Product/service integration with Entrust
BELL EMERGIS/MPACT IMMEDIA AND ENTRUST TECHNOLOGIES
INTEGRATE PRODUCT AND SERVICE OFFERINGS TO ENABLE
SECURE E-COMMERCE FOR ORGANIZATIONS
Date: 10/5/98 9:28:01 AM
Bell Emergis/MPACT Immedia and Entrust(R) Technologies, Inc.
announced today a strategic partnership that will utilize Entrust's
public-key infrastructure (PKI) security solutions as Bell
Emergis/MPACT Immedia's technology of choice to protect the digital
transactions and communications of its external customers.
Under the terms of the agreement Entrust will license its
award-winning PKI product solutions to Bell Emergis/MPACT Immedia
to provide Entrust-based Certification Authority (CA) services
worldwide through Bell's OnWatch(TM) Service. The deal with Bell
Emergis/MPACT Immedia provides an alternative channel for companies
to benefit from Entrust's security - via an outsourced arrangement.
The outsourcing of digital certificate issuance and management is
a high growth area within the security software industry.
Because the Bell OnWatch Service originated in 1996, Bell
Emergis/MPACT Immedia is the first, and therefore most experienced,
outsourced provider of such services utilizing Entrust technology.
As a result, and under certain circumstances, Bell Emergis/MPACT
Immedia will be Entrust's preferred provider of outsourced CA
services and preferred partner in pursuit of new sales
opportunities, in the Canadian marketplace.
Also under this agreement, the sales force of Entrust will
represent the Bell Emergis/MPACT Immedia OnWatch service offering
to its clients and conversely, the Emergis sales group will be
authorized to resell Entrust products to their customers in North
America. This combined effort will enable mutual customers and
prospects to be better informed as to the benefits of this
alternative method of acquiring and operating an Entrust-based PKI
solution.
"The expertise and experience Bell Emergis/MPACT Immedia will
deploy in providing outsourced CA services to organizations
worldwide makes Emergis a natural first choice for the provision of
similar services to our customers," said John Ryan, president and
CEO, Entrust Technologies, Inc. "And, Bell Emergis/MPACT Immedia's
choice of Entrust for its security standard, combined with the use
of Entrust solutions by other major corporations, helps reinforce
our position as the standard for managed IT security within
organizations."
"We are the first in Canada to provide an outsourced CA service
based on Entrust technology and one of the few in the world," said
Christian Trudeau, Executive Vice-President and COO of the newly
combined entity of the Electronic Business Solutions division of
Bell Emergis and MPACT Immedia. "Our partnership with Entrust
allows us to use its best of breed public-key infrastructure
technology and is a strong endorsement of our ability to manage
comprehensive and large-scale PKI implementations."
Bell's OnWatch Service is an electronic business security solution
which utilizes the Entrust/PKI(TM) to store, distribute and manage
encryption and authentication keys via the Internet. The OnWatch
solution addresses the security concerns of companies engaged in
electronic commerce by helping them transmit private information
while safeguarding the integrity and authenticity of its contents
on any network.
Customers who choose the new Bell Emergis service will benefit from
improved security, certification management and complete bilingual
help desk services - 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Furthermore,
their service is enhanced with high availability enterprise server
clusters and redundant network components featuring no single point
of failure.
Entrust Technologies Inc. develops, markets and sells products and
services that allow enterprises to manage trusted, secure
electronic communications and transactions over today's advanced
networks, including the Internet, extranets and intranets. The
Entrust solution automates the management of digital certificates,
which are similar to electronic passports, through public-key
infrastructure (PKI) technology designed to assure the privacy and
authenticity of internal and external electronic communications.
The Entrust PKI is an integrated, open and scaleable software
framework that operates across multiple platforms, network devices
and applications, including e-mail, browsers, electronic commerce,
electronic forms, remote access and other product offerings from
leading vendors. The first Entrust product suite was released in
1994, and has since been licensed for use in global enterprises,
government entities and financial institutions. In addition, over
three million Entrust certificates have been issued to date for use
by the Company's customers. Entrust Technologies is headquartered
in Richardson, Texas with offices in New York, San Francisco, Los
Angeles, San Diego, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, St. Louis,
Raleigh, Washington, Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal, London, UK and
Frankfurt. For additional company information please visit
entrust.com.
MPACT Immedia Corporation delivers network-centric business
solutions that enable and become an integral part of customer
processes. Its e-commerce solutions enable organizations to better
compete in the global marketplace. Following its recently concluded
merger with the Electronic Business Solutions (EBS) unit of Bell
Emergis, the combined entity is one of the top tier electronic
commerce providers in the world.
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For more information:
Anne Belliveau Carrie Bendzsa
Bell Emergis/MPACT Immedia Entrust Technologies
(514) 391-1420 (613) 247-3455
Email: abellive@post.bell.ca Email: carrie.bendzsa@entrust.com
Entrust is a registered trademark of Entrust Technologies Limited.
All Entrust product names are trademarks of Entrust Technologies
Limited. All other company and product names may be trademarks or
registered trademarks of their respective owners. OnWatch is a
registered trademark of Stentor Resource Center Inc. Bell
Emergis/MPACT Immedia is a licensed user.
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