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Rainbow and Kyberpass Team to Expand European e-Security Marketplace
Kyberpass and Rainbow Enhance their e-Security
Solutions by Offering Shared Technology and Marketing Activities
CHERTSEY, Surrey, and OTTAWA Ú April
23, 2001 - Rainbow Technologies (NASDAQ: RNBO)
a leading provider of high-performance security solutions for the
Internet and e-commerce, and Kyberpass Corporation, a leading provider
of e-security software for trusted e-business, today announced a
strategic teaming agreement designed to increase one another«s presence
in the European e-security marketplace.
The partnership allows both companies to combine unique and complementary
qualifications that elevate the level of their professional services
to a more competitive solution. The teaming agreement applies to
the European e-security marketplace with Kyberpass supplying e-security
software products and Rainbow supplying smart card and hardware
cryptographic modules. In addition, the agreement outlines provisions
for joint-sales initiatives, strengthening each company«s marketing
position.
"I am excited about the potential of our partnership with Rainbow
Technologies. The synergies between our two organizations exist
on many levels and this agreement provides a strong framework to
exploit those synergies to our mutual advantage," said David
Lynch, European managing director of Kyberpass Corporation.
The potential behind the combined resources will be demonstrated
at Infosecurity Europe 2001 trade show, April 24-26, 2001 in London.
Together, Kyberpass and Rainbow will demonstrate PKI-enabling of
Rainbow«s iKey USB-based cryptographic token using Kyberpass PKI-enabling
security middleware.
—Our partnership with Kyberpass is very exciting. It brings together
ease of access and administration with strong authentication, which
are the essential elements of successful security for e-business,''
said Graham Peat, European marketing manager for Rainbow Technologies.
—We are very pleased to be working with Kyberpass to accelerate
the adoption of our iKey2000 products for PKI solutions throughout
Europe.''
About Rainbow Technologies
Founded in 1984, Rainbow Technologies is a leading provider of security
solutions for the Internet and e-Commerce. Rainbow applies its core
technology to a variety of Internet applications from securing software,
to the acceleration of secure communication for e-Commerce and Virtual
Private Networks (VPNs). Rainbow's products include secure Web server
and VPN acceleration boards; anti-piracy and Internet software distribution
solutions; PKI-based security solutions; voice, data and satellite
security systems; smart cards and USB-based authentication tokens.
The company is headquartered in Irvine, California, and maintains
offices throughout the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany,
Australia, China, India, The Netherlands, Brazil and Taiwan. A network
of nearly 80 authorized distributors sells Rainbow products worldwide.
For more information, visit our Web sites at www.rainbow.com,
www.rainbow.fr
or www.rainbow.de.
About Kyberpass Corporation
Kyberpass delivers a new generation of e-security TrustPlatforms
for Identrus, B2B exchanges and e-government. With millions of licensed
users around the world, Kyberpass' award-winning security solutions
seamlessly allows any application to take advantage of the full
power of any Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), while automatically
implementing customers' unique security policies and dramatically
simplifying administration. Kyberpass enables the implementation
of a total security solution in a matter of days, rather than months
or years. Kyberpass supports all major PKIs and provides the most
flexible e-security infrastructure available on the market today.
For more information, visit www.kyberpass.com.
Kyberpass Media Contacts:
Maggie O«Lett
High Road Communications
(613) 236-0909
MOlett@HighRoad.com
Robert Lendvai
Kyberpass Corporation
(613) 727-6556 x303
rlendvai@kyberpass.com
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