Monday June 29, 8:32 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
nCipher Offers Free Electronic Commerce Traffic Simulator
Lets Organizations Quickly View Capacity of Web, Intranet and Electronic Commerce
Servers
ANDOVER, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 29, 1998-- nCipher, Inc., the leader in secure electronic commerce
solutions, today introduced a free electronic commerce traffic simulator. The simulator lets Web Masters, ISPs and IS
professionals see in just minutes the capacity of their current electronic commerce infrastructure to handle SSL transactions.
The simulator, a Java applet that runs on all platforms, can be accessed for free at
ncipher.com.
Users can choose from a wide-array of server platforms to quickly and accurately model SSL transaction capacity. The
simulator also lets organizations view how cryptographic accelerators, like nCipher's nFast(tm) line, can greatly increase
server performance and reduce the number of servers required to support growing traffic loads and eliminate performance
bottlenecks.
''The performance of electronic commerce and Web servers is a critical business issue. Organizations can't afford to have
servers spinning their wheels processing cryptographic functions as customers wait to place orders online or access critical
support tools,'' said Alex van Someren, CEO of nCipher. ''This free traffic simulator lets organizations quickly see just how
much traffic their systems can securely handle--before it affects business. It's also the perfect test drive for e-commerce
systems before they are deployed and best of all, it's free!''
About nFast
As more business is conducted online, securing electronic transactions becomes a greater task for secure servers. The nFast
cryptographic accelerators speed up these transactions by offloading the cryptographic burden onto a dedicated peripheral,
providing online vendors the highest levels of cryptographic security without jeopardizing their server's processing power.
Deployment of a fast and powerful cryptography solution is critical to commerce and promoting consumer confidence in the
security of online transactions.
nFast accelerators are each able to handle up to 300 1024-bit key public signings per second. Because the nFast accelerators
simply plug into the SCSI port, they are easily scalable and can be used in tandem to handle over 2000 key signings per
second. The accelerators provide an inexpensive, fast and platform-independent hardware solution that removes the burden of
heavy computation from the host CPU without any alteration to the application software.
About nCipher
nCipher develops products that simplify the use of cryptography in applications such as Internet security and electronic
commerce. Its nFast line of products was recently named a Hot Product for 1998 by Data Communications magazine. nFast
is not only the proven fastest accelerator product line available, but is also available to customers in North and South America,
Europe and Asia.
The company has offices in Andover, Massachusetts; Santa Clara, California and in Cambridge, England. nCipher, which
was founded in 1996, is partially funded by Canada's Newbridge Networks Corporation (NYSE:NN - news; NYSE:NN -
news) and Security Dynamics, Inc. (NASDAQ:SDTI - news). nCipher has partnerships with leading computer security and
electronic commerce companies, including RSA Data Security, Netscape and C2Net. More details on nCipher and its
products are available at ncipher.com, or by sending electronic mail to: sales@ncipher.com.
nCipher, nFast and nFast/KM are trademarks or registered trademarks of nCipher, Inc. in the United States and certain other
countries. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Contact:
nCipher, Inc.
Carol Atack, +44 1223 723604
carol@ncipher.com
OR
Schwartz Communications, Inc.
Bryan Scanlon, Bill Keeler, (781) 684-0770
bryans@schwartz-pr.com
billk@schwartz-pr.com
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