CyberTrust Sees ASPs as Key Extranet Customers.CyberTrust, the public key infrastructure (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 ) division of 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) Corp, is looking to form partnerships with application service providers that will enable ASPs to offer extranets to their customers. The company is in talks with ASPs and several of the Big Six accountancy companies to provide systems integration. Having recently launched in Western Europe, CyberTrust intends to expand its operations rapidly across the continent, initially into Portugal next month but later into Poland, the Czech Republic and Romania. Needham Heights, Massachusetts-based CyberTrust's strategy is to try to win mindshare by signing high-profile contracts, such as those with Italian banking alliance SSB SSB Statistisk Sentralbyrå (Statistics Norway) SSB Super Smash Bros (video game) SSB Space Studies Board SSB Single Side Band SSB Single Stranded DNA-Binding Protein SSB Salomon Smith Barney or Telecom Italia. Trevor Thomas, managing director of CyberTrust's UK operations, says that internet service providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. hoping to jump on the ASP bandwagon, are prime potential customers. |
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