Vordel partners with General Network Services to develop Web Services security market in Canada

21 February 2002 - San Jose, Ca. and Ottawa, Canada - Vordel, the Web Services security company, today announced at the RSA Security Conference that General Network Services (GNS), a leading provider of security, authentication, and authorization solutions in the Canadian market, has joined the Vordel, VIP partner program.

GNS has been at the forefront of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), authentication and authorization, and directory solutions since its founding in 1996. GNS has leveraged its current expertise and Canadian market position in PKI services and middle-ware development to expand its current offerings to include services and application development in the burgeoning area of XML based security and authentication.

As a result of this strategic alliance, GNS will incorporate the VordelSecure® product into its existing security offering. GNS will be in a position to provide scalable solutions to its customers that deliver the benefits of high-performance business integration in a secure trading environment.

"This alliance allows Vordel to further expand in the North American marketplace," said Sean Rogers, VP of Business Development for Vordel USA. "GNS offers a progressive approach to the provision of security solutions for commerce between trading partners. By partnering with Vordel, they can now offer solutions at the vanguard of Web Services technology that permit organizations to securely expose their business processes to their trading partners."

Because Vordel's flexible security solution operates within whatever existing security infrastructure an organization may have deployed, VordelSecure can easily integrate with the GNS PKI service offering, enabling GNS to deploy digital certificates quickly and easily. VordelSecure resolves the issues surrounding the security, accountability, integration, and performance of transactions conducted between corporations across the Internet.

Michael Pluscauskas, President and CEO of GNS said: "We are pleased to have a partner of Vordel's calibre providing us with technology. As specialists in the deployment and implementation of PKI, directory, and authentication systems for clients such as the Government of Canada, it is essential that we create solutions that satisfy the heightened security requirements of our customers. The alliance with Vordel helps us to do this."

VordelSecure will enhance our delivery of state-of-the-art security, accountability and performance features required by our customers for their high-value transactions," added Pluscauskas.

About GNS

Founded in 1996, General Network Services - GNS Ltd. (GNS) is a privately-held company that is a leader in information security, authentication and authorization solutions focusing on Public Key Infrastructure ("PKI") and directory services. GNS leverages a framework of trusted e-security applications, policies and practices to ensure confidentiality, integrity, authentication, and non-repudiation. GNS ensures that organizations faced with security challenges are met with the optimal information security products and professional services that ensure flexibility and reliability in any corporate eStrategy.

Further information on GNS is available at www.gns.ca.

About Vordel

Vordel is the Web Services security company.

VordelSecure provides the required link between Web Services technologies and security technologies, providing authentication, authorization, accounting and content validation for XML based communications.

Vordel is a privately held company headquartered in Dublin, Ireland with offices in Boston, USA and London, UK. Institutional investors in Vordel include Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, Elderstreet VC, ICC Venture Capital, the Intel 64 fund, and the Powerscourt Capital Technology Fund.

Additional information about Vordel is available at www.vordel.com.

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