Jan 22, 2001

Compaq to Run Entrust/PKI? on its Tru64 UNIX Platform for Large Enterprises to Enable Trusted, Global-Scale E-Business Transactions

22 Jan 2001

San Diego, CA - Entrust SecureSummit? 2001 - Entrust Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: ENTU), a global leader in solutions that bring trust to e-business, today announced that Compaq Computer Corporation has selected Entrust as its premier provider of public-key infrastructure (PKI) technology for eCommerce on the Compaq Tru64 UNIX operating system, ensuring the privacy and integrity of online interactions. In addition, as one of Entrust's largest PKI customers, Compaq is deploying Tru64 UNIX Enterprise Directory for use with Entrust/PKI? software for worldwide employee authentication and encryption services.

As part of the agreement, Entrust Technologies and Compaq will port the award-winning Entrust/PKI software and developers' toolkits to Compaq's high-performance, Tru64 UNIX operating system running on Alpha systems. With Entrust/PKI running on Compaq Tru64 UNIX Alpha systems, companies will have the highly robust, scalable platform they need to deliver securee-business interactions quickly, on a global scale, to millions of users.

"Compaq's Tru64 UNIX running on Alpha systems sets an industry standard for companies requiring the fastest and most scalable enterprise computing platforms, and in Entrust/PKI, we found an e-business solution with the proven performance and scalability to take full advantage of our system," said John O'Keefe, Vice President of Compaq's BCSG Solutions Group. "Together, Entrust/PKI software and developers' toolkits will meet our customers' demands to get up and running quickly with a secure e-business solution that can grow with their business."

Entrust also announced that it maintains a global agreement with Compaq to jointly market their integrated solutions to companies and government agencies in more than 40 countries around the world. Compaq, a Strategic Member of the Entrust Alliance Framework, will distribute Entrust/PKI software and toolkits to its customers as well as help these businesses to implement Entrust solutions on their Tru64 UNIX platform through its Global Services Unit. In addition, Entrust and Compaq provide customers with Compaq Proliant and Entrust PKI solutions, and Compaq is part of Entrust's Consultant System Integrator (CSI) program.

"The global expansion of today's competitive e-business environment mandates a strong, trusted infrastructure for large enterprises," said John Ryan, president and CEO of Entrust Technologies. "Together we're working with Compaq to deliver on this mandate through our proven PKI software and Compaq's Tru64 UNIX Alpha platform featuring fast 64-bit performance and one of the world's most reliable UNIX environments. Now organizations will have a fast, robust, secure infrastructure that delivers the convenience and confidence to conduct e-business on a global scale."

Entrust/PKI and Toolkits for Developers
Entrust/Authority software, the core component of Entrust/PKI, will provide Compaq Tru64 UNIX customers with a highly trusted infrastructure for issuing and managing digital certificates, which enable transactions to be conducted securely. Acting like a digital 'passport' that strongly binds transacting parties to a transaction before, during and after it occurs, Entrust digital certificates are a mechanism for organizations to easily secure transactions. Entrust/PKI also enables the use of authorized digital signatures for online communications and transactions.

Entrust's family of toolkits will give software developers using the Tru64 UNIX Alpha platform an easy-to-use set of application programming interfaces (APIs) to easily build new e-business applications with flexible, modular security services for encryption and decryption, as well as digital signature usage and verification. Developers can also integrate these functions into existing applications. Because these applications work with multiple PKI solutions, including Entrust/Authority, organizations have a complete solution for secure B2B, B2C and enterprise interactions.

Entrust Solution Availability for Compaq Tru64 UNIX
Compaq plans to port five toolkits to the Compaq Tru64 UNIX Alpha platform. Four toolkits: Entrust/IPSec, Entrust/File, Entrust/Session and Entrust/Java, have a Q1 2001 target release date. A fifth, the Entrust/RA toolkit, is targeted to be available in Q2 2001. Entrust/PKI for Compaq Tru64 UNIX is scheduled to be available in Q3 2001.