Macrovision (R) Corporation, based in Santa Clara, California, provides publishers, software developers, entertainment companies, ISPs, and other organizations with content protection, software licensing and installation, and digital rights management (DRM) technologies. The firm's content management platform supports the secure distribution and marketing of content across multiple networks. The company's Software Value Management (TM) systems, marketed to application vendors and their enterprise clients, support software protection, packaging, distribution, promotion, pricing, purchasing, installation, maintenance, upgrade, optimization, and usage tracking processes. Approximately 50,000 software vendors employ the firm's technology. Macrovision is known for its FLEXnet (TM), InstallShield (R), and eRights products. The FLEXnet suite includes the InstallAnywhere, FLEXnet Operations, FLEXnet Connect, and FLEXnet Manager components. InstallShield (R) products are installed on 500 million desktop computers across North America, Europe, and Asia. Macrovision also offers clients the RipGuard (TM) DVD protection, SafeDisc (R) computer game copy and hack protection, and CDS (TM) music CD protection products. Hawkeye (TM) is the firm's peer-to-peer (P2P) anti-piracy service. The company acquired installation authoring and update software developer InstallShield in 2004. Macrovision is listed on NASDAQ under the MVSN symbol.