A.E.T. Europe Announces Global Alliance With Entrust to Extend Secure Business Solutions
A.E.T. Europe Joins Entrust TrustedPartner Program
29 Mar 2004
Arnhem, the Netherlands - A.E.T. Europe B.V. announced today 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, A.E.T. Europe B.V. 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.
"A.E.T. Europe is very pleased to announce this partnership with Entrust," said Reinoud Weijman, Managing Director of A.E.T. Europe. "By joining the Entrust TrustedPartner Program, we are formalizing our existing good relationship and opening up new and exciting possibilities for both companies. There is a strong and growing demand for SafeSign, A.E.T. Europe's middleware product, combined with Entrust's leading security solutions. Once combined, deploying hardware tokens can be even simpler and easier - two factors that are imperative for a successful roll-out. Joint initiatives of this kind indicate a strong demand for vendor-neutral smart card solutions that are scalable across an entire organization's user base, resulting in a high ROI for the customer, achieved in a relatively short amount of time."
"Entrust and A.E.T. Europe understand the strategic importance and business value brought forth through global partnerships," said Eric Skinner, vice-president, Data Solutions Marketing, Entrust, Inc. "With the addition of A.E.T. Europe to the Entrust Trusted Partner Program, we continue to meet today's business imperatives and extend secure enterprise solutions with unparalleled applications and services."
About A.E.T. Europe B.V.
Advanced Encryption Technology Europe B.V. (AET) is the world's technology leader for developing middleware (SafeSign) integrating digital signature smart cards, SIM cards and USB tokens from multiple vendors into applications. AET's middleware technology is used by OEM partners such as Giesecke & Devrient (StarSign Token), NEC (SafeSign Biometric Solution) and Rainbow Technologies (iKey 3000). Other areas of expertise include Digital ID management systems (BlueX) for issuing, personalizing and managing Digital ID smart cards, USB tokens or SIM cards. For more information please visit www.aeteurope.com, www.safesign.com or www.bluex.com.