Signiant

Media and entertainment play a significant part in the Signiant business. The company specializes in developing digital media distribution management software. Signiant software simplifies the transfer of data among central and peripheral systems, linking enterprise systems and remote offices for easy sharing of media files. Signiant's products allow clients to manage, secure, and automate the daily tasks and challenges of working with rich media content. Clients include broadcast television companies, film studios, Internet portals, and telecommunications providers. The company's technology was developed in-house by Nortel Networks and Signiant was spun off as a stand-alone company in 2000.