Nero AG
Nero AG (until 2005 Ahead Software AG) is a German software company, the CD and DVD burning suite Nero Burning ROM is known particularly for his and on this recording software is the global market leader.
Company History
In 1995, the Ahead Software GmbH was founded in Baden Carlsbad by Richard Lesser. 2001 initially was converted to Ahead Software AG, which changed its name to the current Nero AG in early 2005.
For Nero Group includes foreign subsidiaries in Glendale, California, USA (Nero Inc., founded in 2001 ), in Yokohama / Japan (Nero KK, established in 2004 ) and in HangZhou / China (Nero Ltd. , Founded in 2007 ). While it is distribution companies in the United States and Japan, the Chinese subsidiary provides intragroup development services.
In May 2007, was made known that the Luxembourg Agrippina International Sarl holds more than 25 % of the shares of Nero AG.
In 2009 were founded with the Nero Development and Services GmbH and Nero EMEA Sales GmbH in Germany two other subsidiaries.
Products
From the previous Einproduktfirma for application software for burner " leader in digital media technology " is now according to the company of an adult - who has a diverse product range. In addition to direct sales, Nero products by hardware manufacturers to be installed before delivery to PCs, camcorders and other devices. In addition, companies Nero Multimedia codecs, SDKs and programming interfaces use.
In 2008, the product range of Nero has greatly expanded over the famous burning software addition. Nero Move it users photos, videos and music can be transferred from one to another on a device or even online communities like YouTube, MySpace or proprietary multimedia community My Nero. With the multimedia suite Nero 9, it is possible to burn music, video and photo files, rip, burn, edit, save, share, and upload online. Since June 2009 Nero BackItUp & Burn is available, which ensures data burning and restores and so used to protect digital content.
"Nero" has over time from a simple burning program ( "Nero Burning ROM " ) developed into a multimedia software package. The software also includes beside Nero Burning ROM, among other programs
- For data backup (Nero BackItUp )
- For Packet Writing ( Nero Burning ROM, for beginners, the smaller version of Nero Express)
- For the production of covers (Nero Cover Designer )
- For displaying / managing photos and multimedia content (Nero Kwik Media until April 19, 2011 Nero MediaHub )
- To edit and mix audio content (Nero SoundTrax ) and
- For processing, preparation and transcoding of video content (Nero Vision).
In addition to " Nero " Nero AG developed the " SecurDisc " process and in collaboration with the Corporation Ateme the MPEG -4 compression method "Nero Digital".