point to verify ™

Comodo Partners with Wave Systems To Offer Transaction Management Solutions Online

Comodo will make available Wave's SignOnline® eSign Transaction Management Suite™ Product Family

Kent, UK, 5 March. Comodo, the leading Internet security specialist has announced that it is partnering with Wave Systems Corp., a leader in secure hardware and software computing solutions and services, to introduce the SignOnline eSign Transaction Management (eTM) Suite.

eSign Transaction Management (eTM) allows organizations to manage business processes and transactions entirely online, without the need for time-consuming and costly ink signatures and paper storage, overnight mail or expensive traditional delivery services. With eTM Suite, organizations can create, sign, store, access and manage the lifecycle of legally-binding electronic records, all within the legal standards set by ESIGN, UETA, Revised Article 9 of the UCC, SPeRS and GPEA.

Comodo will offer Wave's eTM Suite portfolio as a part of their growing range of products, services and applications. Recognizing that trust and security are fundamental to successful online business, Comodo has released a number of core standards-based products and solutions to ensure that enterprises can take full advantage of privacy, security, trust and confidence.

Comodo offers industry-leading X509 services to enterprises worldwide and is the fastest growing certificate services company in the world. Fully integrated with the eTM Suite, Comodo's ePKI Manager allows for complete lifecycle management of an enterprise's digital certificates, issuing and managing X509 v3 certificates in real time to internal employees, client, partners and suppliers. This partnership allows internal paper flows such as expense reports to be digitally managed, external contracts and purchase orders to be facilitated by the speed of the Internet, and all legally binding with the use of a digital signature.

"Partnering our outsourced PKI services and more specifically our ePKI certificate platform with WAVE builds a complete signing solution for enterprises worldwide. The depth of this application in meeting the legal requirements of online commerce is fantastic. Coupled with our outsourced certificate platform, enterprises can today transform their business process and start realizing huge cost savings," said Jim Whiffin, Director of Comodo.

"Comodo is a company with global momentum in the online trust and security market," said Kelly Purcell, Wave's vice president, enterprise solutions. "Our joint offer is a complete solution for customers and represents a large potential market for both companies. Wave's eTM Suite is the emerging leader in e-vault, e-sign, PKI-based identity and integration services; and, Comodo's ePKI is the emerging leader in outsourced digital certificate services. Together we form a nexus to deliver a true solution to enterprises globally."

Wave's eTM Suite consists of SmartSignature™, SmartSAFE™, SmartIdentity™ Services, SmartConnect™, the SMARTDoc™ Mortgage Banking Module and the EMBASSY® Module. The SmartSignature application is a download that uses digital certificates in a point and click signing process. SmartSAFE stores digitally signed, legally-binding contracts in a document depository. SmartIdentity Services validates the identity of parties involved through a PKI-based identity application using an Equifax® patented process. The eTM Suite SmartConnect solution offers web services for integration with other applications such as workflow, legacy systems and CRM. The eTM Suite is enhanced with modular functionality addressing industry specific opportunities, including a paperless mortgage process and SmartSignature via Wave's EMBASSY Trusted Client solution.

About Wave Systems Corp.

Wave Systems is a leader in trusted computing solutions and services, including its SignOnline® Suite of Services, a complete web-based digital signing and document storage solution. Wave Systems has developed hardware-based EMBASSY® Trusted Client technology, a Wave TrustEdge® brand of products and the software-based SignOnline Suite of Services as foundation elements for trusted computing.

Wave's TrustEdge product line is a comprehensive set of hardware, software, development tools and EMBASSY-based trust infrastructure that allows manufacturers of input devices to develop trusted platforms which are flexible and programmable to support authentication, logon, and identity vault requirements.

TrustEdge-enabled input devices are able to handle multi-factor authentication and identity credentials including passwords/PINs, smart cards, magnetic stripe cards and tokens. TrustEdge can be integrated into a wide range of input devices such as keyboards, smart card readers, biometric readers, cell phones and GPS sensors. For more information about Wave Systems, visit http://www.wave.com.

About Comodo: Comodo (SSL Certificate Authority ) is a leading Internet security specialist and provides next generation E-commerce Security Solutions. Through a growing range of products, services and applications developed by its dedicated research lab, Comodo provides software, hardware, secure messaging and certificate based security.

After its first year of issuing SSL Certificates, Comodo has quickly become the 2nd largest Certification Authority in the world. For product information please contact + 1.888.266.6361 or + 1.703.581.6361 or visit the Comodo Home Page at www.comodogroup.com.

"Verification is the key to establishing Trust.

Trustlogo delivers real-time Identity Assurance to your web site visitors.

Allowing your customers to verify who you are achieves a previously unavailable level of Trust"