LaCie announced yesterday LaCie Remote Burn software for the Portable DVD±RW with LightScribe, designed by Sam Hecht and d2 DVD±RW, with LightScribe drives for FireWire, which include Toast Titanium. LaCie Remote Burn assists Mac users with fast write speeds from any Macintosh located on the local network.

The software is exclusively available to the company's LaCie, and it can burn files with simple drag and drop functionality, while automatically calculating the type of DVD/CD needed, the makers say. The program sends data across the network to selected computers with attached LaCie burners, as soon as it's ready to start doing its job.

"LaCie Remote Burn is a complete solution for easily sharing multiple burners plugged into a Macintosh at home or in the office," said Christelle Dexet, LaCie Product Manager. "With three clicks of a mouse, one can burn their data to a remote LaCie DVD±RW drive or duplicate a custom DVD/CD using multiple burners over the network. In addition to our drives' stylish design, LightScribe Direct Disc Labeling technology and the bundling of a complete version of Toast Titanium, LaCie continues to offer the most advanced burning solution for Macintosh users."

According to the company, only Mac users are eligible for the "burning" software and while it is very easy to set up and use, LaCie Remote Burn provides professional disc burning capabilities, including burning verification and data compression for faster transfer.

Additional features include the ability to select which LaCie DVD±RW drive to use, manage the burn queue and view completion history to track data copied.

LaCie Remote Burn comes with its Portable DVD±RW with LightScribe, or d2 DVD±RW with LightScribe drives for FireWire. The software requires you to run Mac OS X 10.4 or later. You will also need the external LaCie DVD±RW drive and a local area network (LAN) connection.

Here's the company's official web page for more information.