SystemSoft Lands Major Government Contract With Partner Litronic; CardWizard to Support Department of Defense Messaging System.Business/Technology Editors NATICK, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 17, 2000 SystemSoft(R) Corporation, a leading developer of Windows Utilities, announced today its participation -- with its Best-of-Breed CardWizard(TM) software -- in a major multi-year Department of Defense (DoD) security software contract. The half-million dollar contract will be delivered in partnership with Litronic, Inc. - a leading provider of Internet security solutions in the private sector as well as a security specialist and information technology supplier to the U.S. Government. Litronic is licensing to the DoD a downloadable security software package that will enhance the DoD's Defense Messaging System (DMS (1) (Document Management System) See document management. (2) (Defense Messaging System) An X.500-compliant messaging system developed by the U.S. Dept. of Defense. ) -- a secure system for all organizational and individual correspondence within the U.S. Armed Services. A key component of the package will be SystemSoft's CardWizard(TM) for Windows NT Utility, which will enable the Litronic Fortezza PC Card to hot swap in the Windows NT environment -- providing some 300,000 government employees with quick, easy, yet secure access to the Defense Messaging System. With Litronic's comprehensive data security solution, email messages and their contents can be authenticated and validated using robust 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 ) technology with Windows NT clients. Specifically, the Litronic software enables a Fortezza digital signature and encryption system to run on Windows 95, 98, NT and 2000. (Fortezza is a DoD family of security products.) "SystemSoft's Windows Utilities solve significant issues for those who support Windows NT PCs, and the growth of Windows NT in the public sector has been phenomenal," noted SystemSoft Business Unit Manager, Sherri Way. "SystemSoft was selected for this project specifically because of our extensive experience in developing Plug and Play support for a wide spectrum of PC Card devices." CardWizard(TM) provides certified support for more than 750 PC Cards and 150 platforms and has earned Microsoft's "Designed for Microsoft Windows NT" logo certification. "Participation in this DoD contract marks our arrival in government markets in a big way," says Ms. Way, noting that SystemSoft's products are now listed with the U.S. General Services Administration The General Services Administration (GSA) was established by section 101 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C.A. § 751). The GSA sets policy for and manages government property and records. (GSA (1) (Global mobile Suppliers Association, Sawbridgeworth, U.K., www.gsacom.com) A membership organization of suppliers of GSM products and services. Its goal is to promote GSM as the worldwide mobile communications standard. See GSM Association and GSM. ). "The contract follows SystemSoft's recent focus on government markets and new business partner strategy set earlier this year," Ms. Way said. About CardWizard(TM) CardWizard(TM) is the most widely used PC Card solution for Windows NT 4.0. CardWizard(TM) supports Plug and Play "Hot Swapping" using card vendor-supplied drivers that conform to Microsoft's Windows NT Driver Model and NDIS (Network Driver Interface Specification) A network driver interface from Microsoft. See network driver interface. NDIS - Network Device Interface Specification standards. CardWizard(TM) currently supports numerous card types, including ATA (1) (AT Attachment) The specification for IDE drives. See IDE. (2) See analog telephone adapter. ATA - Advanced Technology Attachment , Combo, Flash, ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. , Modem, Multifunction, Network, SCSI SCSI in full Small Computer System Interface Once common standard for connecting peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, etc.) to small and medium-sized computers. SCSI has given way to faster standards, such as Firewire and USB. , Serial, Specialty and SRAM See static RAM. SRAM - static random-access memory . CardWizard(TM) for Windows NT automatically configures PC Cards, identifies and classifies cards, assigns interrupts and memory resources, and loads the proper drivers. CardWizard(TM) helps resolve system resource conflicts such as IRQ (Interrupt ReQuest) A hardware interrupt on a PC. There are 16 IRQ lines used to signal the CPU that a peripheral event has started or terminated. Except for PCI devices, two devices cannot use the same line. , memory address, and I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output conflicts and can also help configure connectivity by launching the appropriate network, modem, or SCSI applets. More than 25 major notebook PC manufacturers have turned to SystemSoft for PC Card support under Windows NT 4.0. Today, CardWizard(TM) ships on more than 100 notebook PCs such as the NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. Versa Series, IBM ThinkPad Series, Toshiba Tecra Series, and Micron Transport Series. About SystemSoft Corporation SystemSoft Corporation, a subsidiary of Rocket Software, Inc., develops Windows Utilities software solutions. Our Windows NT solutions, CardWizard(TM) and PowerProfiler/SE(TM), have respectively earned Best-of-Breed status for PC Card Plug and Play and Advanced Power Management. SystemSoft offers its own and other third-party products through multiple sales channels including OEMs, direct to corporate, resellers and direct to users via our eCommerce site. Some of our OEM clients include: IBM, Toshiba, NEC, and Micron. Corporate headquarters are located at Two Apple Hill Drive in Natick, Massachusetts 01760. For more information on SystemSoft, visit the Company's Web site at: www.systemsoft.com. About Litronic Litronic provides professional Internet data security services and develops and markets software and microprocessor-based products needed to secure electronic commerce business transactions and communications over the Internet and other communications networks based on Internet protocols. Litronic's data security products use an advanced form of computer security technology referred to as public key infrastructure (PKI). Litronic's Internet security products can be used with World Wide Web browsers, including Netscape Communicator and Microsoft Internet Explorer See Internet Explorer. . For more information on Litronic, visit the company's Web site at http://www.litronic.com. SystemSoft, CardWizard and PowerProfiler/SE are registered trademarks or trademarks of SystemSoft Corporation. |
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