Smart card leader signs reseller
agreement for card management systems
Giesecke & Devrient has signed
an agreement with Intercede to offer the MyID card and application
management system.
Washington DC, 27th April 2004
Giesecke & Devrient (G&D),
the international technology group and a leading provider of high
security smart cards and systems has signed a reseller agreement
with Intercede to provide the MyID™ card and application
management system components. MyID is an essential part of the
G&D identity and access management integrated technologies,
I-AM IT.
"Corporate and government
customers are concerned with physical and logical access to sites
and system applications. They need management tools that can support
the integration of cards and devices to control that access,"
says Hassan Tavassoli, Director of Industry and Government for
Giesecke & Devrient's North American subsidiary. "Intercede's
MyID products offer seamless integration for centralized and distributed
issuance of PKI certificates, role management, and self-service
tasks. This integration complements G&D's philosophy of providing
its customers with first class products that can help manage their
security requirements."
The G&D I-AM Integrated Technologies
solution incorporates Intercede's MyID products. The combination
provides an issuance and management solution that is highly flexible
and configurable to fit nearly any environment. "Intercede
is pleased to have G&D as a reseller of the MyID range of
solutions. G&D's experience in large-scale identity programs
and the expanding role that smart cards have in the identity and
access management marketplace provide Intercede with a strong
partner in these market segments," says Richard Parris, Chairman
and CEO, Intercede Group plc.
Many enterprises today are looking
to implement a strategy for identity and access management. G&D
and Intercede offer a common infrastructure from which the various
components of the I-AM Integrated Technologies can be issued and
managed.
Notes To Editors
About Giesecke & Devrient
Giesecke & Devrient (G&D)
is a technology leader in the supply of smart cards, systems and
solutions for telecommunications, electronic payments, transportation,
health, ID, and Internet security (PKI). G&D is also a leading
provider of banknotes and securities as well as currency processing
equipment. The Giesecke & Devrient Group, headquartered in
Munich, Germany, operates subsidiaries and joint ventures all
over the world. G&D employs over 6,400 people world-wide and
generates annual revenues of EUR 1.09 billion.
For more information, visit www.gdai.com.
About Intercede
Intercede Group plc is a leading developer and supplier of smart
card and identity management software listed on the London Stock
Exchange (IGP LN) (IGP.L). The Group's software manages the secure
registration, issuance and lifecycle of digital identities for
a wide range of uses. This requires the integration of multiple
technologies and products from many different vendors, including
smart cards, biometrics and digital certificates.
Intercede's software enables technology partners, service providers
and systems integrators to quickly and easily incorporate smart
cards and associated digital credentials into their products,
solutions or services. For end user organizations and resellers,
Intercede offers the MyID™ range of identity management solutions.
MyID solutions simplify the deployment of smart cards through
the use of convenient, preconfigured modules targeted at major
vertical markets, e.g. corporate, campus, banking etc. MyID is
powered by Intercede's patented edefice™ technology.
For more information, visit Intercede's
home page at http://www.intercedegroup.com/
, call +44 (0) 1455 558 111 or Email info@intercede.com
