Alternative Technology Signs Distribution Agreement With Leading Smart Card Manufacturer, Gemplus;Identity Management Solutions address compliance needs of vertical markets.ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Alternative Technology, a specialty distributor based in Englewood, Colo., today announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with Gemplus Corp., the world's leading provider of smart card solutions. Alternative Technology will distribute Gemplus's "SafesITe" product line to its network of resellers in the USA and Canada. Alternative Technology and Gemplus will focus on North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. enterprises requiring identity management (strong authentication) solutions to meet regulatory compliance. These companies are concentrated in the Health Care, Financial and Insurance markets. As Federal Homeland Security Noun 1. Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Department of Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States mandates filter down to the State and Local Government level, a second priority will develop as the growing demand for secure identification spreads across North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . "The decision to distribute Gemplus's SafesITe product suite strategically allows Alternative Technology to help our resellers provide smart card-based authentication and identification solutions to their customers", said Alternative Technology's Vice President of Business Development, John Stubbs
He was born in Norfolk, and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. . "The SafesITe product suites specifically address the strong authentication and identification requirements of the U.S. Federal government mandate (HSPD-12) and its accompanying standards (FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards) A series of publications issed by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) that specifies information security guidelines for federal government departments and agencies. 201). By offering Gemplus solutions to our resellers, Alternative Technology continues to differentiate ourselves from other distributors and enhance our overall value proposition to our reseller community." The SafesITe products and solutions from Gemplus have already been delivered to several U.S. Federal agencies and Fortune 500 companies. About Alternative Technology Alternative Technology is the leading specialty distributor for Value Added Resellers who need products and services targeted at Thin-client/Server-based Computing, Edge Infrastructure, Security and Wireless markets. Driving the widespread adoption of leading edge technologies by bridging the gaps between products and services to solve critical business problems, Alternative identifies business issues that are key to our markets and offer multi-vendor solutions that drive demand back through our reseller partners. Alternative Technology, headquartered in Englewood, Colorado Englewood is a city in Arapahoe County, Colorado, USA. As of 2005, the city is estimated to have a total population of 32,350.[5] It is part of the Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Area. , has offices in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Carlsbad, California Carlsbad is a coastal resort-town in northern San Diego County, California. According to the state Department of Finance, the city had a total population of 90,271 in 2003. , and Mississauga, Canada. For more information, go to: www.AltTech.com, e-mail: sales@AltTech.com or call toll-free: 800-544-7674 (USA), or 866-240-9991 (Canada). About Gemplus Gemplus International Acquired by the Texas Pacific Group in 2000, Luxemburg-based Gemplus International SA was a leading provider of smart cards and related technologies, until its June 2, 2006 merger with rival Axalto; the combined entity is known as Gemalto. S.A. (Euronext:LU0121706294 - GEM) and (Nasdaq:GEMP) is the world's leading player in the smart card industry in both revenue and total shipments (source: Gartner-Dataquest 2005, Frost & Sullivan, Datamonitor). It has sold over 5.5 billion smart cards. Gemplus delivers a wide range of portable, personalized solutions in areas including Identity, Mobile Telecommunications, Public Telephony, Banking, Retail, Transport, Healthcare, WLAN See wireless LAN. WLAN - wireless local area network , Pay-TV, e-government, and access control. Gemplus' revenue in 2004 was 865 million Euros. For more information, go to: www.gemplus.com |
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