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To: WEBNATURAL who wrote (918)	5/4/1999 11:10:00 AM
From: leigh aulper	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1242

Looks like they found a deal Equifax Secure E-Commerce Partners Program; Signs Top Internet Security Solution Providers New Members Ready for Expanding Availability Of Next-Generation E-Commerce Solutions ATLANTA, May 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Equifax Secure Inc., the e-commerce solutions division of Equifax Inc. (NYSE: EFX), today announced that six new Internet security solution providers will join the Equifax Secure E-Commerce Partners Program to help enterprises move trusted commerce applications to the Internet and other networks. Diversinet, Entegrity, Information Builders, Worldtalk, New Media Productions and Structured Arts have joined a growing list of technology partners working with Equifax Secure to accelerate the use and acceptance of the Internet for e-commerce. The Equifax Secure E-Commerce Partners Program provides a single, comprehensive resource for next-generation solutions to facilitate highly secure, private e-commerce over the Internet and other networks. Equifax Secure partners support a variety of applications, including secure electronic mail, secure forms, electronic data interchange (EDI), virtual private networks (VPNs), supply chain management, credit/smart card processing/applications, Internet banking, and remote secure access, single sign-on and exchange of authorizations. "The Equifax Secure E-Commerce Partners Program is important to bringing security, privacy and trust to the Internet through multiple distribution channels," said Vijay Balakrishnan, vice president of marketing for Equifax Secure. "These new partners help continue the momentum to expanding the availability of our solutions that enable enterprises to authenticate consumer identity, protect commerce applications and issue and manage digital certificates. Existing members of the Equifax Secure E-Commerce Partners Program include the following companies: * Altiga Networks * Aventail * TimeStep * V-ONE Corporations * Internet Security Systems (ISS) * Fusive.com (formerly Internet Communications Network) * Tri-Sage, Inc. * PriceWaterhouseCoopers In addition, Equifax Secure and IBM formed a strategic alliance in June 1998 that utilizes IBM's Vault Registry technology to issue and manage digital certificates and directory services. Equifax Secure offers a range of e-commerce services to provide a cost- effective, automated process to authenticate an individual's identity before issuing a certificate; a seamless certificate issuance process; and robust and scalable repositories to manage the life-cycle of large numbers of certificates. The e-commerce solutions support multiple e-commerce applications, including, but not limited to: Consumer Direct: Bill Presentment and Payment and Online Customer Service; Home Banking; and Medical Records Access Control; Intra-Enterprise: Single Sign-On, Employee Benefits Management and Secure Document Exchange; and Business to Business: Purchasing, Procurement and Supply Chain integration. Equifax Secure Inc. provides next-generation e-commerce solutions that enable enterprises to authenticate consumer identity, secure business applications and manage digital certificates for highly secure, private e- commerce over the Internet and other networks. Equifax Secure e-commerce solutions significantly reduce the risk, cost and complexity of assuring the privacy and security of electronic transactions and are available for companies across a wide range of industries. Equifax (www.equifax.com ), a worldwide leader in shaping global commerce, brings buyers and sellers together through its information management, transaction processing and knowledge-based businesses. Atlanta-based Equifax serves the financial services, retail, credit card, telecommunications/utilities, transportation, information technology and healthcare industries and government. Equifax adds knowledge, expertise, convenience and security to provide value-added solutions and processes for its customers wherever they do business, including the Internet and other networks. Entering its second century in business, Equifax employs about 13,000 associates in 18 countries with sales in nearly 50 and has nearly $1.7 billion in revenue.