e-OPI now available in South Africa

Holton & Associates, the sole distributor for WinVista Corporation in Southern Africa, today announced that e-OPI is now available in South Africa. This is another product in their portfolio that addresses desktop security and management issues, and which potentially forms part of any company`s "good corporate governance" policy.

e-OPI allows an individual to control access and usage of his/her documents and emails, wherever they are located. The unique design feature of e-Opi is its ability to encapsulate the writer`s decisions in this regard to apply when the receiver opens the relevant e-mail or attachment. The decisions set by the writer will stay encapsulated with document for its life and can only be changed by the writer.

Decisions made by the writer may include all or any of the following:

• Who may view an e-mail and the authentication method to be used

• An `activate date` before which a mail may not be viewed

• A `shred date` after which a mail may not be accessed

• Force the user to only be able to reply to the Sender

• Stop the user being able to print the e-mail

• Stop the user being able to Cut/Copy/Paste e-mail contents

• Stop the user from changing the contents

• Stop the user from forwarding the mail or attachment

An e-OPI document can be created with Outlook, together with/without an attachment using Microsoft Office Word(tm), Excel(tm), Power Point(tm) and Project(tm) applications as well as Notepad (.TXT) and Explorer (.HTML.). When an individual is ready to save (send), e-Opi pops up and asks him/her to assign any of the above mentioned restrictions to the receiver.

When e-mail is sent, there are 4 methods of authentication to approve that the receiver may receive and open the Outlook mail or document: -

• PKI Public/Private Key digital certificate authentication

• Pass phrase previously communicated to the receiver

• Member of Group say payroll department

• Member of NT Domain or LDAP group

N.B.

e-Opi supports a `sign when delivered` option that watermarks a document upon delivery. This assures that the intended recipient may only access the information on the authorised machine, and attempts by a recipient to `move` information will fail, even if they have the correct pass phrases or certificates for access.

If the receiver does not use e-Opi, then a free reader is available from Holton Associates, or via the Web, so that he/she can open the mail and attachments.

e-OPI addresses securing e-mail communications for large corporations, medium sized enterprises and small/home office users. e-OPI seamlessly integrates into MS Outlook client software, ensuring protection of the integrity of your corporate e-mail communications.

OPI Protects Information

The OPI product has many benefits over Web based secure e-mail services:

• Availability - OPI protects data locally and allows access when offline

• Security - web based products do not stop cut/copy/paste operations

• Security - web based products do not stop Screen Print operations

• Security/Ease of use - OPI provides various user authentication routines

• Scalability - Web based products download files for every viewing

• Ease of use - web based solutions require constant manual checking

• Ease of use -web based products hinder collaborative work on documents

• Ease of use - a sender typically has to send a notification mail to the users traditional e-mail account letting them know a message is waiting for them

The OPI Outlook Extension is compatible with Outlook 97, 98 and 2000 in Windows 95,98 and 2000 environments.

e-OPI aims at ease of use, combined with total document control throughout its lifetime, and flexible yet powerful access control, even after document delivery, offers corporations the capabilities to enhance and secure their business infrastructures and revenues:

For further information, please contact Grayford Holton at tel. (011) 789 4585; fax (011) 781 1462; e-mail holton@compumail.co.za