Aladdin Knowledge System's eToken Wins The 1999 European IST Award; Chosen as One of the Best European IT Innovations for 1999.TEL AVIV, IL.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 7, 1999-- Aladdin Knowledge Systems Aladdin Knowledge Systems NASDAQ: ALDN is a company that provides solutions for software digital rights management and Internet security since 1985. Its corporate headquarters are located in Tel Aviv, Israel. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : ALDN), a global leader in the field of Internet content and software security, today announced that its innovative personal security token for e-commerce, eToken, has won the prestigious European IST Award for best European innovative products in 1999. The awards are given for outstanding contributions to generating and converting innovative ideas and R&D results into marketable products. The IST award, being given for the fifth year, is the prime award in the European Union for ground-breaking products in the world of information technology. The European IST Award, a E725,000 award, is organized jointly by the IST program of the European Commission, DG XIII, and Euro-CASE, the European Council of Applied Sciences and Engineering The European Council of Applied Sciences and Engineering (Euro-CASE) is a European non-profit organization, which groups 19-20 European national academies of Engineering, Applied Sciences and Technology. . The award winners were selected among 261 entries from 27 European countries and Israel. Winners of the award in recent years include the ID2's Certificate Manager, Nokia's (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : NOK NOK In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Norwegian Krone. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. ) 9000 Communicator, the Data Fellows F-Secure, Omnigo 700 by Hewlett Packard (NYSE: HWP HWP Height (and) Weight Proportionate HWP Half-Wave Plate HWP Highway Patrol HWP Height Weight Proportional HWP Hewlett-Packard Corporation (stock symbol) HWP Hydrolyzed Whey Peptides ), and UniCert by Baltimore Technologies (London: BTL). eToken is a revolutionary new product that offers all the functionality of a smart card without requiring any additional reading equipment in the PC. When inserted into a USB port, eToken can perform authentication and digital signature, and provide a highly secure and portable storage of passwords, digital certificates and key pairs. eToken brings the capabilities of high-security messaging and secure e-commerce to every PC containing a USB port. Aladdin is one of 25 winners that were given a <128>5,000 prize among 261 entries from 27 European countries and Israel. Among the 25 finalists, three will be selected as Grand Prizes winners during a special Awards Ceremony in Helsinki on 23 November 1999 at the Information Society Technologies Conference (IST 99) and presented by Mr. Romano Prodi, President of the European Commission The President of the European Commission is the head of the executive body of the European Union. The President leads a college of 27 Commissioners, one from each Union member-state, who hold specific portfolios. . About Aladdin Aladdin (NASDAQ/NMS: ALDN) is a global leader in securing digital content, from applications software to Internet use and access. Aladdin's products include HASP (Houston Automatic Spooling Program) A mainframe spooling program that provides task, job and data management functions. HASP - Houston Automatic Spooling Program and Hardlock, software security systems that protect the revenues of developers and publishers; Privilege, a software licensing platform for the Internet; the eSafe line of anti-vandal, anti-virus and content filtering software for PCs and networks connected to the Internet; and eToken for Internet security and authentication. Aladdin serves its customers through eight offices located in the world's major software markets as well as a network of 50 distributors serving more than 100 countries. For more information, visit the Aladdin web site at www.aks.com All trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective holders. |
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