DICA Signs Multi-year, Multi-million Dollar OEM Contract with Cylink; Leading Provider of e-Commerce Security Solutions to Carry DICA's Family of ISDN Line Encryptors.Business/Technology Editors PORTSMOUTH, R.I--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 30, 2000 DICA Technologies, Inc. today announced that Cylink Corporation (Nasdaq: CYLK) will add DICA's family of Integrated Services Digital Network Integrated services digital network (ISDN) A generic term referring to the integration of communications services transported over digital facilities such as wire pairs, coaxial cables, optical fibers, microwave radio, and satellites. (ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. ) encryption products to its line of security solutions for e-business under a multi-year, original equipment manufacturer's (OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and ) agreement. The first year of the contract is valued at $5 million. "We are very proud that Cylink has chosen DICA as their source for ISDN encryptors," said Stefan Gieseler, DICA's chief executive officer. "It validates our position that DICA's security products are the best in the industry and that ISDN remains a very healthy business. According to a recent study, in fact, the worldwide ISDN market is growing at an amazing rate of 60% per year." The OEM agreement expands an existing partnership between the two companies in which Cylink has provided DICA ISDN products equipped with its encryption technology to key financial institutions in Japan. Under the new agreement, Cylink will sell the ISDN security solutions, designed for remote computing, telecommuting telecommuting, an arrangement by which people work at home using a computer and telephone, transmitting work material to a business office by means of a modem and telephone lines; it is also known as telework. and other communications applications, worldwide, and will integrate the products to operate under Cylink's PrivaCy Manager. The premiere network appliance manager provides central control to enable remote diagnostics and prevent spoofing and eavesdropping Secretly gaining unauthorized access to confidential communications. Examples include listening to radio transmissions or using laser interferometers to reconstitute conversations by reflecting laser beams off windows that are vibrating in synchrony to the sound in the room. . "This OEM agreement is the perfect marriage of Cylink's encryption technology with DICA's ISDN expertise," said Theresa Marcroft, Cylink's vice president of worldwide marketing. "It enables us to offer products with the highest level security for various ISDN applications and clears the way for Cylink to broaden its presence in Japan and enter the huge market for ISDN encryption products in Europe. The agreement also strengthens the broad offering of WAN and IP-based network security products for which Cylink is well known." Cylink's ISDN products will encrypt the two basic types of ISDN service: Basic Rate Interface (BRI See ISDN. BRI - Basic Rate Interface ) and Primary Rate Interface (PRI PRI: see Institutional Revolutionary party. (Primary Rate Interface) An ISDN service that provides 23 64 Kbps B (Bearer) channels and one 64 Kbps D (Data) channel (23B+D), which is equivalent to the 24 channels of a T1 line. ). ISDN, a fully digital telephone service, operates at speeds up to 128 kilobits/second - up to 2 1/2 times faster than today's analog modems - to provide high-speed telephone connections. The service can dramatically speed up the transfer of information over the Internet or over a remote LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. connection, especially rich media like graphics, audio or video or applications that normally run at LAN speeds. About Cylink Corporation Cylink Corporation develops, markets and supports a comprehensive family of secure e-business solutions. Founded in 1983, the Company was the first created to market security solutions that protect communications with public key cryptography An encryption method that uses a two-part key: a public key and a private key. To send an encrypted message to someone, you use the recipient's public key, which can be sent to you via regular e-mail or made available on any public Web site or venue. . Cylink and its wholly owned subsidiaries Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. serve Fortune 500 companies, multinational financial institutions, and government agencies worldwide. For more information, visit the Company's web site at http://www.cylink.com. About DICA Technologies AG DICA Technologies AG is a leading international company that specializes in producing innovative products for network security and access. These products provide the highest levels of security for voice, data and video communications carried by the Internet and ISDN. A staff of more than 150 people develop and distribute DICA products worldwide, supporting customers with digital communications on five continents. The company's headquarters are based in Berlin, Germany, while subsidiaries are maintained in North America, South America, the United Kingdom and Australia. For more information, visit the Company's web site at http://www.dica.de. DICA is a trademark of DICA Technologies AG. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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