Baltimore Technologies and Unisys Enter Global Partnership Alliance will supply complete, secure e-business infrastructures.Business Editors and Technology Writers NOTE TO EDITORS: In the company name e/security noted in this news release, there is a vertical bar between e and security. This symbol may not appear properly in some systems. In the company name E-@ction noted in this news release, there is an 'at' symbol between E- and ction. This symbol may not appear properly in some systems. DUBLIN, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 2000 Baltimore Technologies Baltimore Technologies was an internet security firm founded in 1976 by Michael Purser. It was acquired in 1996 by a team financed by Dermot Desmond and led by Fran Rooney, who became CEO. (Nasdaq:BALT BALT bronchus-associated lymphoid tissue. BALT Bronchiole-associated lymphoid tissue, see MALT )(London:BLM BLM n abbr (US) (= Bureau of Land Management) → les domaines ), a global leader in e-security systems, and Unisys, one of the largest worldwide suppliers of information technology solutions that enable e-business solutions, today announced a global strategic partnership. The companies will jointly promote and deliver information security products and solutions to clients in the growing e-business marketplace. As a Baltimore TrustedWorld Partner, Unisys worldwide sales force will offer Baltimore's award winning UniCERT Options, the first family of PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) A framework for creating a secure method for exchanging information based on public key cryptography. The foundation of a PKI is the certificate authority (CA), which issues digital certificates that authenticate the identity of offerings that allow businesses to choose the products and services to match their e-security and e-business needs, as part of its Unisys E-@ction Security offerings. The Unisys security portfolio minimizes the risk of security breaches, lowers the likelihood of compromised network and business information, and enables clients to conduct secure transactions. The company has multiple Centers of Excellence across the globe to support its security offerings, including Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) technology. As part of the alliance, Baltimore Technologies will train and certify up to fifty senior security architects from Unisys in 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. , Europe and Asia in the first two quarters of 2000. This knowledge transfer will facilitate the delivery of trusted e-business transactions and communications to Unisys customers -- blue chip Fortune 500 companies and public sector agencies. "As more financial transactions, sales orders The sales order, sometimes abbreviated as SO, is an order received by a business from a customer. A sales order may be for products and/or services. Given the wide variety of businesses, this means that the orders can be fulfilled in several ways. , contracts and other highly sensitive Adj. 1. highly sensitive - readily affected by various agents; "a highly sensitive explosive is easily exploded by a shock"; "a sensitive colloid is readily coagulated" documents are sent over public networks, a paperless environment with inherent security risks is emerging," said Sunil Misra, Managing Principal, Unisys Worldwide Enterprise Security Practice. "And with the growing acceptance of digital signatures as legally binding, increasing numbers of e-businesses are turning to PKI as a single, expedient, secure solution for all their contractual, messaging, and signing needs. Baltimore Technologies' leadership in Public Key Infrastructure technology in the wired and the wireless worlds is a strong complement to the Unisys security portfolio. This alliance demonstrates Unisys commitment to provide our clients with the security, trust, and privacy critical in e-business environments." PKI technology enables the management of digital certificates for secure e-commerce. These certificates act like "electronic passports" to ensure user authentication See authentication. , data integrity, confidentiality and message non-repudiation when transacting electronically. PKI systems are being deployed by enterprises worldwide, including governments, banks, telcos and other blue chip corporations, to establish a secure, trusted electronic network for a variety of e-business activities. "Our partnership with Unisys marks another strategic step in our global expansion and enhances our position as market leaders in the provision of e-commerce security solutions. Working with Unisys will ensure that our customers benefit from our combined strengths, and advanced levels of service, project management and support," commented Andy Cash, Vice President Global Alliances at Baltimore Technologies. About Baltimore Technologies Baltimore Technologies develops and markets security products and services to enable companies to develop trusted, secure systems for e-business, the Internet and mobile commerce. Its products include a wide range of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) products and services, wireless e-security solutions, cryptographic toolkits, security applications and hardware cryptographic devices. Baltimore's global professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. organization offers a wide variety of consulting, training and deployment support to its customers worldwide. Baltimore Technologies markets and sells its solutions worldwide directly and through the TrustedWorld(TM) channel program. TrustedWorld includes many of the world's leading technology companies and a wide variety of global, regional and local business alliance partners. Baltimore Technologies employs over 700 people worldwide and operates from over 20 cities with headquarters in Dublin, Ireland; London, UK; Boston, USA and Sydney, Australia. Baltimore Technologies plc is a public company with dual listings on NASDAQ (BALT) and the London Stock Exchange London Stock Exchange London marketplace for securities. It was formed in 1773 by a group of stockbrokers who had been doing business informally in local coffeehouses. (BLM). Intel Corporation (company) Intel Corporation - A US microelectronics manufacturer. They produced the Intel 4004, Intel 8080, Intel 8086, Intel 80186, Intel 80286, Intel 80386, Intel 486 and Pentium microprocessor families as well as many other integrated circuits and personal computer networking is a minority shareholder in the Company. The company recently acquired GTE GTE General Telephone & Electronics GTE Génie Thermique et Énergie (French) GTE Gas Turbine Engine GTE Global Tropospheric Experiment GTE Geothermal Energy GTE Gas Turbine Efficiency plc (Sweden & USA) CyberTrust Solutions, Inc. For further information and press releases on Baltimore Technologies, please visit http://www.baltimore.com About Unisys Unisys is an electronic business solutions company whose 36,000 employees help customers in 100 countries apply information technology to seize opportunities and overcome challenges of the Internet economy The Internet Economy refers to conducting business through markets whose infrastructure is based on the Internet and World-Wide Web. An Internet economy differs from a traditional economy in a number of ways, including: communication, market segmentation, distribution costs, and price. . Unisys people integrate and deliver the solutions, services, platforms and network infrastructure required by business and government to transform their organizations for success in this new era. The company offers a rich portfolio of Unisys e-@ction Solutions for electronic business based on its expertise in vertical industry solutions, network services, outsourcing, systems integration and multivendor support, coupled with enterprise-class server and related technologies. The primary vertical markets Unisys serves worldwide include financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , transportation, communications, publishing and commercial sectors, as well as the public sector, including federal government customers. Unisys is headquartered in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania Blue Bell is a census-designated place (CDP) in Whitpain Township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 6,395. , in the Greater Philadelphia area. For more information on the company, access the Unisys home page on the World Wide Web at www.unisys.com. Investor information can be found at www.unisys.com/investor. Baltimore Technologies, e/security, TrustedWorld, PKIWorld, Telepathy telepathy, supposed communication between two persons without recourse to the senses. The word was formulated in 1882 by Frederic William Henry Myers, English poet, essayist, and a leading founder of the Society for Psychical Research in London. and Baltimore product names including UniCERT, MailSecure, PKI-Plus and J/CRYPTO are all trademarks of Baltimore Technologies plc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Certain statements that are not historical facts including certain statements made over the course of this document may be forward-looking in nature. Such forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance and achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements implied by such forward-looking statements. |
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