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NorthStar Communications Group and GNSS-secure sign MOU to Deliver Digital Encryption Solutions
For Immediate Release. March 4, 2002, Birmingham, Alabama: NorthStar Communications Group (NorthStar) and Los Angeles/London-based GNSS-secure (GNSS) today announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate in pursuing digital encryption opportunities by offering a secure "point-to-point" content distribution digital rights management control network to the virtual asset market.
The NorthStar/GNSS team will initially focus on the emerging digital cinema market, providing secure high-end digital rights management and control for digital representations of films as well as the communications that govern them. NorthStar’s suite of capabilities including turnkey, end-to-end infrastructure design, installation and maintenance services joined with the unique GNSS modular construction software, secure2use, will provide un-forgeable identities, authorizations, auditing and access control as well as fully encrypted archiving storage facilities. NorthStar/GNSS will deliver business critical solutions cost effectively without complex development and integration issues.
"GNSS technologies offer a true end-to-end solution to deliver media securely while retaining control and enforcement. This ultra-secure, electronic data transfer system offers the most powerful encryption available in the market, coupled with advanced network security, and management built and focused on the business model," said Sandy Porter; CEO of GNSS-secure. "This technology can revolutionize the way businesses control their data and its transmission both internally and externally. We're fortunate to be collaborating with NorthStar and are excited about the outcome of teaming with one of North America’s premier communications infrastructure providers."
"The agreement will formalize a working relationship we have enjoyed with GNSS, which compliments NorthStar's wireline and wireless service offerings," said Bill Johnson, president and CEO of NorthStar. "We continue to seek teaming partners to augment our mission of providing end-to-end, turnkey communications connectivity across North America."
NorthStar Communications Group, the telecom subsidiary of BE&K, is consistently ranked among the top telecommunications engineering and design firms by Engineering News-Record’s prestigious Annual Listing of Leading Contractors and Design Firms. NorthStar offers a broad range of wireline and wireless communications services, including enterprise services, outsourcing, telecom engineering, construction management, project management, network installation and maintenance, and professional staffing.
GNSS-secure is a privately owned Los Angeles/London-based software company producing proprietary technologies designed to manage and enforce contracts, authorizations, auditing, access control, legal admissibility, as well as encrypt data, prevent denial of service attacks and detect, prevent and report intrusions.
For more information contact:
Emily Holcombe
NorthStar Communications Group, Inc.
E-mail: HolcombeE@NorthStar.net
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