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Gemalto, 3M, Morpho and Oberthur Technologies Create the ‘Secure Identity Alliance’

May 14th, 2013 | admin

Gemalto, the parent company of Convergence Partners investee Gemalto Southern Africa, together with other leading secure eDocuments companies 3M, Morpho (a division of Safran) and Oberthur Technologies, announced the formation of the Secure Identity Alliance, a grouping dedicated to developing the usage of government-issued eDocuments (identity, health cards, driving licenses and ePassports in particular) for increased security, and to encourage deployment of secure convenient online services strengthening the privacy of the end-users.

Tags: 3M, eDocuments, eGovernment, ePassports, Gemalto, identity, interoperable, Morfo, Oberthur, Safran, Secure Identity Alliance, secure printing technologies, security
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Gemalto Receives New Innovation Award

November 17th, 2011 | admin

Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, has won the IT Security Sesames award for Just4YourEyes™. The winning innovation was distinguished at the 2011 CARTES & IDentification industry fair.
Just4YourEyes is a first-of-its-kind software solution which enhances secure access to emails from a variety of devices, including tablets, smartphones or laptops, using the cloud for securely sharing a common credential. The solution allows for any mobile device or a secure element (such as a UICC or secure memory card) in that device, to act as a single repository to store the PKI credentials required to encrypt or sign emails.

Tags: application, Award, cloud, computing, Digital, Gemalto, identities, innovation, IT, Just4YourEyes, security, Tan Teck-Lee
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Convergence Partners successfully exhibits at 14th Annual AfricaCom Conference

November 15th, 2011 | admin

Convergence Partners successfully participated as a sponsor and exhibitor at the 14th annual AfricaCom Conference, held in Cape Town on 9 and 10 November 2011. AfricaCom is the largest communications conference and exhibition on the Continent, gathering together more than 5,000 telecoms decision-makers. This is the second year that Convergence Partners has exhibited at the conference.
Exhibiting on the Convergence Partners’ stand was Comsol, FibreCo, Plessey and SEACOM with each of the companies presenting their offerings in the communications infrastructure space.

Tags: Africa Com 2011, AfricaCom Awards, Andile Ngcaba, Arif Hussain, Comsol, Convergence Partners, Convergence Wireless Networks, Craig Wilson, Dimension Data, FibreCo, Gemalto, Plessey, SEACOM
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Gemalto Wins 2011 A.T. Kearney Best Innovator Award

June 17th, 2011 | admin

Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, today announces it has been distinguished with the A.T. Kearney 2011 Best Innovator Award, in recognition for its best-in-class innovation management and leadership. The evaluation focuses on the practical “how to” in innovation practice and assesses what leading companies really do in order to achieve superior yield from their innovation strategies and investments. The jury, which is comprised of senior business executives, ranked Gemalto clearly first amongst a number of nominated global industry leaders.

Tags: Gemalto, in recognition for its best-in-class innovation management and leadership. The evaluation focuses on the practical "how to" in innovation practice and assesses what leading companies really do in orde, ranked Gemalto clearly first amongst a number of nominated global industry leaders, the world leader in digital security, today announces it has been distinguished with the A.T. Kearney 2011 Best Innovator Award, which is comprised of senior business executives
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Meet Bertrand Knopf: Managing Director, Gemalto Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd

May 27th, 2010 | admin

The second instalment in our regular feature to introduce key executives from across the Convergence Partners investment portfolio. Bertrand is the Managing Director of Gemalto Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd. Gemalto is the global leader in digital security, providing secure personal devices, platforms and services to governments, organisations and businesses.

Tags: Bertrand Knopf, digital security, Gemalto, Government, Managing Director, Operations, Secure Transactions, Telecommunications
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SC Magazine Names Gemalto ‘Innovator’ for 2009

January 19th, 2010 | admin

Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, has been given the distinction of “Innovator 2009” by leading IT security publication SC Magazine. Gemalto was recognized in the Multi-Factor Authentication category for its portfolio of authentication products including the recently launched Protiva™ Smart Guardian (SG) – a smart card-based USB flash storage protected by military-grade encryption, and a PIN or passphrase for access.

Tags: digital security, Gemalto, innovator, smart card
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