The Israeli information security company Aliroo has signed a distribution agreement with the Taiwanese company CDPC (China Data Processing Center) under which the Israeli company will initially supply $100,000 in software to CDPC for marketing. CDPC is one of the largest software distributors in Taiwan.
The Taiwanese partner will invest in the translation of Aliroo's products into Chinese and in marketing those products in Taiwan. In addition, Aliroo and CDPC are in negotiations for joint development of a hardware product for encoding faxes designed to attach to existing fax machines. General Manager of Aliroo Meir Zorea sees the agreement as an important milestone for the entire Far Eastern market, especially China. "We are signing distribution agreements with large distributors worldwide who, over and above their distribution capabilities, provide added value by helping with the translation of the software product into local languages," he explains.
China Data Processing Center was established in 1963 to meet the growing demands for data processing services. In the last 3 decades, CDPC has grown from a pioneering status to a recognized force in the field of data processing. CDPC has successfully helped hundreds of public and private organizations set up their computer systems and improve management and database systems. Today, CDPC with a staff of 536-member renders not only information processing services, but has also diversified into office and industrial automation systems integration services, international and local area network, software development and multimedia techniques application for database inquiry.
Over the past six months, Aliroo has signed distribution agreements with dozens of distributors around the world. In addition, the company has signed large sales agreements with a number of major international companies, among them the Japanese manufacturer of fax machines, Murata, which is integrating Aliroo's encoding software with its own facsimile products. Aliroo's product has already been translated into Japanese, Spanish and Portuguese and is currently being translated into German.