Gemalto Announces Product Integration with Microsoft for Digital Security Solutions.Passwords Replaced with Certificates on Smart Cards Example of widely used contactless smart cards are Hong Kong's Octopus card, Paris' Calypso/Navigo card and Lisbon' LisboaViva card, which predate the ISO/IEC 14443 standard. The following tables list smart cards used for public transportation and other electronic purse applications. AUSTIN, Texas -- Gemalto, a world leader in digital security, today announced integration for its .NET smart cards in Microsoft Certificate Life Cycle Manager (CLM CLM - Career Limiting Move ). As a result, customers will be able to streamline deployment and management of Gemalto smart cards using CLM. The two companies demonstrated CLM and Gemalto .NET smart cards this week at RSA (1) (Rural Service Area) See MSA. (2) (Rivest-Shamir-Adleman) A highly secure cryptography method by RSA Security, Inc., Bedford, MA (www.rsa.com), a division of EMC Corporation since 2006. It uses a two-part key. Europe, and will demonstrate at several upcoming events including Microsoft Tech-Ed IT Forum, CARTES 2006 and Infosecurity. "Personalized Gemalto .NET cards make digital interactions more convenient and secure for individuals, and ensure the identities of the card holders during a transaction," said Marvin Tansley, marketing manager for the network identity solutions group for Gemalto North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . CLM is an identity management solution that helps lower the costs associated with digital certificates and smart cards. CLM enables organizations to centrally manage a certificate-based infrastructure through simplified administrative processes and deployment. "Organizations are increasingly turning to smart card technology to protect their business data and enhance network security, privacy and identity management -- and it's critical that the industry work together to ensure businesses have a way to centrally manage these environments," said John Chirapurath, director of identity and access product management at Microsoft. "Microsoft is pleased to work with Gemalto to achieve compatibility between Gemalto's .NET card and Microsoft Certificate Lifecycle Manager." Microsoft was the first enterprise to deploy Gemalto .NET smart cards to tens of thousands of employees. The microprocessor-based Gemalto .NET card runs a streamlined version of the .NET framework. It provides full cryptographic capabilities, customizable two-factor authentication The use of two independent mechanisms for authentication; for example, requiring a smart card and a password. The combination is less likely to allow abuse than either component alone. See authentication. and support for on-card services seamlessly within the Windows environment (1) (upper case "W") Refers to computers running under a Microsoft Windows operating system. (2) (lower case "w") Also called a "windowing environment," it refers to any software that provides multiple windows on screen such as Windows, Mac, Motif and X Window. . Support for Gemalto's .NET smart cards is integrated into Windows Vista The current version of Windows for the desktop. It was released in late 2006 for businesses and early 2007 for consumers. Vista adds numerous features, including improved security and advanced multimedia capabilities. , making smart cards easy to deploy and seamless to use without requiring any additional software or middleware. The same support is also available by download from the Microsoft Download Center for 2000, XP and Server 2003. Enterprises that do want to create customized applications will find it easy to do, because developers use standard Microsoft .NET See .NET. programming tools and interfaces with Gemalto .NET smart cards. Microsoft CLM streamlines the provisioning, configuration, and management of digital certificates and smart cards, while increasing security through strong, multifactor authentication technology. As a Web application, it can grow and scale without requiring software modifications. Gemalto .NET smart cards for testing can be ordered online at http://www.netsolutions.gemalto.com, and the CLM beta 2 is available for download at http://www.microsoft.com/clm. About Gemalto Gemalto (Euronext NL 0000400653 GTO GTO Gran Turismo Omologato (Ferrari & Pontiac models) GTO Go To GTO Guanajuato (México) GTO Great Teacher Onizuka (Japanese series) GTO Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit ) is a leader in digital security with pro forma As a matter of form or for the sake of form. Used to describe accounting, financial, and other statements or conclusions based upon assumed or anticipated facts. The phrase pro forma 2005 annual revenues of $2.2 billion, operations in 120 countries and 11,000 employees including 1,500 R&D engineers. The company's solutions make personal digital interactions secure and easy in a world where everything of value -- from money to entertainment to identities -- is increasingly represented as bits and bytes Bits and Bytes was the name for two Canadian television series, starring Billy Van, who teaches people the basics of how to use a computer. The first series debuted in 1983 and the second series, called Bits and Bytes 2, in 1991. communicated over networks. Gemalto thrives on creating and deploying secure platforms, portable and secure forms of software in highly personal objects like smart cards, SIMs, e-passports, readers and tokens. More than a billion people worldwide use the company's products and services for telecommunications, banking, e-government, identity management, multimedia content, digital rights management, IT security and other applications. Gemalto was formed in June 2006 by the combination of Axalto and Gemplus International S.A. For more information please visit www.gemalto.com. GEMP GTOFF AXL.PA GTO |
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