Comments on the PKI Forum from Leading Industry Organizations
Statements of support regarding the mission of the PKI Forum have
been received from the following organizations:
"The PKI Forum will enable customers to see
demonstrable interoperability among the leading PKI vendors. Baltimore Technologies,
as a founding member, will work to ensure the practical implementation of open
standards to deliver manageable, robust PKI systems."
-- Paddy
Holahan, Exec VP Marketing
Baltimore Technologies
"We are delighted to be part of the PKI forum. As one of
the leading suppliers of eBusiness solutions in the UK, we are also committed
to providing organizations with the most secure eBusiness infrastructure in the
world. One of the crucial elements of building trust in eBusiness is the promotion
of industry standards which will facilitate secure communication across open networks.
The formation of an industry body which actively promotes these standards is a
positive step forward and we look forward to working with all our partners."
-- David
Furniss, General Manager
BT eBusiness
"Infrastructure technologies like PKI succeed
only when they can support a large number of users and applications. By addressing
interoperability issues and raising business awareness of PKI, the PKI Forum can
increase the number of applications that rely on PKI and thus accelerate the deployment
of PKI-based solutions."
-- Jamie Lewis, CEO
The Burton Group
"The PKI Forum is all about increasing customer's
confidence in our collective capabilities. Enhancing interoperability and ease-of-use
of PKI Technology will drive more value to our customers. Entrust is committed
to the objectives of the PKI Forum."
-- Brian
O'Higgins, Executive VP and CTO
Entrust Technologies
"Hewlett-Packard Company supports the efforts of the PKI
Forum to achieve greater interoperability among and faster adoption of PKI security
technologies. E-Services require a robust security infrastructure to ensure trust,
and HP is leveraging standards-based, interoperable PKI to deliver promise of
this technology."
-- Roberto
Medrano, General Manager
Internet Security Division
Hewlett-Packard Company
"IBM is committed to open standards, and our
participation in the PKI Forum will benefit our customers who rely on PKI-based
applications to provide a secure foundation for e-business. Working with the other
vendors committed to this important forum and with the broader community of technology
companies and customers who will participate in the forum's working groups, IBM
continues to champion standards-based, interoperable PKI and the value it brings
to global e-business."
-- Mark Greene,
Vice President
IBM SecureWay
"ID Certify is looking forward to playing an active role
in the PKI Forum. The Forum goals of interoperability for certificates and education
will be critical for the growth and advancement of the industry."
-- Linda
Mackintosh, President
ID Certify
"As e-business evolves, PKI interoperability
is crucial to meeting customer demand for Internet security. Microsoft has made
this significant commitment to customers by providing PKI in Windows 2000® and
is proud to play a founding role in the innovation and vision that the PKI Forum
will provide to the industry and to customers. Microsoft is committed to keeping
customers' information secure, and our membership in the PKI Forum is an important
part of meeting this commitment."
-- Shanen
Boettcher, Product Manager
Windows 2000 Security
Microsoft
"As the leading provider of scaleable cryptographic key management
platforms, nCipher is pleased to join forces with other industry leaders as a
member of the PKI Forum to drive the adoption and interoperability of PKI solutions.
As the deployment of PKI applications moves from pilot to operational e-business
environments, scaleable interoperable solutions are needed to deliver both strong
key management security and cryptographic acceleration. Now, through the creation
of the PKI Forum, we as an industry are continuing our leadership role, and taking
a critical step towards broad-based awareness, education and mass adoption of
PKI solutions as the new standard for Internet security."
-- Richard
Kosinski, Sr. VP Sales and Marketing
nCipher
"Novell believes the creation of the PKI Forum is an important
step in accelerating the adoption of PKI security technology. PKI technology,
in combination with directory services, is critical to the infrastructure of e-business
and is central to the success of future technology-based
commerce."
-- Winston
Bumpus, Director of Standards
Novell
"The Open Group is pleased to support the members of the
PKI Forum in their efforts to accelerate interoperability through industry standards,
certification testing and conformance programs. The expected results of the PKI
Forum will make a major contribution towards interoperability and increased end-user
confidence in the deployment of multi-vendor PKI-based solutions."
-- Allen
Brown, President and CEO
The Open Group
"Broad PKI interoperability is essential to
advancing the deployment of trusted, secure e-business applications, and RSA is
happy to have this opportunity to help make it a reality. We look forward to working
closely with the other PKI Forum members in achieving this goal and lending our
expertise to help promote the adoption of PKI technology."
-- Scott
Schnell, Sr VP of Marketing
RSA Security
"As a PKI solutions provider, SPYRUS enthusiastically supports
the creation of the PKI Forum. We look forward to an era of ubiquitous and interoperable
PKI solutions from all of the various technology and service providers in this
burgeoning industry. The PKI Forum is the first unified organization to bring
together the PKI market leaders to openly discuss and encourage prompt response
to critical business issues."
-- Sue Pontius,
CEO
Spyrus
"Thawte is pleased to be a member of the PKI Forum. We are
confident that the PKI Forum will increase vendor awareness of the need for PKI
interoperability and provide a venue for PKI protocol testing and adoption."
-- Mark Shuttleworth,
President
Thawte Certification
"We fully support the efforts of the PKI Forum and look forward
to working with its members in creating open standards for interoperable PKI solutions.
Trustpoint's cross-platform Java™-based PKI components and certification
authority systems enable standards-based trust management on the widest range
of networked computing and communication devices. The PKI Forum's mission closely
parallels our own, and we believe our recognized leadership in open PKI standards
development will be a valuable asset to this organization."
-- John Kennedy,
Chief Technology Officer
Trustpoint
"Interoperability is a cornerstone of ValiCert's VA solution,
and we look forward to working with the other members of the PKI Forum on this
and other PKI issues. PKI offers the best security foundation for all e-business
applications, and we support the Forum's goal of accelerating PKI adoption."
-- Sathvik
Krishnamurthy, Vice President of
Marketing and Business Development
ValiCert
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