MQSoftware Signs Worldwide Distribution Agreement to Resell Primeur's Leading Data Security Software Product for Websphere MQ Environment.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 1, 2002 MQSoftware To Be Exclusive Reseller of Primeur's Data Security Product Line in the U.S.; Primeur to Resell Q Pasa! in Italy and Spain MQSoftware, Inc., a leading provider of middleware technology solutions for the IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) WebSphere(R) family of products today announced that it has signed a worldwide distribution agreement to resell European-based Primeur's DataSecure product line. MQSoftware will be its sole reseller of the DataSecure product line in the U.S. The agreement opens up a profitable and growing segment of the WebSphere MQ market for MQSoftware to deliver a comprehensive data security solution which complements its Q Pasa! middleware management system and DataFlow Studio application integration solution. Primeur will also resell MQSoftware's Q Pasa! product lines in Italy and Spain where they have an established sales distribution network. Primeur is a leading provider of middleware and messaging product solutions for the IBM WebSphere MQ market based in Italy. Their flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , DataSecure is a leading security solution for WebSphere MQ, and is the leading solution for the IBM OS/390 environment. Primeur has over 50 enterprise customers and counts among them some of the world's largest banks such as Royal Bank of Scotland
The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc (Scottish Gaelic: Banca Rìoghail na h-Alba , Barclays Bank and Credit Suisse The Credit Suisse Group (SWX:CSGN, NYSE: CS) is a financial services company, headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland. It is the second-largest Swiss bank, behind UBS AG. as well as telecommunications companies such as Telefonica of Spain and Vodafone. "Data security and privacy is one of the most critical issues facing IT management today," said Bill Cecchi, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of MQSoftware, Inc. "With Web access to customer information now being available to an ever increasing range of financial and non-financial businesses, a whole new area of security and privacy issues are driving the purchase of data security software. The addition of DataSecure gives our customers a comprehensive security solution that secures data as it moves across the network between applications including middleware and legacy systems. "Primeur's DataSecure solution has been marketed in Europe for the last 3 years with great success and has emerged as a leading data security solution for IBM's WebSphere MQ product family. We are excited about the potential of expanding our product offerings to include a proven solution that will help our customers add this security capability easily to their WebSphere MQ environment." "MQSoftware is a global leader in providing WebSphere MQ middleware management and integration tools," said Edoardo Musso, president and CEO of Primeur. "With MQSoftware's technical depth, strong U.S. marketing and sales organization we will be able to introduce our highly successful and proven DataSecure product to many more organizations who are in need of an end-to-end security solution for their MQ environment. We are very enthusiastic about this partnership and the momentum it gives us to expand our market." DataSecure has three offerings -- an application developer's toolkit A set of software routines and utilities used to help programmers write an application. For graphical interfaces, it provides the tools and libraries for creating menus, dialog boxes, fonts and icons. for customization; an end-to-end MQ-based solution that provides transparent end-to-end security; and a link solution that provides link-oriented security for MQ channels. Key features of the product include PKCS (Public Key Cryptography Standards) Specifications from RSA Laboratories for various techniques used with RSA public key cryptography. With cooperation from security experts worldwide, PKCS #1 covers the RSA standard itself. and X.509 compliance, including full 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 compliance, PEA, encryption and authentication and integrated compression. DataSecure supports ICSF ICSF International Collective in Support of Fishworkers ICSF Integrated Cryptographic Service Facility (IBM) ICSF Integrated C4I System Framework (DISA project for C4I systems) , HSM (1) (Hierarchical Storage Management) The automatic movement of files from hard disk to slower, less-expensive storage media. The typical hierarchy is from magnetic disk to optical disc to tape. , and MQ Clients and MQ Clusters. Platforms supported include OS/390 (including z/Architecture), Unix (AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. , HP-UX HP's version of Unix that runs on its 9000 family. It is based on SVID and incorporates features from BSD Unix along with several HP innovations. (operating system) HP-UX - The version of Unix running on Hewlett-Packard workstations. ) and Microsoft Windows NT environments. About MQSoftware, Inc. MQSoftware, founded in 1996 is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minn., and is one of the leading worldwide suppliers of middleware application software, consulting and training solutions that focus on the IBM WebSphere family of products. MQSoftware is one of the fastest growing middleware technology companies in North America based on Deloitte & Touche's Technology 2001's Fast 500 list. MQSoftware's family of solutions includes the award-winning Q Pasa! product that enables organizations to monitor and manage the messaging database and business process layers within the middleware environment. DataFlow Studio is a packaged solution that automates one-to-any application integration. MQSoftware's customers include Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Shield A US not-for-profit health care insurer that is a reimbursement intermediary for physicians. Cf Blue Cross. , Fortis, Deluxe Corporation, eBank, Guardian, Hartford Financial Services Group, Vodafone and Mitsubishi Trading. MQSoftware has regional offices located throughout North America, and international offices and business partners throughout Europe and Asia/Pacific. For more information visit, www.mqsoftware.com MQSoftware and DataFlow Studio are trademarks and Q Pasa! is a registered trademark of MQSoftware, Inc. IBM, WebSphere and MQSeries are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. 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