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IDEALX Strengthens its OpenTrust™ Offer With a Take-Over |
IDEALX strengthens its OpenTrust™ offer with a take-over and reinforces its position as a leader in the security market
Paris, France Feb 8th, 2007 - IDEALX, publisher of OpenTrust™, the Open Source Trust & Security Suite, has today announced that is has purchased Kotio’s Proof Management Software. A key element for all electronic transactions, IDEALX will be integrating this proof management and digital signature technology into the OpenTrust™ software suite as early as the end of this month.
This recent acquisition, a complete packaged software solution that can be directly integrated into business applications, will strengthen OpenTrust™ as the leading offer in the open source trust and security market. The components of Kotio’s proof management middleware enable effective and straightforward integration of digital signatures, time-stamping and strong authentication, thus guaranteeing the collection of elements that provide proof and traceability of processes managed by business applications.
Olivier Guilbert, CEO of IDEALX enthuses “This take over has meant that we are now a year ahead of schedule when compared to development plans that were made in September 2006 following the C3I* committee meeting. These signature and proof management functions are a natural complement to OpenTrust. Kotio’s proof management software was chosen due to the company’s strong references in the field of electronic transactions and electronic invoicing, combined with their compliance with international Common Criteria standards. Such a reliable addition of technology and know-how will make OpenTrust™ a unique security offer on the European Market” Kotio’s proof management middleware guarantees: - creation and management of digital signature and electronic proof
- batch signing with a signature server
- validity of signatures
- integration with third party services (Time-stamping, Archiving, Third-party Certification Authority);
- management of legally recognized elements of proof.
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