Entrust Technologies To Launch New Business Relationship Framework at Entrust SecureSummit 2001.Business/Technology Editors SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif. & PLANO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 16, 2001 Simplified Entrust Alliance Membership Streamlines Services, Improves Communications and Increases Benefits for Members Entrust Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq:ENTU), a global leader in solutions that bring trust to e-business, today announced that it will be launching a new, comprehensive alliance framework to make it easier for organizations wanting to establish business relationships with Entrust Technologies. To be launched at Entrust SecureSummit(TM) 2001 in San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , CA, January 22-25, this revised relationship framework for third parties wishing to collaborate with Entrust features a range of services and opportunities for organizations creating, selling and deploying e-business infrastructure solutions based on award-winning Entrust technology. Today, more than 200 companies team with Entrust Technologies, relying on the company's proven trusted infrastructure offerings to meet their customers' e-business requirements. The new Entrust Alliance Framework recognizes the differing needs of the diverse organizations wishing to work with Entrust to enable service providers, OEM/resellers and industry-leading organizations to benefit from Entrust's expertise in bringing trusted e-business solutions to companies around the world. This simplified program structure will realize increased synergies between Entrust and its members offering more scalable, easier mechanisms for partners, partners' prospects and customers to interact with Entrust and each other. Under the umbrella of the Entrust Alliances Framework, Entrust has established three membership tiers that recognize the contributions and specific requirements of organizations and individuals operating at different levels: - Entrust Strategic Alliance Member: for organizations with an established global presence demonstrating a proven ability to meet the e-business infrastructure needs of large corporations around the world. - Entrust Alliance Member: for organizations demonstrating a track record of success in providing comprehensive e-business offerings to medium and large corporations, with particular strengths or capabilities in line with Entrust's service, technical and resale resale n. selling again, particularly at retail. In many states a "resale license" or "resale number" is required so that the state can monitor the collection of sales tax on retail sales. RESALE. offerings. - Entrust Professional Associate Member: individuals demonstrating a track record of success in providing comprehensive e-business offerings to Internet-savvy organizations. Two companies now considered to be Strategic Alliance members under the new framework are Siemens Enterprise Networks LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , global reseller An organization that sells hardware and software to the general public. Resellers purchase products from software publishers and hardware manufacturers. of Entrust's 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 ) solutions and Unisys Corporation (company) Unisys Corporation - The company formed in 1984-5 when Burroughs Corporation merged with Sperry Corporation. This was when the phrase "dinosaurs mating" was coined. (see related press releases also dated January 16, 2001). In addition to meeting the profiles outlined by Entrust, program participants need to address specific criteria for the three levels of Alliance membership around technical training and networking expertise, sales and support capabilities, track record of business viability, and a commitment to customer satisfaction. "The Entrust Alliance Framework is an important milestone in our commitment to delivering the industry's best solutions for bringing trust to e-business, and it represents a win-win for our partners and customers," said John Ryan John Ryan can refer to:
Key Entrust Alliance Features Through Alliance Membership, Entrust Technologies is providing a range of technical and marketing services: - Technical and sales training: Entrust delivers both sales and technical training in a variety of formats, including instructor-led and online courses. - Technical support: Entrust provides support to meet the differing needs of different alliance partner requirements - Entrust Partner Xtranet: The Entrust/TruePass(TM)-protected "members only" Web site serves as a one-stop location for all marketing, product, pricing, licensing, training and support information and updates. - Marketing programs, campaigns and resources: Entrust provides value added resellers See VAR. (company) value added reseller - (VAR, or "value added retailer") A company which sells something (e.g. computers) made by another company (an OEM) with extra components added (e.g. specialist software). with an opportunity to participate in a range of marketing campaigns and programs, including branding, public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most and solutions launches. The company also provides channel partner logos and product collateral, available on the Entrust Partner Xtranet, to assist in selling and marketing Entrust products. - Success Stories: Entrust Alliance Marketing promotes the mutual, real-world successes of Entrust and its resellers in delivering trusted e-business solutions. - Proactive field communications Field Communications was a division of Field Enterprises, which owned the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Daily News. The company owned independent television stations in the United States, with WFLD-TV in Chicago as its largest-market station. : Entrust Alliance members receive regular communications to help build a viable business proposition around Entrust solutions. These include Entrust business strategies, products, solutions updates, key customer successes and events via a range of media, such as Web seminars, teleconferences, and the Entrust Partner Xtranet. For more information about Entrust SecureSummit 2001, please visit: www.securesummit.com. About Entrust Technologies Entrust Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: ENTU) is a global leader in solutions that bring trust to e-business relationships by securing and managing the transactions that constitute e-business. Through the industry's most comprehensive portfolio of trusted e-business infrastructure solutions, Entrust Technologies enables customers to secure their B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business , B2C (Business to Consumer) Refers to a business communicating with or selling to an individual rather than a company. See B2B. and internal enterprise transactions and communications, as well as to manage the e-business portals through which these transactions take place. Pioneers of public-key infrastructure (PKI) and digital certificate solutions that provide security for business transactions and communications over the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the , Entrust Technologies is a global company with offices around the world. For additional company information please visit www.entrust.com. Entrust is a registered trademark of Entrust Technologies Inc. in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and other countries. In Canada, Entrust is a registered trademark of Entrust Technologies Limited. All Entrust product names are trademarks of Entrust Technologies. All other company and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. |
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