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08.10.2007

StarForce becomes the Technology partner of Microsoft Corporation and Solution Partner of the new product family

Moscow, Russia - 8 October, 2007. - StarForce becomes a Technology partner of Microsoft Corporation, joins the Microsoft Technology Adoption Program and becomes a Solution Partner of the new Microsoft Software Licensing and Protection Services product.

From now on the market will receive the possibility to protect a wide range of software products using a unique solution consisting of one of the most reliable and flexible protection schema together with one of the best DRM Services.

The Microsoft Technology Adoption Program brings many benefits and advantages to its participants and announces that its main goal is to provide a consistent experience for Microsoft partners to obtain real-world customer feedback on Microsoft pre-release products, together with product team engineering and more.

Based on this cooperation, StarForce declares that it has become a part of the new Microsoft initiative, Software Licensing and Protection Services. As a Microsoft Solution Partner, StarForce will further support the SLP Services initiative with unique protection solutions. The initiative is introducing innovative solutions that help protect intellectual property and investments within it. The SLP Services help to more effectively manage all stages of product development from conception to sale and usage.

StarForce’s Protection Technologies are respected by software publishers and developers across the world for its high reliability.

“Microsoft is happy to have another excellent IP protection customer providing an industry solution that works with SLP Services, said Thomas Lindeman, Director of Marketing for SLP Services at Microsoft Corporation. - “We believe that the work StarForce has done will bring benefits and satisfy IP protection needs of software application developers.”

“Even in Western Europe and North America, regions where piracy the level is traditionally low, the software theft problem stands up again. Moreover enterprises discover new markets in developing countries which have up to 80% of illegal software on its markets,” – said Michael Kalinichenko, CEO of StarForce Technologies. “Reliable, desirable and trustworthy protection schemas along with comprehensive and flexible DRM solutions are key elements for successful business development and expanding.”

About Microsoft TAP

The Microsoft Technology Adoption Program is a framework that has been created to rationalize, simplify and centralize the former Joint Development Program (JDP), Early Adopter Program (EAP), Rapid Deployment Program (RDP) and related programs under a single umbrella. The goal is to improve customer-partner experiences in evaluating and adopting Microsoft technologies and improve Microsoft’s ability to track and manage customer-partner relationships across programs. TAP is not an additional program. There are currently four different types of TAPs (Product Validation, Product Evaluation, Rapid Deployment and Solutions Implementation) in the framework.

About StarForce Technologies

The StarForce Company is an expert in software and digital content protection against illegal copying and cracking. StarForce offers a complete suite of technological means for copyright protection and protection against illegal usage and industrial piracy.

StarForce provides a wide variety of reliable tools for protection against home copying, emulation and professional cracking. StarForce’s particular specialization provides the development of technologically perfect products, while guaranteeing high reliability and quality level.

For further information:
Dmitry Guseff, PR Manager
d.guseff@star-force.com