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Further Re Licence
Further Re Licence.
About this update from Intercede Group Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n Intercede Group PLC\n06 September 2007\n\n6 SEPTEMBER 2007\n\n\n\n\n\n INTERCEDE GROUP PLC\n\n ('Intercede' or 'the Company')\n\n\n\n Intercede Confirms Licence Agreement With Thales\n\n\n\nFollowing last week's announcement of a new licence agreement, Intercede, one of\nthe world's leading developers and suppliers of smart card and identity\nmanagement software, is pleased to confirm that the agreement is with Thales,\nthe international electronics and mission critical systems group.\n\n\n\nThe agreement reinforces the relationship between Intercede and Thales and\nsupports the growth in demand for identity management solutions currently being\nwitnessed by Thales in the financial services industry and the public sector.\nThis agreement is separate from Intercede's existing product customisation\ncontract with Thales, signed previously.\n\n\n\nThales first integrated MyID with its SafeSign suite of products over three\nyears ago and has since been offering a unique identity management solution to\nthe market. In response to growing demand within the financial services and\npublic sector markets for sophisticated identity management, Thales is further\ninvesting in the solution and has carried out extensive product development to\ndifferentiate the SafeSign Management Server from other offerings on the market.\n\n\n\nTogether SafeSign Management Server and SafeSign Authentication Server provide\ncustomers with an end-to-end identity management, user and message\nauthentication solution that unites the issuing and management of a large\nvariety of authentication and identification technologies, including PKI cards,\nUSB tokens, handheld tokens, mobile phones, contact and contactless cards and\nbiometric technologies.\n\n\n\nPaul Meadowcroft, head of transaction security for the e-Security activities of\nThales, comments:\n\n\n\n'In response to customer and market requirements, we have invested heavily in\nthe development of the SafeSign suite of products to ensure that customers are\nreceiving a unique, sophisticated and functionality-rich end-to-end identity\nmanagement and authentication solution. As a result, our customers in the\nfinancial services and public sector markets worldwide can rely on Thales to\nprovide them with an advanced solution which will meet the rigorous demands of\ntheir current and future identity mana...