3GI Sells Government Services Division.Business Editors/High Tech Writers SPRINGFIELD, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 10, 2000 3-G International, Inc. (3GI), a leading smart card technology company, announces the sale of its smart card government services division to MAXIMUS, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) An enhanced transmission service that enables graphics, video clips and sound files to be transmitted via cellphones. Developed as part of the 3GPP project, MMS phones are generally backward compatible with SMS and EMS. ). The sale of 3GI's government services division is a culmination of the company's evolution from an integration services company to a technology and products company. "This move will give 3GI the focus and additional capital necessary to be successful in the markets where we see particularly strong growth opportunities and demand for our technologies, namely in the areas of internet security ''This article or section is being rewritten at Internet security is the process of protecting data and privacy of devices connected to internet from information robbery, hacking, malware infection and unwanted software. , authentication (1) Verifying the integrity of a transmitted message. See message integrity, e-mail authentication and MAC. (2) Verifying the identity of a user logging into a network. , and electronic commerce," said Thomas (language) Thomas - A language compatible with the language Dylan(TM). Thomas is NOT Dylan(TM). The first public release of a translator to Scheme by Matt Birkholz, Jim Miller, and Ron Weiss, written at Digital Equipment Corporation's Cambridge Research Laboratory runs L. Gregg, President of 3GI. "The speed at which 3GI approaches these markets will now increase dramatically," continued Gregg. 3GI will continue to work closely with MAXIMUS to ensure their government customers have continued access to leading edge smart card products, and MAXIMUS will assist 3GI with future smart card services The software support for PC Cards. PC Card applications talk to Card Services. See PC Card. requirements. MAXIMUS is one of America's largest government services companies in state and local government, with over 3,700 employees located in more than 130 offices across the U.S. 3GI believes the MAXIMUS smart card government services division will continue to be an important channel for its smart card products. Industry analysts predict that network security, authentication, and electronic commerce will be the highest growth areas for smart card technologies in the next several years. 3GI provides a full range of Internet security and authentication products under its Passage(TM) brand. 3-G International, Inc. is a leading smart card technology company that develops and sells smart card technology products for Internet and network security, authentication, and electronic commerce. 3GI was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Springfield, Virginia Springfield is an unincorporated community in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States and is a suburb of Washington, DC. Within Springfield are three census-designated places (CDPs): Springfield CDP, West Springfield CDP, and North Springfield CDP (plus a substantial portion of . 3GI was recently recognized for the second year as one of the fastest growing privately held U.S. companies in the Inc. 500 survey. 3GI can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.3gi.com . |
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