KELOWNA, British Columbia, April 22, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- Secure Enterprise Solutions Inc. (the "Company" or "SETP".) (OTCBB:SETP) proudly announces that Edgetech Services. Inc. has entered an official Value Added Reseller agreement with Labcal Technologies Inc. of Quebec City. The agreement is effective in North America, Europe and Asia.
Labcal is focused on Internet and IT security needs of public and private sector organizations. Labcal's SmartPrint(TM) technology has been selected by the People's Republic of China for their National ID Card project, the largest biometric project in the world.
Labcal (www.labcal.com) is a leading international developer of authentication solutions based on Biometrics, PKI and smart card technologies. With the industry's most comprehensive portfolio of readers and software, Labcal offers trusted and highly secure digital identity systems for a wide range of applications such as: Employee ID and access control, National ID card, Drivers License, Access and Border Control, and Nominative Attribution of Benefits such as (healthcare, pension plans, welfare, immigration), e-commerce, B2B/B2C Transaction, Web Access, Network & Workstation Logon, and Secure e-mail. Labcal's famous hand held mobile reader is used for a variety of applications in more that 18 countries worldwide.
Drawing on extensive experience working with organizations such as the Bank of Canada, Airports of Montreal, Canada's Departments of Health, Transport Canada, the American Bar Association, and the Department of National Defence of Canada, Labcal has developed highly reliable ID authentication solutions to address the IT Security, ID Card, and Physical Access markets.
"In an all new IT context where the true value of a company is weighed by it's accomplishments and not only it's potential, it makes a lot of sense to team-up with companies with concrete and relevant projects in the works such as Edgetech," said Hugues Gervais, VP Business Development of Labcal.
"We are proud to announce that as a Value Added Reseller, Edgetech is now able to offer our global clients world class, proven Biometric and PKI Smart Card Technology," said Tae Ho Kim, Co-Founder and Vice-President of Edgetech. "Labcal brings excellent credibility and experience in fingerprint biometrics and Smart Card technology from both the public and private sector and we are proud of our association and our bright future together."
SETP had earlier announced an agreement between Edgetech Services Inc and BioID A.G. of Germany, which has developed technology that uses three biometric traits for identification: Facial Recognition, Voice Recognition and Lip Movement. BIOID is the only company that integrates all three of these traits and analyzes them simultaneously. More information on the company can be seen at www.bioid.com
Through these relationships, and through the recently announced Trusted World Partner agreement between SETP and Baltimore Technologies, SETP can deliver a compelling suite of world-leading biometric security products and services. Baltimore Technologies is an acknowledged world-leading provider of E-security technology that authenticates and approves data and content-based relationships and transactions
"Secure Enterprise Solutions is building a global security practice that spans the world with the very best products and services available anywhere," said Chris Bunka, CEO. "In just the past three months we have already assembled the early infrastructure of what we intend will be a significant force in the security world. As our distribution widens and our products and services-suite expands to cover all the major facets of security, we will increasingly focus on operations and growth, including growth through acquisition."
Secure Enterprise Solutions Inc. has previously made an initial payment as per its agreement to wholly acquire Edgetech Services Inc. The company's website is www.edgetechservices.com
The Company continues discussions regarding additional partnering and acquisition opportunities and expects further announcements to be made on these and other matters soon.
Secure Enterprise Solutions Inc. is a security solutions provider that expects to compete against firms such as Checkpoint Software (NASDAQ:CHKP); Network Associates (NYSE:NET); and Verisign (NASDAQ:VRSN); among others.
For corporate information contact Chris Bunka, CEO 250-765-6424, or chris.bunka@weprovidesecurity.com or examine the website at www.weprovidesecurity.com
This press release includes forward-looking statements. These statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Inherent risks and uncertainties could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties are described in the periodic reports the Company files with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release.