calypso: Here is the next one--Gemplus. Looks like leadership in Smart cards as well. All of these are good for CIC.
p.s. I notice that JAWZ is having quite a day-- just bought a big Toronto based consulting/implimentation house and paid in share dilution. They are now down 1/16 of a US dollar. I believe BALT is up 7 US dollars at the moment. Wish I had some of that JAWZ--- sorry , couldn't help that.
Regards Tom D.
Tuesday November 2, 8:46 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
Gemplus Partners With Baltimore Technologies To Provide Portable Security For E-Business
Baltimore Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) technology now supports Gemplus smartcards
DUBLIN, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 2, 1999-- Baltimore Technologies (Nasdaq:BALT - news; London:BLM) a global leader in e-commerce and enterprise security and Gemplus, the world's leading provider of smartcard solutions, today announced the enhanced integration of their products and a sales and marketing agreement. This agreement will benefit customers of both Baltimore and Gemplus who wish to deploy smartcard based PKI systems.
Baltimore has incorporated Gemplus GemSAFE(TM) smartcards into its PKI solutions portfolio offering customers the choice of using this integrated technology for added security and manageability in a variety of e-commerce applications. Baltimore products such as UniCERT, MailSecure and PKI-Plus will support Gemplus GemSAFE smartcards in future versions. Immediately, customers can use UniCERT digital certificates on GemSAFE smartcards with a variety of e-business applications to provide enhanced security and portability for e-business security.
KMD, who provide a Certificate Authority Service in Denmark, is already using the integrated solution to facilitate the adoption of the Internet for business.
``We were conscious of the importance of interoperability in choosing our PKI technology, in particular the ability to interface seamlessly with smartcards. We recognized that both Baltimore and Gemplus were leaders in their respective fields and the fact that that they had already completed integration work as part of Baltimore PKIWorld resulted in the easy establishment of our CA services,' said Finn Grimstad, Vice-President for Technical Development, KMD.
``Smart cards provide a secure, portable means for using PKI technology and digital certificates and are rapidly becoming part of everyday life,' stated Paddy Holahan, Executive Vice President of Marketing from Baltimore Technologies. ``Smartcards not only provide enhanced security, but their ease of use offers a convenient, user friendly means for portable user authentication. The integration of GemSAFE technology with UniCERT Certificate Authority system will facilitate the widespread deployment of smartcard based PKI systems for both e-commerce and enterprise applications.'
Gemplus and Baltimore are also working together on the integration of GemSAFE Manager with Baltimore UniCERT Certificate Authority system. GemSAFE Manager is part of GemSAFE Enterprise, Gemplus smartcard-based network security solution. This component is a server based system for managing and administering the entire lifecycle of GemSAFE smartcards. The integration of this system with UniCERT's flexible Registration Authority (RA) will enable bulk personalization, corporate branding and management of the smartcard and the associated cryptographic keys and digital certificates it contains.
``In the fast growing age of digital business, PKI technology has become the de-facto standard to secure open networks. Smartcards increase the performance of any PKI implementation by providing corporations with enhanced security, portability and an easy-to-use solution. The alliance between Baltimore, one of the leading provider of PKI technology, and Gemplus, the leader of smartcard-based solutions, provides our customers with one of the best security solutions available on the market today' commented Olivier Chavrier, EMEA IT marketing Manager at Gemplus.
Baltimore UniCERT is used in Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) systems to provide full-strength security for a wide variety of e-Commerce and Enterprise security systems. Using digital certificates, UniCERT provides authentication and non-repudiation facilities for services such as Secure Email, Internet Shopping, Secure Web Banking, Online Trading and Virtual Private Networks.
Gemplus GemSAFE Enterprise provides corporations with an integrated security solution including all the hardware and software necessary to enhance an existing PKI, from the development tools and end-user component, to the management and administration system. In addition to integration into an existing PKI, GemSAFE Enterprise can potentially be incorporated into other IT security applications including firewalls and VPNs. GemSAFE technology has already been adopted by more than 15 solutions providers and by large OEMs such as Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, IBM.
About Gemplus
Gemplus S.C.A. (www.gemplus.com) is the world's leading provider of plastic and smart card-based solutions (by units sold, source: Dataquest 1998). Gemplus sells magnetic stripe cards, memory and microprocessor-based smart cards, smart contactless cards, electronic tags and smart objects. The company designs and markets software, development tools and readers. Gemplus also provides consulting, training and personalization services to deliver the industry's most comprehensive and flexible card-based solutions to its developers, distributors, partners, and customers.
With sales of over $US648 million in 1998, Gemplus employs more than 4,300 people in 10 manufacturing facilities, 5 R&D centers and 41 sales and marketing offices located in 27 countries around the world. Founded in 1988, Gemplus has successfully implemented portable and secure smart card-based solutions to simplify applications such as public and wireless communications, financial transactions, loyalty, transportation, education, healthcare, identity, physical access control, pay TV, electronic commerce, Internet security, logical access control and information technology.
About Baltimore Technologies
Baltimore Technologies develops and markets security products and services to enable companies to develop trusted, secure systems for e-business, e-commerce and the Internet. Its products include a wide range of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) systems, cryptographic toolkits, security applications and hardware cryptographic devices. Baltimore's global professional services organization offers a wide variety of consulting, training and deployment support to its customers worldwide. Baltimore Technologies markets and sells its solutions worldwide directly and through the TrustedWorld(TM) channel program. TrustedWorld includes many of the world's leading technology companies and a wide variety of global, regional and local business alliance partners.
Baltimore Technologies employs over 450 people worldwide and operates from over 20 cities with headquarters in Dublin, Ireland; London, UK; Boston, USA and Sydney, Australia. Baltimore Technologies plc is a public company with dual listings on NASDAQ (BALT) and the London Stock Exchange (BLM). Intel Corporation is a minority shareholder in the Company. Baltimore Technologies made e-commerce history in 1998 when President Clinton and Ireland's Prime Minister Ahern digitally signed an inter-governmental communique using security technology provided by Baltimore.
For further information and press releases on Baltimore Technologies, please visit baltimore.com
About Global e-Security '99
Global e-Security '99, the inaugural Baltimore Technologies Annual Convention, is taking place this year in Dublin, Ireland from 1st to 3rd November. Sponsored by Cisco Systems, Gemplus, ISOCOR, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Sun Microsystems Global e-Security '99 is designed to educate delegates on all aspects of security for e-business.
The convention is organized along three main tracks featuring over 70 speakers from around the world:- Enterprise Track; Developers Track; Digital Certificate Service Providers Track. Over 30 world leading vendors will demonstrate the very latest in PKI solutions and services in the ``e-Security Village'.
View the Global e-Security '99 webcast at e-security99.baltimore.com
Register now for Global e-Security 2000 at e-security2000.baltimore.com
Note to Editors: E-Security, Baltimore, TrustedWorld, PKIWorld and Baltimore product names including UniCERT, MailSecure, PKI-Plus and J/CRYPTO are all trademarks of Baltimore Technologies plc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Gemplus is a registered trademark and GemSAFE is a trademark of Gemplus. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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Contact:
Baltimore Technologies (Ireland)
Carol Clavin, +353 1 605 4357
cclavin@baltimore.com
or
Baltimore Technologies (Australia)
Antonella Giardino, +612 9409 0300
agiardino@baltimore.com
or
Baltimore Technologies (U.S.)
Tracy Ross, 650/372-5288
tross@baltimore.com
or
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Matt Warder, (0181)242-4159
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