Labcal Technologies Announces Global Alliance With Entrust to Extend Security Solutions to Enterprises, Financial Institutions and Governments
Labcal Joins Entrust TrustedPartner Program as a Technology Partner
24 Mar 2004
Quebec City, Quebec - Labcal Technologies Inc., a corporation specializing in identification and authentication solutions based on biometrics (fingerprints), smart card technology and public key cryptography, today announced a collaborative relationship with Entrust, Inc. [NASDAQ: ENTU], a world leader in securing digital identities and information, by joining the Entrust TrustedPartner Program as a Technology Partner.
As a Technology Partner, Labcal Technologies is taking a vital step in order for selected products and solutions to achieve Entrust Ready™ status. The Entrust Ready designation is awarded by Entrust and refers to products and services that have been reviewed for compatibility and interoperability with Entrust products. Under the TrustedPartner agreement, Entrust will make available its software as well as provide integration guidance in order to help a Technology Partner's offering fulfill the Entrust Ready requirements.
"Labcal recognizes Entrust's leadership in the digital identities and information security industry and we are convinced that our partnership will add significant value to our authentication solutions," said Hugues Gervais, vice-president, Business Development, Labcal. "This partnership with Entrust shows the ways in which Labcal is continuously improving its solutions to follow and anticipate customers' needs."
"The Entrust TrustedPartners Program reflects the need to engage global market opportunities through alliances that leverage leading solutions and services to provide extended value for potential and existing customers," said Eric Skinner, vice president, Secure Data Solutions, Entrust, Inc. "We look forward to further developing this relationship with Labcal to provide industry leading Internet security solutions to enterprises, financial institutions and governments."
About Labcal Technologies, Inc.
Founded in 1995, Labcal Technologies Inc. develops and markets authentication solutions based on biometric, smart card and PKI technologies. With one of the industry's most comprehensive portfolios of readers and software, Labcal offers trusted and highly secure digital identity systems for a wide range of applications, such as: physical access control, logical access control, military ID and national ID cards. Labcal also provides the market with a complete integrated authentication solution that supports physical and logical access control as well as remote authentication. Supported by an experienced R&D and professional services team, Labcal offers a full range of core and vertical-specific solutions to market demands for any of the following: airport, seaport, oil refinery, health care, civil ID, government, and Fortune 1000 Enterprises. For further information please visit www.labcal.com
About the Entrust Secure Data Solution
Entrust Secure Data provides comprehensive protection of corporate information, reducing the risk of disclosure, loss, or corruption, regardless of where it is stored or how it is transmitted, and without changing the way users work.