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Route1 MobiKEY Launched in Europe by T-Systems Partner Under X-KEY Brand
Route1 MobiKEY Launched in Europe by T-Systems Partner Under X-KEY Brand.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n\nRoute1 Receives 15,000 unit order from X-MS AG\n\nTORONTO, Nov. 7 /CNW/ - Route1, Inc.(TM) (TSX-V:ROI), a market leader in\nproviding secure, identity-managed remote computing solutions, today announced\nthat T-Systems partner, X-MS AG, has acquired non-exclusive rights to sell\nRoute1 MobiKEY throughout Europe. X-MS will be marketing the device under the\nT-Systems X-KEY brand, and will be making it available to corporations and\ngovernment agencies through its expansive reseller channel.\nRecognizing the potential for the X-KEY in this market, X-MS will be\ndedicated to selling this white-labelled version of the Route1 MobiKEY and has\nplaced an initial order for 15,000 X-KEYs to meet the anticipated 2007\nbase-level of demand for the product.\n\"The European market is ready for a secure identity management product\nlike the X-KEY, and we are confident that it will be rapidly adopted,\" said\nDr. Hisham Lamei, co-founder of X-MS. \"It provides an ideal solution for\nbusiness continuity planning, remote access, and applications where highly\nsecure access to enterprise and desktop resources is essential.\"\nHorst Dahmen, X-MS co-founder added, \"Our expansive telco sales channel\nis reporting strong interest in X-KEY based on initial communication to its\nextensive customer base. Sales have already been reported, and we look forward\nto many successes with this offering in the coming year.\"\n\"Having a T-Systems partner license and promote our product in Europe\nprovides us with a tremendous opportunity to drive global appeal for MobiKEY,\"\nsaid Andrew White, CEO of Route1. \"Through its telco channel partner and other\nsigned channels, X-MS has unprecedented access to large corporations, global\nbusiness and branches of the government, all of which can now empower their\nworkforce to securely access their digital resources from any location, at any\ntime.\"\n\"X-KEY is simple and a must for everyone who travels,\" continued Dr.\nLamei. \"This solution represents an easy-to-use combination of digital rights,\ntrust centre technology and transmission capabilities of the Internet.\"\n\nAbout the X-KEY\nThe T-Systems X-KEY is a white-labeled version of the Route1 MobiKEY, an\nultra-portable computing device that securely connects users to their desktop\nand network resources from any Internet-enabled Windows-based PC. ...