Launch of edefice™ Version 6.3

Intercede, a leading developer of electronic identity management software, today announces the launch of the latest version of its key web-based management product, edefice™.

Intercede Group plc (IGP LN) (IGP.L), a leading developer of electronic identity management software, announces that it will officially launch edefice™ 6.3 at CardTech/SecurTech (“CTST”) in New Orleans and at Infosec in London.  Both of these exhibitions commence tomorrow, Tuesday 23 April 2002, and will last until Thursday 25 April 2002.

Following the launch of edefice 6.0 announced in October 2001, edefice 6.3 represents a significant step forward in terms of meeting the rapidly emerging needs of our channel partners and their customers. Oberthur and Compaq will be demonstrating their own derivatives of edefice 6.3 at London’s Infosec exhibition.  Two unnamed US based partners will be launching their own products based on edefice 6.3 at CTST in New Orleans.

Edefice 6.3 opens up new sales opportunities for Intercede by supporting additional smart cards, authentication tokens and USB devices. The incorporation of a device and user profile editor provides enhanced centralised control of security policies while retaining edefice’s intuitive user interface. Powerful new work flows for issuing smart cards and their credentials enables edefice 6.3 to deliver business benefits to a wider market and as a result significantly broadens the revenue potential of the product line.

Edefice 6.3 further cements Intercede’s position as a world class provider of electronic identity management software. Edefice 6.3 will be showcased on Intercede’s own booth, No. 758, at CTST.

Richard Parris, Chief Executive of Intercede, said today:

“Edefice 6.0 enabled Intercede to secure a number of important partnership agreements which incorporated US$800,000 in advance revenues. Edefice 6.3 represents a further substantial technical progression, thereby enabling these partners to satisfy an increasingly wide variety of potential applications for their customers.” 

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About Intercede
Intercede Group plc (IGP LN) (IGP.L) is a leading developer and supplier of electronic identity management software. Intercede is one of only three quoted security software companies on the London Stock Exchange following its admission to the Alternative Investment Market in January 2001. Intercede’s edefice™ provides any organization with the tools required to quickly deploy, maintain and manage smart cards, tokens, biometric and PKI technology. Intercede’s customers cover a range of industries and currently include Barclays Bank, Lloyds TSB, the Department for Education and Skills, the NHS, Compaq and ICL. For more information, visit Intercede’s home page at http://www.intercedegroup.com/ or call +44 (0) 1455 558 111.

About edefice™
Intercede’s edefice™ is powerful electronic identity management software designed to enable secure, cost-effective and easy-to-deploy smart card, token, biometric and PKI solutions ranging from logical and physical access to email and transaction signing.

Edefice-enabled security solutions allow end users to enjoy faster and more secure smart card-based access to PCs, networks and buildings, while providing administrators with an intuitive web-based electronic identity issuance and life cycle management tool.

For more information, visit the edefice™ home page at http://www.edefice.com/ or call +44 (0) 1455 558 111.

ENQUIRIES:

Intercede Group plc	Tel. 01455 558111
Richard Parris	Chairman & Chief Executive
Andrew Walker	Finance Director
College Hill	Tel. 020 7457 2020
Archie Berens	E-mail:archie.berens@collegehill.com
Clare Warren	E-mail:clare.warren@collegehill.com