Corporate milestones

1997

 

 

  • Three partners found Fallingbrook Technologies in Ottawa, ON, Canada

1999

 

 

  • Company is renamed Cloakware

2000

 

 

  • First flagship patent is filed
  • First license agreement to use Cloakware DRM technology in an e-book product is signed
  • US$3M first-round financing is secured

2002

 

 

  • Cloakware Transcoder™ is launched
  • Cloakware Transcoder is licensed to a leading US software company
  • Cloakware receives Frost & Sullivan Technology Innovation Award
  • First customer in EMEA is signed
  • White-box cryptography is launched

2003

 

 

2004

 

 

  • Cloakware becomes a Microsoft Security Partner for Windows Media DRM
  • First customer licenses Cloakware Security Suite (CSS)

2005

 

 

  • Cloakware reincorporates in Delaware
  • TD Ventures, Globespan Capital, Covington Capital and Intel Capital invest US$10M in Series B financing
  • First customer in Asia-Pacific, Mobile Broadcasting Corporation (MBCo), is signed
  • Cloakware Server Password Manager (now Cloakware Password Authority), an enterprise password management product, is launched
  • Cloakware joins Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA)
  • First customer licenses Cloakware Robustness Solutions (now Cloakware DRM Solutions)
  • First customer licenses Cloakware Server Password Manager (now Cloakware Password Authority)

2006

 

 

  • Year-over-year number of contracts triples
  • 100th employee is hired
  • First US enterprise channel partner is signed

2007

 

 

  • Cloakware technology is deployed to over one billion client applications worldwide
  • Irdeto signs agreement to acquire Cloakware
  • Acquisition of Cloakware closes

2008

 

 

  • Cloakware launches Cloakware Password Authority 4.0, the only truly enterprise-grade solution to automate the lifecycle management of privileged passwords in the datacenter
  • Sailpoint and Cloakware partner to strengthen identity controls for privileged user accounts
  • Cloakware moves to new headquarters to accommodate growth
  • Cloakware surpasses its 100th customer deployment worldwide
  • Cloakware joins the Marlin Partner Program to develop interoperable solutions around the open Marlin DRM standard