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The FileLine Digital Rights Management division of Navisware has been bought for an undisclosed amount and its technologies will be deployed to persistantly protect documents in PDF, Microsoft Office and CAD formats, independent of how they are stored or delivered inside and outside the firewall.

Organisations will be able to control how, when, and by whom the documents can be used while at the same time monitoring an audit log of who accessed the document, and indications of improper usage or disclosure.

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The technology will also help to ensure that version control of documents is maintained, helping to prevent potentially expensive mistakes arising from the use of outdated documents or from intellectual property falling into the wrong hands.

The technologies are expected to be integrated into LiveCycle by Autumn 2006.

'The powerful new DRM capabilities that Navisware brings to Adobe's document security solutions will help enable our customers to conduct business more securely, while meeting increasingly stringent regulations for protecting sensitive information,' said David Mendels, senior vice president, Enterprise and Developer Business Unit at Adobe. 'When combined with the growing ecosystem of Adobe LiveCycle Policy Server partners such as Canon, eGain, Entrust, and Fuji XEROX, we can offer our customers end-to-end security for protecting the entire information lifecycle from creation, through distribution and collaboration, to archival and destruction.'

For more information go to www.adobe.com/security.