Labcal Joins Entrust TrustedPartner Program as a Technology Partner
24 March, 2004
category: Biometrics
Quebec City, Quebec – March 24th, 2004 – Labcal Technologies Inc., acorporation specializing in identification and authentication solutions
based on biometrics (fingerprints), smart card technology and public key
cryptography, today announced a collaborative relationship with Entrust,
Inc. [NASDAQ: ENTU], a world leader in securing digital identities and
information, by joining the Entrust TrustedPartner Program as a
Technology Partner.
As a Technology Partner, Labcal Technologies is taking a vital step in
order for selected products and solutions to achieve Entrust ReadyT
status. The Entrust Ready designation is awarded by Entrust and refers
to products and services that have been reviewed for compatibility and
interoperability with Entrust products. Under the TrustedPartner
agreement, Entrust will make available its software as well as provide
integration guidance in order to help a Technology Partner’s offering
fulfill the Entrust Ready requirements.
“Labcal recognizes Entrust’s leadership in the digital identities and
information security industry and we are convinced that our partnership
will add significant value to our authentication solutions,” said Hugues
Gervais, vice-president, Business Development, Labcal. “This partnership
with Entrust shows the ways in which Labcal is continuously improving
its solutions to follow and anticipate customers’ needs.”
“The Entrust TrustedPartners Program reflects the need to engage global
market opportunities through alliances that leverage leading solutions
and services to provide extended value for potential and existing
customers,” said Eric Skinner, vice president, Secure Data Solutions,
Entrust, Inc. “We look forward to further developing this relationship
with Labcal to provide industry leading Internet security solutions to
enterprises, financial institutions and governments.”
About Labcal Technologies, Inc.
Founded in 1995, Labcal Technologies Inc. develops and markets
authentication solutions based on biometric, smart card and PKI
technologies. With one of the industry’s most comprehensive portfolios
of readers and software, Labcal offers trusted and highly secure digital
identity systems for a wide range of applications, such as: physical
access control, logical access control, military ID and national ID
cards. Labcal also provides the market with a complete integrated
authentication solution that supports physical and logical access
control as well as remote authentication. Supported by an experienced
R&D and professional services team, Labcal offers a full range of core
and vertical-specific solutions to market demands for any of the
following: airport, seaport, oil refinery, health care, civil ID,
government, and Fortune 1000 Enterprises. For further information please
visit www.labcal.com
About the Entrust Secure Data Solution
Entrust Secure Data provides comprehensive protection of corporate
information, reducing the risk of disclosure, loss, or corruption,
regardless of where it is stored or how it is transmitted, and without
changing the way users work. For more information visit:
http://www.entrust.com/solutions/data/index.htm
About Entrust
Entrust, Inc. [Nasdaq: ENTU] is a world leader in securing digital
identities and information, enabling businesses and governments to
transform the way they conduct online transactions and manage
relationships with customers, partners and employees. Entrust’s
solutions promote a proactive approach to security that provides
accountability and privacy to online transactions and information. Over
1,200 enterprises and government agencies in more than 50 countries use
Entrust’s portfolio of security software solutions that integrate into a
broad range of applications organizations used today to leverage the
Internet and enterprise networks. For more information, please visit
www.entrust.com
Entrust is a registered trademark of Entrust, Inc. in the United States
and certain other countries. In Canada, Entrust is a registered
trademark of Entrust Limited. All Entrust product names are trademarks
or registered trademarks of Entrust, Inc. or Entrust Limited. All other
company and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of
their respective owners.
For more information:
Gregory McConnell
Labcal Technologies, Inc.
(418) 692-3137
[email protected]
Carrie Bendzsa Stephanie Coggin
Entrust, Inc. Weber Shandwick
613-270-3455 972-830-2857
[email protected] [email protected]
