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Press Release: Announcing "Tiger" Support & German Localization
PGP CORPORATION ANNOUNCES NEW PRODUCTS FOR MAC OS X 10.4 "TIGER" PLUS GERMAN LOCALIZATION AND INTERNATIONAL ENCODING UPDATES
PGP Data Security Products Support Tiger and Double-Byte Languages;
Full Compatibility with Tiger's built-in Firewall and New Network Kernel Extensions
Palo Alto, CA/06 June, 2005 - PGP Corporation, a global leader in enterprise data security and encryption solutions, today announced PGP® Desktop 9.0.1 and PGP Universal 2.0.1 products with full support for Apple Computer's Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" operating system, German localization, and internationalization for different character sets and encodings.
"Support for Mac OS X innovations is an important PGP priority," said Doug McLean, vice president products for PGP Corporation. "With PGP Desktop 9.0.1, Tiger users can simply and automatically protect their confidential information and personal privacy by encrypting email, files, disks, and instant messaging sessions. Larger organizations can add PGP Universal to centrally manage PGP Desktop 9.0.1 users, including centralized key management and policy enforcement. With Tiger support, PGP products offer a full suite of security solutions to users of the major desktop and email platforms."
"Hundreds of breakthrough features make Tiger the most advanced OS in the world," said Ron Okamoto, Apple's vice president of worldwide developer relations. "We"re thrilled PGP Corporation has harnessed some of the innovation and performance in Tiger to deliver excellent information security applications to Mac users."
New PGP Product Features & Benefits
- Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" compatibility - PGP Desktop 9.0.1 fully supports Apple Computer's newest operating system, Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.4.1.
- Performance boost - PGP Desktop 9.0.1 leverages Apple's Network Kernel Extensions (NKE) to deliver enhanced encryption performance.
- Seamless security - PGP Desktop 9.0.1 is fully compatible with Tiger's built-in IP firewall.
- Transport security - Whenever possible, PGP Desktop 9.0.1 ensures transport-level security for all email by using Transport Layer Security (TLS, formerly Secure Sockets Layer [SSL]) between Tiger and the email server.
- Internationalization - New products are fully double-byte character-enabled.
- Translated UI - The PGP Desktop 9.0.1 user interface has been translated into German and incorporates new techniques to support multiple languages in future releases.
- Translated documentation - PGP Universal 2.0.1 and PGP Desktop 9.0.1 user documentation, presentations, and marketing collateral are now available in German.
- Localized websites - The PGP German ( http://www.pgp.com/de/index.html) website provides local language information for local PGP users.
- New German PGP subsidiary - PGP Corporation has created a local presence to serve German-language customers.
- PGP Deutschland AG, formed in March 2005 and based in Frankfurt, Germany, is managed by former principals at Glück & Kanja Technology AG, a German vendor of award-winning security products acquired by PGP Corporation.
- FIPS 140-2 validation - Previous PGP product versions were validated to FIPS 140-2. Updated FIPS 140-2 validation for the updated PGP Software Development Kit (SDK) included in PGP Desktop 9.0.1 and PGP Universal 2.0.1 has been submitted and is currently listed as an Implementation Under Test.
About PGP Desktop 9.0
PGP Desktop 9.0 eliminates the costly management of point solutions and training costs of multiple applications while preserving best-of-breed data security from a trusted vendor. This new five-in-one security solution includes PGP Virtual Disk encryption (files, folders), PGP Mail (automatic and transparent using PGP Universal technology), PGP Instant Messenger (securing AOL® Instant Messenger™ traffic), PGP Zip (file compression), and PGP Shred (permanent file deletion). In addition, PGP Desktop 9.0 automatically posts new user keys to the PGP Global Directory, a new service hosted by PGP Corporation that gives PGP users a trusted, validated, and automatic way to share and retrieve public keys.
About PGP Corporation
The global customer standard for encryption and digital-signature solutions, PGP Corporation develops, markets, and supports an integrated data security suite used by more than 30,000 enterprises, businesses, and governments worldwide, including 90% of the Fortune® 100 , 75% of the Forbes® International 100, and thousands of individuals and cryptography experts. Customers depend on PGP solutions for regulatory and audit compliance, to protect confidential company information, to secure customer data, and to keep identity information private.
During the past ten years, PGP® technology has earned a global reputation for innovative, standards-based, trusted solutions. The flexible PGP suite allows customers to phase-in gateway, partner, mobile or internal email security; data storage protection for laptops, desktops, and removable media; IM encryption; and FTP/batch transfer security using a single key management and recovery infrastructure. PGP Corporation is the only commercial security vendor to publish source code for peer review. Contact PGP Corporation at www.pgp.com or +1 650 319 9000.
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Some of the statements in this press release are forward-looking, including the statements regarding the availability, plans, delivery, goals, development, expected features, expected benefits and competitive position of PGP products, including PGP Universal, PGP Corporate Desktop, PGP Workgroup Desktop, PGP Personal Desktop, PGP Mobile, and PGP SDK; and other PGP products implementing or leveraging the PGP technologies. All references made to product feature enhancements, improvements in platform support or additional functionality are subject to change at solely PGP Corporation's discretion. All descriptions of future PGP technology and products are subject to availability only if PGP Corporation decides to build them and when PGP Corporation decides to make them commercially available. Actual results could differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. Risks and uncertainties that PGP Corporation faces that could cause results to differ materially include risks associated with any unforeseen technical difficulties or software errors related to the final development and launch of any of PGP Corporation's products; any technological or standards changes in the security, encryption and authentications market which could make PGP Corporation's products less competitive or require feature changes in these products; any slowdown in the adoption by businesses of encryption suites, secure email, Internet technologies or related standard. The forward-looking statements contained in this release are made as of the date hereof, and PGP Corporation does not assume any obligation to update such statements nor to publicize the reasons why actual results could differ materially from those projected in such statements
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