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Schlumberger Showcases 'Smart Enabler of the Digital Revolution' Capabilities at CardTech/SecurTech 2000.


Business/Technology Editors

CardTech/SecurTech 2000

MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 2, 2000

More than 30 Demonstrations Highlight Smart Card-Based Solutions

for Information Security, e-Transactions, Campus and

Municipalities Markets

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 on May 2-4, 2000. The company will feature a wide range of its information security, e-transactions (electronic transactions), campus and municipalities smart card-based solutions.

Schlumberger will also host the Schlumberger Partners Pavilion, providing a showcase for the wide range of companies that are developing products and services based on its smart card technology. A special Developers Corner will focus on the company's Internet "card store" and web-based support for developers. Highlights of more than 30 demonstrations at the Schlumberger booth include:

Information Security

The Schlumberger booth will highlight the company's leading role in using smart cards as secure, portable tokens for information security:

-- Corporate ID smart card, a dual interface smart card which controls physical access to buildings through its contactless interface, and logical access to computers, servers and networks through its ultra-secure contact interface

-- Secure e-mail on Cryptoflex(TM) for Windows 2000, the "plug & play" smart card that provides all the built-in security functions of Microsoft Windows See Windows.

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E-Transactions

The company's capabilities in e-transactions will be showcased via nearly a dozen point-of-sale (POS (1) See point of sale and packet over SONET.

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) terminals and mobile phone demonstrations:

-- "Smart-Trader" combines a Cyberflex Simera(TM) SIM (subscriber identity module (telecommunications, wireless communications) Subscriber Identity Module - (SIM or "SIM card") A component, usually in the form of a miniature smart-card, that is theoretically tamper-proof and is used to associate a mobile subscriber with a mobile network subscription. ) smart card and the company's Aremis(TM) server platform to demonstrate a wireless stock trading application on a mobile phone.

-- Mobile banking on a GSM phone via an application created for Microcell and the National Bank of Canada This article is about a commercial bank. For Canada's central bank, see Bank of Canada.

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-- A variety of applications on MagIC POS terminals, including the introduction of the company's newest wireless POS Wireless point of sale (wireless POS or WPOS) is the use of wireless devices to facilitate order-taking or payment for products or services. As a rule, a wireless point of sale system consists of a base station directly connected to a central server computer and one or more  terminal. Demonstrations include the Singula(TM) Virtual Machine, which allows applications for different types of terminals (POS, parking or public telephones for instance) to be reused interchangeably without recoding Noun 1. recoding - converting from one code to another
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-- Cyberflex Palmera, a recently introduced Java-based smart card that shrinks time to market for multi-application financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject.
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Campus

Schlumberger will highlight its leadership in providing integrated smart card-based solutions to the campus market:

-- Public Internet access See how to access the Internet.  on the telweb WebPayphone Distance learning via secure access to the Internet

-- Stored value applications, settlement software, digital certificates and other applications for the campus environment

Municipalities

The company will feature its smart card-based solutions for public transit and parking applications:

-- Easyflex City dual interface smart card for contact and contactless applications, including secure transfer of funds

-- Stelio Pay & Display, solar powered multi-space parking system

Developers Corner

The Developers Corner showcases the company's strong support for the development community:

-- Demonstration of first live Java-based smart card applet download via the Internet demonstrates easy integration of Cyberflex Access applications with standard web browsers

-- A 10% discount on purchases made at the show on www.cardstore.slb.com, the Schlumberger web-based shop for smart developers

Schlumberger Partners Pavilion

The Partners Pavilion features various applications built on Schlumberger smart card technology:

-- Leapfrog -- network security, secure e-commerce, electronic banking and healthcare security

-- LOGICON -- secure web access, secure log-on and secure asset tracking

-- 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)  -- centralized Policy Director, standards leadership, Lotus Notes 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  experience and shared PKI across IBM products and solutions

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 2000 mobile and embedded for Java cards, open API, design for security and rapid development

-- Welcome Real-time -- smart marketing software for smart payment devices and XLS (filename extension) xls - Excel spreadsheet.  multi-platform promotional marketing system

-- Advanced Cards International Corporation - e-Lattice(TM), secure web applications, total smart card solutions and e-business integration

-- IDenticard Systems -- Physical access control, multifunctional smart cards, digital imaging and asset tracking

Schlumberger Presentations

Schlumberger executives and customers will make four presentations as part of the main CardTech/SecurTech Conference:

-- Corporate ID Smart card -- Merzad Madavi, vice president, Information Security Solutions, Schlumberger Smart Cards & Terminals, North America, at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 3

-- Mobile Banking -- Minh Le, director, Mobile Communications Solutions, Schlumberger Smart Cards & Terminals, North America, at 2:15 p.m. on Wednesday, May 3

-- SiShell Physical Protection System -- Lucas Witkam, product manager, on Wednesday, May 3 at 3:30 p.m.

-- Contactless Ticketing -- Lilia Halsen Bidar, Trondheim, on Thursday, May 4 at 12:25

About Schlumberger

Schlumberger is the leading provider of smart card-based solutions worldwide. Drawing on 20 years experience in pioneering smart card innovations, Schlumberger is continuing to evolve the new generation of smart cards, parking terminals, ticketing machines, payphones, banking terminals, servers, software, applications and systems integration that will play a key role in the 21st century's digital age. Additional information is available at http://www.slb.com/smartcards.

Schlumberger Test & Transactions provides smart card-based solutions; semiconductor equipment and services; and corporate IP and network solutions to customers throughout the world. It is a business unit of Schlumberger Limited, an $8.4 billion global technology services company.
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