Alera Technologies, developer and manufacturer of Advanced Optical Recording Solutions announced today that it has joined Dell, Hewlett-Packard Company, MCC/Verbatim, Philips Electronics, Ricoh Company Ltd., Sony Corporation, Thomson Multimedia and Yamaha Corporation in the DVD+RW Alliance.

The DVD+RW Alliance seeks to develop and promote a universally compatible, rewritable DVD format to enable true convergence between personal computing and consumer electronics products. "Alera Technologies' vision is Always the Prosumer's 1st Choice, and being a part of the DVD+RW Alliance and this significant DVD technology is key," states Perry Solomon, President and CEO of Alera Technologies.

"DVD+RW offers broad compatibility and versatility advantages making the technology a natural for corporate, government, education, and consumer applications." Alera Technologies has a full line of DVD and CD recording and duplication solutions. This new product family features "the right" software tools and a unique connectivity architecture that can be used anywhere.