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To: Wes Stevens who wrote (81619)	7/2/1999 12:22:00 PM
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Another Online Postage Play A La STMP? CYLK 3s Stamps.com STMP, the first online postage stamp company to come public is finding its legs trading +9 as high as 31. A couple articles from Red Herring last year give a fuller picture of STMP, the burgeoning landscape of online postage and a possible small cap partner ( that has already announced a deal with the US Postal Service to use its PKI encrytion for all online postage systems) From December ' 98- POSTAGE PARTNERSHIP PUSHES THE ENVELOPE "It's a space that I think is going to be huge," says Internet analyst Keith Benjamin of BancBoston Robertson Stephens. "Although there have been other companies out there trying to do this, Stamps.com is the first one to figure out how to download [postage] without any hardware, and that could give them a big first-mover advantage." "Stamps.com has developed technology that allows users to download postage through the Internet and print it directly on an envelope, without having to spend a dime on additional hardware or PC gadgets. This isn't your grandfather's post office," says John Payne, Stamps.com president and CEO. " redherring.com And from Red Herring August 98-A SMALL-CAP STOCK GOES POSTAL "Cylink (CYLK), a network security company, cylink.com announced this week that the U.S. Postal Service will use its digital encryption technology as the foundation for its Information-Based Indicia Program (IBIP). IBIP will allow snail-mail customers to download postage through the Internet by printing a two-dimensional bar code on their piece of mail. Cylink's public-key infrastructure (PKI) will undergird the identity and security of users. According to the U.S. Postal Service, about 37 percent of all mail is posted through metering devices, representing $21 billion in revenue for the post office. However, the Postal Service also estimates that its annual losses due to counterfeiting and tampering with postage metering devices exceeds $100 million, based on cases that it investigates and prosecutes. "The Postal Service PKI demonstrates Cylink's ability to develop and deliver solutions capable of managing the certificate transaction needs of the world's largest businesses and organizations," said John Kalb, vice president of business development for Cylink. "It's clear that public-key technologies such as this will facilitate the growth of electronic commerce." redherring.com zdnet.com STMP trading +9 near 31 CYLK near 4