More news. Denmark now, maybe NATO soon?
Entrust Technologies, Protect Data and TeleDanmark Communications
Internet join forces to build Danish digital infrastructure.
LONDON, UK--(CCN Disclosure, January 30, 2001)--Entrust Technologies Inc.
(Nasdaq: ENTU), the global leader in solutions that bring trust to e-business
relationships, and Protect Data, the leading Nordic e-security company and
Entrust Technologies' region they have signed an agreement with Denmark's
largest telecommunications company, TeleDanmark Communications (TDC) Internet,
to provide Denmark with a secure internet infrastructure based on digital
signatures.
The agreement establishes TDC Internet as a major national Trusted Third Party
(TTP) provider for Denmark. This will enable TDC Internet to host and to
outsource a range of services and solutions to address the demand in the Danish
market for online banking, e-commerce and citizens relations with government.
Using products from Entrust Technologies, Protect Data and TDC Internet are
building a secure infrastructure for the Danish market, providing millions of
digital certificates to the business and consumer market as well as to the
government. This positions TDC Internet as one of the leading providers of
digital signatures in Europe.
"Combining the digital signatures from Entrust with the TDC Internet Trusted
Third Party solution provides security with flexibility and manageability," said
Andrew Armstrong, VP of Entrust Northern Europe. "This project continues to
build on our existing strengths in the Nordic and telecommunications markets,
and is an extremely exciting development for Denmark."
"Through the use of digital certificates we are providing private users,
businesses and local government with the ability to provide a wide range of
electronic services over the Internet in a secure, confidential and trustworthy
manner," Protect Data's Managing Director Stuart Peters explains. "Now it will
be much easier and cheaper for the Danish business market to create secure
e-commerce infrastructures. We expect TDC Internet is going to be the central
player within the Danish market for e-commerce and digital communication."
About Protect Data:
Protect Data A/S is working within IT-security with own development and
distribution of product for example anti-virus systems, firewalls,
authentication systems, hard disk encryption and intrusion detection as well as
systems to secure e-commerce. Protect Data A/S is a part of Protect Data AB. The
company, which has it's headquarters in Stockholm, is the IT-security market
leader on in the Nordic region and has subsidiaries in Sweden, Norway, Finland,
Denmark, Slovakia and the USA. See also www.protectdata.dk
About Entrust Technologies
Entrust Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: ENTU) is the global leader in solutions that
bring trust to e-business relationships by securing and managing the
transactions that constitute e-business. Through the industry's most
comprehensive portfolio of trusted e-business infrastructure solutions, Entrust
Technologies enables customers to secure their B2B, B2C and internal enterprise
transactions and communications, as well as to manage the e-business portals
through which these transactions take place. Pioneers of public-key
infrastructure (PKI) and digital certificate solutions that provide security for
business transactions and communications over the Internet, Entrust Technologies
is a global company with offices around the world. For additional company
information please visit www.entrust.com.
Entrust is a registered trademark of Entrust Technologies Inc. in the United
States and other countries. In Canada, Entrust is a registered trademark of
Entrust Technologies Limited. All Entrust product names are trademarks of
Entrust Technologies. All other company and product names are trademarks or
registered trademarks of their respective owners.
NASDAQ SYMBOL: ENTU
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