About us

ESDNOW, a division of DISC bv, is the European
specialist when it comes to the management,
protection, sales, access to and distribution of
digital content.

ESDNOW helps publishers to unlock all kinds of digital content. With a state of the art Media Distribution Platform all types of digital content are supported.

Management

Advisory board

Staff

History

Management

• Suat Tuzgöl (1966)

  Founder and CEO
  Suat Tuzgöl is the driving force behind DISC bv. Thanks to him DISC has become the Full Service Provider that gives developers and publishers the opportunity to offer protected digital content.
  
  Mr. Tuzgöl is responsible for the daily management and determines the overall strategy of DISC BV and is also the creative thinker. Mr. Tuzgöl is a genuine entrepreneur, and has, as founder of DISC BV, vast experience with the sales and distribution of digital content. Until 2001 Suat Tuzgöl worked as a doctor in several hospitals. Mr. Tuzgöl got his medical degree at the UvA-AMC.
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Staff

• Johan Scheffel

  Business Development Manager
  With more than 25 years of sales experience in national and international publishing houses at companies like SDU and IDG (International Data Group), Johan is responsible for strategic business alliances and for taking DISC bv, ESDNOW and ResearchSoftware to the next era. Over the last 6,5 years he managed the Benelux region at Aladdin Knowledge Systems for Software DRM products (software protection and licensing).

• Hakan Uyar

  Senior Account Manager
  Hakan is ESDNOW's contact in Turkey. With 5 years experience as a trainer and project consultant for government projects, he knows the ropes. After obtaining his masters degree in Geological Engineering at the Hacettepe University, he developed into a software expert and a Microsoft Certified Professional. If you are in Turkey, or one of it's surrounding countries, Hakan will manage your project.

• Kadir Diren

  Senior Account Manager
  Kadir is ESDNOW's contact in Turkey. and has 3 years experience as a trainer and project consultant for government projects. After obtaining his education in Geological Engineering at the Hacettepe University, he developed into a Microsoft Certified Professional. If you are in Turkey, or one of it's surrounding countries, Kadir is your man.

History

ESDNOW is a division of DISC BV, a Dutch private company founded in 2001. DISC BV is a daughter company of DISC Holding BV, founded in the same year. Founder of the company is Suat Tuzgöl.

DISC is engaged in the marketing, distribution and support of various software applications, including database research software for universities, scientific libraries, the pharmaceutical industry, hospitals, governments and technological institutions like TNO and RIVM. DISC is the exclusive distributor for a number of highly used research software products in the Benelux and Turkey. DISC's "traditional" software distribution is done through the division Researchsoftware.nl. Researchsoftware.nl has a large number of clients, a short overview can be found here.

The activities of ESDNOW.com have started in 2004. ESDNOW, an operating company of DISC, is the first and only supplier in the Benelux of a completely integrated platform for software protection, internet activation and electronic software distribution based on DRM-technology. Publishers of digital content like software, games, audio, audio books and video are assured of the maximum protection of their intellectual property and the smooth sales and distribution of their digital products through the ESDNOW Media Distribution Platform.