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ACTIVCARD
COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF SAFE
DATA SYSTEMS
New team brings Microsoft and Checkpoint expertise
Suresnes,
FRANCE, July 5, 2001 -- ActivCard (Nasdaq:ACTI; Nasdaq Europe:
ACTI), a leading provider of digital identity management products
and technology, today announced it has completed the acquisition
of Safe Data System.
"Having
worked closely with Safe Data System over the past several years
and experiencing their extensive expertise in authentication and
access control technologies and systems, we look forward to their
contributions as part of the ActivCard team," commented Yves
Audebert, Vice Chairman, Chief Operating Officer and President
of ActivCard. "We have high expectations of our new team
members as they will play key roles in delivering new features
and capabilities to our product line."
The
Safe Data System acquisition brings a wide range of valuable skills
and knowledge of Microsoft network environments and development
Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Checkpoint access control
and VPN systems and experience with supplementary personal computing
devices. Additionally, the team brings strong relationships with
several new European distribution and reseller partners.
About
ActivCard
ActivCard,
a leader in digital identity and electronic certification technology,
delivers core components required to enable next generation e-Business
communications and transactions. ActivCard solutions, in conjunction
with the applications support for public key-based data confidentiality,
and integrity, allow individuals and businesses to perform secure
online transactions over the Internet with the ease-of-use of
an ATM transaction. Today, more than 2 million people use ActivCard
products for secure Internet banking, Web access and remote access
to corporate networks. ActivCard is headquartered in Fremont,
California, with worldwide operations in France, Germany, Japan,
Sweden, Singapore, and the United Kingdom.
ActivCard™
is a registered trademark of ActivCard
S.A. in the United States and in other countries.
This
press release may contain forward-looking statements, which reflect
management's best judgment based on factors currently known. Such
statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, which
could cause actual results to differ materially from those in
the statements included in this press release. Readers are cautioned
not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements,
which speak only as of the date hereof.
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