About Nero

Nero AG develops and distributes the world’s leading digital media solutions for consumers and professionals. Founded in 1995 as Ahead Software AG, Nero is best known for developing Nero Burning ROM, the fastest and easiest software package for burning CDs and DVDs. More than a decade later, Nero continues to lead the digital media software industry with a variety of products, including the all-in-one digital media solution, Nero 8, the current version of the company’s flagship product.

Created by a prominent team of international software developers, Nero products are renowned for being unrivalled in stability and comprehensive for both computer beginners and experts. Available in 26 languages, 270 million copies of Nero products have been sold worldwide, and are used at home, in educational institutions, businesses, and by computer professionals.

Nero’s portfolio of products defines new levels of innovation in the company’s key areas of focus. Nero delivers digital media solutions through multimedia applications that let the user create, burn, edit, share, connect, and enjoy their data, audio, video, photo, and TV content. Nero also provides world-class technology for encoding and decoding digital audio and video files into dynamic content that is functional across the spectrum of digital media devices from mobile phone displays to Full HD resolution.

Nero sets itself apart from the competition by producing exceptionally user-friendly products, maintaining a policy of offering continual free updates for select products, and providing outstanding technical and sales support. This service, along with the reliability of Nero’s award-winning products, is why so many OEM manufacturers choose to bundle their hardware products with Nero software.

Nero provides worldwide coverage through Nero AG headquarters based in Karlsbad, Germany and four regional offices around the globe: Karlsbad, Germany (EMEA); Glendale, California, USA (Americas); Yokohama, Japan (APAC); and Hangzhou, China (China).

Nero’s top products include:

Nero 8 – Create and Manage Your Digital Life
Nero 8 brings the digital world to your PC with easy-to-use features that help you create, edit, convert, share, burn, back up, and enjoy your multimedia projects.

Nero Digital™ – The World’s Best MPEG-4 Audio and Video Codec
Nero Digital™ produces sharp and crystal-clear content for devices from mobile phone displays to full HD resolution by compressing audio and video content at record speed to a fraction of its original size while maintaining optimal visual and audio quality.

Nero Mobile Pro – Media Center for Mobile Devices
Nero Mobile is the consummate multimedia solution for mobile devices. It transforms mobile phones, PDAs, PMPs, and other handheld items into feature-rich mobile entertainment centers..

Nero Linux 3 – The Next-Generation Burning Application for the Linux OS
Nero Linux 3 is built on the award-winning Nero Burning ROM 7 platform, and is the most powerful and versatile burning application for Linux, as well as the only application for Linux to offer Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD data burning support