Sonic Licenses Advanced Media Engine to Storage Appliance

Sonic Solutions, in digital media software, announced a licensing agreement with Storage Appliance Corporation for Sonic AuthorScript, a media authoring, formatting, and burning technology. Under the agreement, Storage Appliance Corporation will integrate AuthorScript into its ClickFree DVD backup solutions, designed to simplify and automate digital content archiving and protection for consumers.

"Consumers trust us with some of their most important digital assets – everything from cherished photos to financial records – therefore dependable, trouble-free burning is essential," said Ian Collins, President, Storage Appliance Corporation. "With AuthorScript, the most widely tested media engine on the market, Sonic delivers the proven recording reliability and compatibility our customers demand."

Storage Appliance Corporation’s acclaimed ClickFree automatic backup technology offers the world’s easiest, most customer friendly way for consumers to securely archive the personal content stored on their computer systems. Users simply insert the ClickFree DVD into their drive, and the application launches and begins automatically finding, organizing, and archiving files. As well as selling products directly under the ClickFree brand, Storage Appliance develops private-label solutions for leading technology companies.

"AuthorScript has once again been recognized for its efficient design and dependability," said Dave Cornella, vice president, worldwide business, Sonic Solutions. "This latest agreement reinforces the flexibility of our technology and proves, once again, AuthorScript’s broad market appeal and application."

Created by Sonic’s Advanced Technology Group, AuthorScript is part of the company’s expanding portfolio of technologies that are licensed to enable CD, DVD, and Blu-ray Disc playback, recording, and authoring. Sonic’s technologies are licensed by leading firms such as Adobe, Broadcom, Microsoft, Scientific Atlanta, Sony, and ST Micro, and used to enable digital media experiences in a wide variety of markets including consumer electronics, PCs, kiosks, automotive entertainment systems, and music download services.

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