Company to company distribution possible?

We are looking into DPS for usage of company to company distribution of folio's, specifically for iPad, and we're talking about small scale, maybe setting up 10 people at most to view a document produced, but short term creating 10 or so documents a year, each for a different company. Long term goal would be to scale up the number of documents produced. 
The distribution methods are a little confusing as I see that Enterprise distribution is meant to be specifically internal to a company.  We'd also like it to be relatively seamless - either enter a userID, deviceID or something similar to allow access to a document/app we produce (or even more seamless, like providing a link to access but maintaining privacy somehow). 
Just looking for high level guidance on a recommended method of distribution and if DPS has the tools we would need to pull this off? Thanks!

Hi,
Make an app with some kind of content (otherwise it won't be approved) and use entitlement in DPS Enterprise for restricted distribution of hidden content. This way the content will be available based on login. It does require for you to have an entitlement server, and you do need to discuss with your DPS partner or Adobe about licensing as DPS no longer comes with an agency license.
//Peter

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    ü Paul Boshoff - G M -Personal Systems Group- HP NZ – well of course you now know who he is now – he would love feedback.
    Email : [email protected]
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