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Subject: Vordel's TalkXML V2.3 is awarded Entrust-Ready designation
Vordel’s TalkXML V2.3 is awarded Entrust-Ready™ designation Dublin, Ireland – 5 March, 2001 – Vordel, a leading provider of solutions for secure eBusiness communications, today announced that Vordel’s product suite, TalkXML V2.3 has earned Entrust-Ready™ status from Entrust Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: ENTU), the leading global provider of Trust Relationship Management e-business solutions. Corporations using the Entrust/PKI™ solution will now be able to use the TalkXML secure communication solution, to extend and simplify electronic business interaction with partners, suppliers and end-customers within their specific business or enterprise network. The need for secured Internet commerce is driving strong growth in the security services market, which is expected to grow from US$5.5 billion in 1999 to over $17 billion by 2004, according to a recent report by IDC. Speaking at the announcement, David Ryan, CEO of Vordel, said: “The attainment of technical interoperability between Vordel and Entrust Technologies’ solutions is another example of our commitment to deliver to our customers on the value of interoperability with global leaders in the electronic security field. This development with Entrust Technologies enables Vordel to offer an extensible, secured eBusiness communication solution to enable authenticated eCommerce transactions and data transfer in a wide range of industry sectors.” “We are pleased that Vordel’s TalkXML product has been awarded Entrust-Ready status, and we are committed to working with organizations to develop products that leverage the Entrust/PKI solution in new ways,” said Paul Doscher, executive vice president, marketing and business development, Entrust Technologies. “This technical integration between Vordel and Entrust® products will provide our joint customers with a true end-to-end security solution for important e-business transactions. The Entrust/PKI solution provides the security infrastructure for the use of digital signatures and encryption, while TalkXML provides the cohesive technology to enable secure inter-enterprise electronic communications.” Commenting on the announcement, Mark O’Neill Chief Technical Officer of Vordel said; “Our commitment to using open standards ensures that this latest version of TalkXML interoperating with Entrust/PKI software will make it easier for customers to integrate secured communication solutions into their IT networks. Enterprises using Entrust/PKI software will now have the option of conducting secured transactions involving exchanges of their sensitive commercial and technical documents." Other Entrust Technologies and Vordel partners commenting on the announcement include Datakey and Gemplus, a leading provider of token-based solutions for PKI and Gemplus the world's leading provider of plastic and smart card-based solutions. Andrew Leigh, Head of e-Business UK and Ireland at Gemplus, (Nasdaq: GEMP) praised the attainment of interoperability with the Entrust PKI. “Gemplus’s GemSAFE for ENTRUST product provides strong security for Entrust/PKI users by storing the Entrust/PKI keys and associated digital certificates into the tamper resistant smart card chip. Interoperating with TalkXML allows our customers use Vordel’s application for cohesive communication between enterprises and access it securely using Gemplus’ range of solutions for PC and mobile devices.” Colleen Kulhanek, VP of Marketing at Datakey, Inc. (Nasdaq: DKEY), said: “Datakey smart cards already play an important role in many environments using the Entrust/PKI software by offering portable, two-factor security for Entrust digital credentials. Because Datakey smart cards also seamlessly interoperate with Vordel’s TalkXML, Entrust customers who deploy TalkXML now can use their Datakey smart cards to digitally sign and encrypt TalkXML Internet forms. This seamless interoperability between Vordel, Entrust Technologies and Datakey technology simplifies deployment time while also ensuring the most secure and convenient eBusiness infrastructure for our joint customers.” About Entrust Technologies Entrust Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: ENTU) and its subsidiaries are leading global providers of Trust Relationship ManagementÔ software, solutions and services that enable organizations to optimize their business relationships by providing the confidence and convenience to exchange information and conduct transactions via the Internet. Today, companies and government agencies in more than 40 countries rely on the end-to-end Entrust Trust Relationship Management portfolio, which is based on the company’s award-winning public key infrastructure (PKI) and privilege management technology. Through Entrust Trust Relationship Management e-business solutions, organizations worldwide are able to extend innovative and highly efficient services to millions of customers, partners and suppliers—via conventional computers and networks, wireless devices and other Internet appliances. For more information, please visit www.entrust.com. About Vordel Vordel is a leading provider of solutions for secure eBusiness communications. Vordel's product suite, TalkXML, delivers a powerful set of applications that enable an enterprise to easily establish secure web-based business transaction channels. The most significant issue for companies striving to build an eBusiness capability is that of legacy and the integration of disparate systems. Vordel offers XML-based products that will easily interface with existing systems and deliver and receive secure, authentic data to any digital channel. Vordel offers cohesion technologies and services or "the glue" to link existing systems and people to new digital business channels. Vordel's products and solutions are designed to assist companies in extracting additional value from their IT infrastructure and to easily extend their business over internal and external networks. Vordel is the cohesion partner to enable existing IT systems communicate in order to capture the opportunity for secure electronic business. Vordel is headquartered in Dublin, with sales offices in the USA and UK; currently employs 40 people and has partners in Ireland, UK, Switzerland and the US. For additional company information please visit: www.vordel.com Entrust is a registered trademark of Entrust Technologies Inc. in the United States and other countries. In Canada, Entrust is a registered trademark of Entrust Technologies Limited. All Entrust product names are trademarks of Entrust Technologies. All other company and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Vordel Press Contact: Hugh Carroll +353 1 215 3333 info@vordel.com
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