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Date: 18 January2001
On behalf of: 5GM
PLASMON PARTNERS WITH 5GM FOR A MORE SECURE E-WORLD
First B2B, fully automated, legally secure email archiving solution conforming to BSI PD5000
Plasmon Data Limited, expert in removable storage, and 5GM, a leading secure Internet communication company, have announced a strategic European partnership, which aims to provide organisations with fully automated, legally secure email archiving solutions.
The agreement - which integrates Plasmon's storage technology with 5GM's secure messaging communication software - will mean that each company's respective channel partners can offer customers safe and secure business communication solutions.
"Plasmon is aware that the proof of delivery of a message or communication, along with the guarantee that the message received was the message sent, are growing concerns for companies using business to business (B2B) Internet messaging. We are pleased to be working with 5GM to provide solutions which ensure that 'best evidence' is available within an organisation," says Robert Neely, European Sales Director (EMEA) at Plasmon.
Neil Grimston, Chief Operating Officer, 5GM comments: "The need for evidential weight in electronically transmitted documents will increasingly become a dominant issue as organisations move contractual and other valuable transactions onto the Internet."
This move is significant in light of the recent guidelines regarding messaging and email admissibility highlighted by the British Standards Institute. For example BSI PD5000:1999 states that it is necessary to store confirmation of receipt to a tamper-proof storage system. 5GM's products contain an archiving feature, which means that every message or email sent or received is automatically archived on suitable storage media, such as the products supplied by Plasmon. Plasmon's range of storage media means that the channel can supply the technology to meet the exact needs of the user.
The partnership means that both Plasmon and 5GM will recommend each other's products as the preferred choice to compliment their own. 5GM, working closely with Plasmon, is recruiting further channel partners across Europe.
Grimston continues, "I'm delighted about the partnership between Plasmon and 5GM. 5GM provides applications which provide legal admissibility when used with certain Plasmon products. The combined strength of the products can exceed the requirements of BSI PD5000 - including BSI PD0008 (Information Stored Electronically), soon to be given ISO standard - which 5GM co-authored and around which much of our technology is based. " is based. 1"
1 According to the BSI code of practice, to achieve a legally admissible electronic transmission, the following need to be supported:
· At point of transmission the transmitted file with time and date stamp and confirmation of receipt are written to a write once optical storage system, in a fashion which limits the possibility of later changing the information stored.
· At point of receipt the transmitted file with time and date stamp and confirmation of receipt are written to a write once optical storage system, in a fashion which limits the possibility of later changing the information stored.
About Plasmon
Established in 1987, Plasmon plc is an international data storage business headquartered from the UK specialising in removable data storage technologies. Plasmon's architectural configurations provide the highest level of automated flexibility through the implementation of 12-inch TrueWORM (write once, read many), 5¼ inch MO (magneto optical), LTO-Ultrium, Magstar-MP, CD-ROM/CD-R, DVD-RAM, DVD-Rand media. Plasmon has been involved in extensive research, development and manufacturing of Phase Change media products since the mid 1980's and also provides a range of storage management software and network-attached storage solutions.
With world-wide headquarters in the UK and operations across Europe and the US, the company also has manufacturing facilities in the U.K., and in the U.S. in Colorado and Minnesota. Plasmon's Worldwide Headquarters and European Sales and Marketing are located at: Whiting Way, Melbourn, Royston, Hertfordshire SG8 6EN; tel: +44 (0)1763 262963 fax: +44 (0)1763 264444.
http://www.plasmon.co.uk. e-mail:
[email protected] Plasmon products are sold to OEMs and also through VAR and distributor channels.
About 5GM
5GM Limited, headquartered in Harrow, London, is a spin-out from the leading messaging company 5th Generation Messaging Limited and was established in January 2000 by CEO Robert Zysblat. 5th Generation Messaging Limited was part of the Group 5 Group, formed four years ago by many of the world's leading messaging companies, including Microsoft, Matsushita, Xerox, and Lotus, to create a new standard in legal admissibility for any document sent over the Internet. In April 2000, 5GM Limited secured funding from a group of investors including SG Securities, eVestment, NetVest and the City of London.
5GM develops server based software to the global market place for secure communication on the Internet, Extranet, Intranet and VPN's. All 5GM applications, designed and developed using the Java programming language, are based on the 5GM G5 protocol and are providing: Proof of Delivery, File Content Negotiation, Digital Signatures, Encryption, Content security, Non Repudiation, Authentication, Archiving and PKI integration.
5GM's technology is being used to support non-repudiation and remote archiving in smart card based transactions, and has wide application in second/third Generation Mobile Phone technology. Though the G5 protocol was designed to take over internal session-based communication, it can also be used to initiate and manage stream-based communication.
Any attached document, in any format, can be sent with 5GM-Mail, including: e-mail, invoices, statements, purchase orders, financial reports, contracts of employment, insurance policies, bank statements, pension contributions, letters of credit and CAD files.
The current market predictions are that as much as $100 billion of the $300 billion market for delivery of documents in hard copy form, could very well move to the Internet in the next few years.
For further information about 5GM and it's products, contact Nathalie Bar at 5GM on
[email protected] or visit the website at
http://www.5GM.com. 5GM products are sold to OEMs and also through VAR and distributor channels.
