries and preview, as the books content shall be protected utilizing NetIS DRM capabilities. The system shall further allow institutional customers and students to integrate their learning curriculum with their personalized library and study plans. BookFund.RU will support social network functionality as registered users will maintain a personal dashboard to communicate with the system, online friends and other events, and so help them in their academic process.

"We are pleased to deploy our latest version of NetIS within an ambitious project such as the BookFund.RU project" said Itzhak Levit, CEO of C.D.I. Systems. "This new agreement fits our company strategy to continue expanding its presence in Europe and east Europe, gaining further acknowledgment and new frontiers". Anton Bar, the company CTO added "We have been utilizing many of the new features implemented in NetIS latest release – version 4.2, including the Clientless DRM capabilities and the strong auditing and reporting tools, that will supply DDC with up to the minute information regarding the content safety, consumption, customers activities and commercial transactions".

One of the main obstacles in digital-age publishing, especially in evolving markets, is the protection of intellectual property against illegal access and usage. The Internet, besides being an easy and low-cost medium for mass distribution of content, is largely exposed to illegal copying and distribution of these rights. The BookFund project depends on NetIS DRM module to maintain content protection, thus relieving the content owner's worries from abuse of IP.

About C.D.I. Systems

C.D.I. Systems, is a private high-tech company founded in 1992 by Mr. Hillel Ashkenazy, advocate and chairman of the company, managed by a professional, experienced, devoted, and creative management team.
Focused on the development of a unique and innovative online publishing platform - NetIS™, the company has successfully deployed scores of solutions for the Internet, Intranet, DVD/CD-ROMs and Handheld devices. To mention a few: Takdin, Israel's premier legal databases both online and on CD-ROM; Dun & Bradstreet's Israel Business Directory; IDC Israel pay per view site; Otzar HaHochma - the World's Largest Electronic Library (with roughly five million pages); The Bibliography of the Hebrew Book - a comprehensive interactive bibliography of all books printed in the Hebrew Language between 1473 and 1960; The Israeli Electorate Registry; The Israeli General Encyclopedia; The Globes daily newspaper archive and a multitude of legal information solutions in Germany through our German partners.