Authentica Offers Free Web Seminar on Protecting Intellectual Property in a Competitive Manufacturing Environment.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 4, 2003

Guest Speaker, Rebecca Burr, Director of Market Analysis at Xilinx to Discuss How Xilinx is Protecting Digital Price Books that

it Shares with its Global Sales Channel

Authentica, Inc., a leading provider of secure messaging and secure document sharing solutions for protecting valuable intellectual property and confidential business information, today announced that on Wednesday, November 12, at 2:00 p.m. EST  it will be presenting a free web seminar entitled, "Protecting Intellectual Property In A Competitive Manufacturing Environment."

"Sharing intellectual property such as product designs or pricing documents in a competitive and outsourcing-focused manufacturing environment can be risky. With the click of a mouse, information can be inadvertently or intentionally forwarded to the wrong individuals," said Victor DeMarines, director of marketing at Authentica(R). "We're thrilled that Rebecca Burr, director of market analysis at Xilinx, will be sharing her experiences moving from printed to digital price books and how they've secured the access to and usage of this intellectual property."

Xilinx, a leading manufacturer of programmable logic devices, knows firsthand how difficult it can be to protect IP that's on the move. To reduce paper costs, the company recently undertook the task of moving to digital price books but found itself wrangling with the issue of how to securely share this IP with its global sales channel. In the end, the company turned to Authentica to secure its price books while reducing costs and speeding up its document revision process.

Attendees of this web seminar will learn how Xilinx:

-- Protects sensitive pricing data it shares with its global

sales channel

-- Measures the ROI for its new document security solution

-- Addresses the challenges related to deploying a security

solution

Registration for the web seminar is required and is available at http://www.authentica.com/news/web_seminar.asp. The presentation will be of interest to:

-- CIOs, CTOs, CSOs

-- IS/IT Managers

-- Directors and VPs of Manufacturing, Marketing, Purchasing and

Sales, Design & Development Managers

-- Senior Systems Administrators

About Authentica

Headquartered in Waltham, Mass., Authentica, Inc. is a leading provider of content security software for enterprise messaging and document sharing environments to protect valuable intellectual property and confidential information shared within and beyond organizational boundaries. The company's suite of enterprise-ready products combines patented rights management capabilities with industry standard encryption, authentication and access controls. Designed for a wide range of applications, Authentica's products ensure the secure delivery of information and provide continuous control over content even after it is delivered to recipients. Authentica provides its product suite to the healthcare, manufacturing, financial and legal industries as well as government agencies. Some of Authentica's manufacturing customers include Corning, Ford Motor Company, Hitachi, TRW, TSMC, and Xilinx. Authentica investors include 3i US, Canaan Partners, Greylock, Intel 64 Fund, JP Morgan, North Bridge Venture Partners, Norwest Venture Partners, Symantec Corporation, and Venrock. For additional information, please visit www.authentica.com or contact us at [phone].

Authentica is a registered trademark of Authentica, Inc. All other brand or product names are or may be trademarks of, and are used to identify products or services of, their respective owners.