Aladdin Knowledge Systems has announced an agreement with Packard Bell NEC to bundle approximately 50,000 Packard Bell PCs with Aladdin`s eToken for e-commerce and security applications. This agreement will first be implemented in Belgium, where Packard Bell holds more than 22 percent of the home PC market, according to the latest Dataquest survey, and will be progressively expanded to other markets.
"The PCs will be bundled with a set of eTokens or "Internet keys" of different colours, one for each member of the family, and the eAccess application developed by Aladdin. By using the Internet key, each user will be able to purchase easily and securely over the Internet and personalise each access to the computer.
The Internet key also allows for the sharing of the PC safely between members of the family, and protecting the confidential information of each user," says Brett Myroff, CEO of local Aladdin affiliate, eSafe Technologies SA.
Using eAccess, a Main User can control user access to the PC and Internet in terms of schedule and activities for each of the other member of the family, based on their individually configured key. The Main User can also restrict user access to harmful or undesirable Web content. eAccess uses technology originally developed for Aladdin`s eSafe Protect Internet Security suite.
Isaac Hillel, executive vice president, Packard Bell NEC International, says although the PC vendor assessed alternatives, no technology fitted its strategy as well as the Aladdin solution - particularly in terms of simplicity and security. "eToken provides an intuitive and friendly way to ensure PC and Internet security and fits perfectly in our strategy to transform our PCs into gateways for e-commerce."
William B. Seebeck, MD of Seebeck International, LLC, a US-based online consultancy, says use of Aladdin`s security package is a major step in not only securing access to PCs, but also in providing an efficient way to prevent inappropriate Internet access by family members, most especially children.
Additionally, eToken will be bundled with Packard Bell`s laptops, hence securing the mobile PC from unauthorised access and unauthorised use of the data and allowing the user, with the same key, to perform easy and secure e-commerce.
"The integration of e-Token with Packard Bell`s PCs will offer customers a new, secure and portable means to use their PC for e-commerce ," says Myroff.
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Aladdin
Aladdin is a global leader in securing digital content, from applications software to Internet use and access. Aladdin`s products include HASP and Hardlock, software security systems that protect the revenues of developers and publishers; Privilege, a software licensing platform for the Internet; the eSafe line of anti-vandal, anti-virus and content filtering software for PCs and networks connected to the Internet; and eToken for Internet security and authentication. Aladdin serves its customers through eight offices located in the world`s major software markets as well as a network of 50 distributors serving more than 100 countries.
Packard Bell NEC
Packard Bell NEC Europe is the international PC company, outside the Americas and Japan, for NEC Corp. Packard Bell NEC Europe was created in 1996 from the merge of the PC operations PC de Packard Bell, Zenith Data Systems and NEC. The company develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of PC products for the consumer and the commercial markets: desktops, notebooks, mobile PC`s, servers and Net PCs. The Headquarter and the <