Corporate Profile

Absolute Software Corporation (TSX: ABT) is the leader in Computer Theft Recovery, Data Protection and Secure Asset Tracking™ solutions. With over two million subscriptions currently under contract, Absolute Software provides individuals and organizations of all types and sizes with solutions to manage regulatory compliance, data protection and theft recovery.

Our Products

Absolute offers four commercial products and one consumer product: Computrace^®Complete, Computrace^® Data Protection, Computrace^®Plus, AbsoluteTrack and Computrace^® LoJack^® for Laptops. Computrace helps combat the security risks associated with computing assets, and the asset management challenges they pose. Computrace allows IT administrators to centrally manage their computing assets, ensure software license compliance and monitor activities such as the client/server call history and asset lease information. If a computer is stolen, Absolute Software’s Recovery Team will work with local law enforcement agencies to locate and recover the machine. Computrace also enables IT professionals to remotely delete data on stolen or missing machines to protect the information from falling into the wrong hands.

Our Technology

Absolute Software’s product line is based on the patented Computrace Technology Platform. This client/server architecture provides secure, client-initiated IP-based communications between the Computrace Agent and the Monitoring Center. The Computrace agent resides on the hard drive, or, ideally embedded in the Basic Input Output System (BIOS) or firmware of the host computer (or ‘client’), forming the basis for multiple computer security and asset management products and services from Absolute Software.

Our Partners

Absolute has partnerships with tier one PC OEMs such as Dell, Fujitsu, Gateway, HP, Lenovo, Motion Computing, Panasonic and Toshiba. Embedded in the BIOS firmware of a computer, the Computrace Agent can survive operating system re-installations, hard drive reformats and even hard drive replacements. The company has reselling partnerships that extend beyond this list of OEMs that include global leaders such as Apple and Toshiba. Absolute has also established strategic relationships with more than 800 police departments, government security agencies and private security firms throughout North America and around the world.

Our Patents

To date, Absolute has been issued 14 patents in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany and Australia, and has several additional software patent applications pending approval. Absolute relies on a combination of copyright, trade secrets, trademarks, confidentiality agreements, contractual provisions and other similar instruments to protect its proprietary information and the Computrace Technology Platform.

Our History

Founded in 1993, with headquarters in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and sales offices in the U.S., the UK, Australia and South Africa, Absolute Software serves the Corporate, Education, Government, Home Office & Consumer markets. The company is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the symbol "ABT", and financial information is available under Absolute's investor relations and www.sedar.com. Absolute Software employs approximately 210 people worldwide.