Canada Post First to Launch PosteCS On Tumbleweed IME.Business Editors REDWOOD CITY Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 28, 2000 Tumbleweed Communications Tumbleweed Communications Corp. provides messaging security solutions for enterprise and government customers of all sizes [1]. Organizations use their products to block security threats, protect information, and conduct business online. Corp. (Nasdaq:TMWD), a leading provider of Internet communications services, announced that Canada Post Canada Post Corporation (French: Société canadienne des postes) is a Canadian postal service operated as a crown corporation. The successor to the Post Office Department of the Government of Canada, Canada Post was created on October 16, 1981 by the is the first postal service to launch the secure electronic delivery service An alternative to localized repositories of physically secured documents Secure electronic delivery services such as that opened in 2003 by the British Library Document Supply Centre at Boston Spa, allow extended access to copyright material for which access rights have not been PosteCS(tm) commercially using its Integrated Messaging Exchange(tm) (IME IME Input Method Editor IME Instituto de Matemática e Estatistica (Portugese and Spanish; USP, Sao Paulo, Brazil) IME In My Experience IME Instituto Militar de Engenharia (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) (tm)). PosteCS is built on Tumbleweed tumbleweed, any of several plants, particularly abundant in prairie and steppe regions, that commonly break from their roots at maturity and, drying into a rounded tangle of light, stiff branches, roll before the wind, covering long distances and scattering seed as Integrated Messaging Exchange, a platform that leverages the Internet and existing e-mail networks to create a secure online communications channel for e-businesses. PosteCS offers encryption, password protection, an Electronic Postmark(tm), universal format conversion (.pdf), delivery tracking, and the capability to import mail lists and set document expiration dates. "With PosteCS, we're offering our customers a state-of-the-art communications solution that combines the most valuable features of traditional delivery methods with the immediacy and flexibility of electronic delivery," said Peter Melanson, vice-president, Electronic Services. "We are delighted that Tumbleweed IME forms the foundation of PosteCS. Using IME means that our customers have a highly secure document delivery service that works with the web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. and e-mail software they already use. Anyone can securely send a document via PosteCS today -- without adding any new software. " "It's tremendous to see Canada Post Corporation's PosteCS service available to every Canadian," said Jeffrey C. Smith, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Tumbleweed Communications Corp. "Several of the world's largest postal services have licensed Tumbleweed IME, and Canada Post is the first to launch and deploy the service nationwide. The combination of PosteCS and the Electronic Postmark is a powerful communications tool for consumers and businesses in Canada and around the world." Each year, Canada Post Corporation is entrusted with 9 billion messages and parcels. These materials are processed through 22 major plants and many other facilities for delivery to nearly 13 million addresses in Canada. There are more than 18,600 retail points of purchase where customers can access postal services. Canada Post is the fifth largest employer in the country and has commercial, operational, and financial links with over 200 postal administrations around the world. About Tumbleweed Communications Corp. Tumbleweed Communications Corp. is a leading provider of advanced e-mail solutions for business communications. Our products and services enable businesses to create and manage secure online communication channels that leverage established e-mail networks and enterprise applications. Tumbleweed Integrated Messaging Exchange is a platform and set of applications for creating secure communications channels between a business and its customers, partners, and suppliers. Tumbleweed Messaging Management System is a comprehensive solution that extends internal e-mail systems to the Internet through centralized security, policy enforcement, filtering and archiving. Used together, Tumbleweed IME and Tumbleweed 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. automatically apply security policies and redirect sensitive e-mail for secure, trackable delivery. Companies that rely on Tumbleweed IME or MMS products include American Express, Chase Manhattan Bank The Chase Manhattan Bank, now part of JPMorgan Chase, was formed by the merger of the Chase National Bank and the Bank of the Manhattan Company in 1955. The bank is headquartered in New York City. , Datek Online, the European Union's Joint Research Council, the Food and Drug Administration, Northern Trust, UPS, Pitney Bowes, TD Waterhouse, Travelers Property Casualty, and the United States Postal Service. Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected, particularly with respect to the growth of online document delivery services. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "may," "will," "should," "potential," "continue," "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates," and similar expressions. For further cautions about the risks of investing in Tumbleweed, we refer you to the documents Tumbleweed files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, particularly Tumbleweed's proxy statement/prospectus dated December 30, 1999, Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. filed March 30, 2000, and proxy statement Proxy Statement A document containing the information that a company is required by the SEC to provide to shareholders so they can make informed decisions about matters that will be brought up at an annual stockholder meeting. filed April 17, 2000. Tumbleweed assumes no obligation to update information contained in this press release. Note to Editors: Tumbleweed is a registered trademark and Integrated Messaging Exchange, IME, and Messaging Management System (MMS) are trademarks of Tumbleweed Communications Corp. |
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