EFTA Surveillance Authority goes Paperless with CoSign(TM) Digital-Signature Solution.PETAH TIKVA, Israel -- Algorithmic Research (ARX), a world-wide provider of electronic signature and data-security solutions, announced today that it has provided the EFTA EFTA: see European Free Trade Association. (European Free Trade Association European Free Trade Association (EFTA), customs union and trading bloc; its current members are Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland. EFTA was established in 1960 by Austria, Denmark, Great Britain, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, and Switzerland. ) Surveillance Authority with CoSign cosign v. to sign a promissory note or other obligation in order to share liability for the obligation. , ARX's digital-signature solution to work in conjunction with their Hummingbird document management system. The EFTA Surveillance Authority chose CoSign to digitally-sign documents and e-mails that are exchanged with external parties. The EFTA Surveillance Authority already has in place a case handling system based on a Hummingbird document-management solution, but found itself printing, signing and mailing documents, due to the need for a signature. The EFTA Surveillance Authority plan to eliminate those hurdles and save the costs associated with all the paperwork by using CoSign digital signatures. This solution ensures signer authenticity, and the data integrity and non-repudiation of the documents generated using Hummingbird. The EFTA Surveillance Authority ensures that Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway respect their obligations under the EEA EEA European Economic Area EEA European Environment Agency EEA Employment Equity Act (Canada) EEA Een En Ander (Dutch) EEA Erick van Egeraat Associated Architects EEA Energy and Environmental Analysis Agreement. The Agreement on the European Economic Area European Economic Area: see European Free Trade Association; European Union. (EEA Agreement) (http://secretariat.efta.int/Web/EuropeanEconomicArea/EEAAgreement) entered into force on 1 January 1994. It presently applies between Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway on the one side and the 25 Member States of the European Union European Union (EU), name given since the ratification (Nov., 1993) of the Treaty of European Union, or Maastricht Treaty, to the European Community on the other, forming together the 28 EEA States. The European Community is also a contracting party to the Agreement. "We have been searching for months for a digital-signature solution that can quickly integrate with Hummingbird" says Jurg Jacobsen, IT Director of The EFTA Surveillance Authority. "CoSign allows us to easily add digital signatures and achieve our goal to fully migrate to an electronic environment." CoSign is a simple-to-use and non-tamperable digital-signature appliance that enables organizations to substitute handwritten hand·write tr.v. hand·wrote , hand·writ·ten , hand·writ·ing, hand·writes To write by hand. [Back-formation from handwritten.] Adj. 1. signatures with un-forgeable digital ones. CoSign equips organizations with an innovative way to electronically sign documents and forms using their existing everyday applications, such as Microsoft Word, InfoPath, Excel, Adobe Acrobat, ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. , and Document Management systems such as Hummingbird. CoSign ensures data-integrity of any signed document or transaction, and provides for non-repudiation of business transactions. CoSign has the unique ability to seamlessly integrate with organizations' existing user-management systems, thereby streamlining the deployment of digital signatures within the organization. "We are very proud to have been chosen to supply CoSign digital signatures to The EFTA Surveillance Authority to allow their Hummingbird users to digitally sign documents" says Ayelet Porat, Sales Director EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Refers to that region of the world. For example, one might see products packaged differently for the UK, EMEA and Asia Pacific markets. . "The EFTA Surveillance Authority is an important player in the EU environment and represents a great opportunity for us to further expand our foot-hold in the European market." About The EFTA Surveillance Authority The main task of the EFTA Surveillance Authority is to ensure that EEA rules are properly enacted and applied by the EFTA States, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. These rules include for example, the general principles for the free movement of goods, persons, services and capital, covering fields such as foodstuffs foodstuffs npl → comestibles mpl foodstuffs npl → denrées fpl alimentaires foodstuffs food npl → , veterinary and phytosanitary matters, energy, intellectual property rights, the environment, mutual recognition of diplomas, social security, consumer protection, financial services and transport. Specific rules apply to trade in fish and in processed agricultural products. In general, the EFTA States are obliged to notify the Authority of their transposition transposition /trans·po·si·tion/ (trans?po-zish´un) 1. displacement of a viscus to the opposite side. 2. of EEA provisions into national law. If a State does not transpose trans·pose v. To transfer one tissue, organ, or part to the place of another. and apply the EEA rules correctly, the Authority will intervene. The Authority may eventually initiate infringement proceedings which, as a last step, may bring the matter before the EFTA Court. More information about The EFTA Surveillance Authority is available at http://www.eftasurv.int About Algorithmic Research Algorithmic Research (ARX) is a leading provider of digital-signature and data-security solutions. The company offers a wide range of high-end and state of the art products and services designed to simplify, secure, and accelerate electronic transactions. ARX specializes in designing and implementing easy to use, simple to deploy, digital signature and security solutions, combining software and hardware products, for small, medium and large computing environments. More information about ARX is available at http://www.arx.com More information about CoSign is available at http://www.arx.com/CoSign.html. |
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