Entrust Solutions Selected by Leading Service Provider for Managed Security Services in Canada
20 May 2004
DALLAS and OTTAWA - Entrust, Inc. [NASDAQ: ENTU], a world-leading provider of identity and access management solutions, and Bell Canada, Canada's leading telecommunications company, announced today their intention to team to offer a comprehensive suite of secure identity and access management services that will enable Enterprise customers to reap the full benefits of an integrated, end-to-end security solution offering.
Under the strategic agreement between Bell Canada and Entrust signed in the first calendar quarter, Bell Canada is planning to commence offering a managed authentication/authorization service enabling solutions such as secure messaging, security for web portals, identity and access management and secure wireless services, based on and using Entrust's products licensed to Bell Canada.
"The new service is designed to expand the reach of Entrust's industry-leading technology by delivering it to an even broader base of Enterprise customers who prefer to contract the management of their security framework to a trusted third party provider," said Bill Conner, chairman and CEO, Entrust, Inc. "We are extremely pleased to be able to extend the proven capabilities of our identity and access management solutions to more leading Canadian organizations through Bell Canada's new service."
"This strategic agreement reaffirms our commitment to integrate security solutions and simplify the customer experience on our IP networks," said Charles Salameh, vice president, Emerging Solutions, Bell Canada, Enterprise Group. "The agreement expands the longstanding business relationship between Entrust and Bell Canada, and is another example of Bell Canada providing its Enterprise customers with value added solutions with tangible benefits."
Entrust currently has more than 100 customers in Canada including the Government of Canada, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Royal Bank of Canada, Scotiabank and the Province of Ontario.
Entrust identity and access management software solutions secure digital identities and employee, client or partner access to information. By securing digital identities and information, Entrust solutions make it possible for organizations to securely extend new online services and access to customers, partners and employees, while improving regulatory compliance and demands for stronger internal governance controls and information privacy.
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