PrintEurope.com opts for F-Secure solutions

Y3K Security Products, the sole distributor for F-Secure Corporation (previously known as Data Fellows Finland) in Africa, today announced that F-Secure have signed a co- operation agreement to ensure total data security in communications between print job buyers and printing houses on the Internet. As a first step in this co-operation, printeurope.com has selected F-Secure VPN+ for their virtual private network, to protect the data in the network quickly and efficiently.

printeurope.com is an Internet-based international co-operation network for the printing industry. printeurope offers demanding print job buyers a flexible and comprehensive solution for managing orders and requests for quotes. printeurope.com will cover all phases of the printing process from design to delivery and billing. For print job buyers, printeurope.com is a way to save time, trouble, and costs, as well as a way to get the best possible result for each print job.

"The co-operation agreement with F-Secure is a significant recognition for us," says printeurope.com`s CEO Teppo Paavola. "Our operational model is based on total confidentiality of information between customers and vendors. We believe that co-operation with our European customers will enhance security in the e-business."

"F-Secure strongly believes in new networked business models," says Anthony Gyursanszky, Director of Business Development at F-Secure. "Security will be a growing area of concern as information is electronically created, transferred and stored in open networks. printeurope is an innovative example of the new breed of e-businesses and we are sure that co-operation will benefit all parties."

The services will be launched in the whole of Europe. The first target countries are Finland, Sweden, UK, Germany, Sweden and France.

For further information, please contact Sales Manager Hilton Gray at tel. (011) 886 3757; fax (011) 787 1109; e-mail hilton.gray@y3kgroup.com