16.03.2015
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DGAP-News: QSC to supply innovative encryption service to Vodafone Enterprise customers
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QSC to supply innovative encryption service to Vodafone Enterprise
customers
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QSC to supply innovative encryption service to Vodafone Enterprise
customers
- Consistent end-to-end encryption
- Automatic key exchange
- Integration and further use of existing e-mail accounts
- Operations at QSC AG data centres in Germany
Cologne, 16 March 2015. Vodafone will be relying in future on encryption
technology from QSC's subsidiary FTAPI. At its CeBIT press conference,
Vodafone has now presented its "Secure E-Mail" for Enterprise customers.
The product is based on an FTAPI technology enabling convenient and secure
transmission of encrypted e-mails and documents.
Secure e-mail transmission with genuine end-to-end encryption from sender
through to recipient is still not widespread. One reason is the complex
technological handling involved, which often makes it impossible for users
to send messages confidentially at the click of a button in their
day-to-day work. Complexity and habit mean that thousands of pieces of
information, often highly sensitive, are sent as transparently as postcards
via the internet every day.
The Munich-based software company FTAPI, which specialises in security
technologies, set itself the goal of making e-mail communication not only
secure but also easily operable for users. The result is a product enabling
not only e-mails but also attached files up to a terabyte scale to be sent
securely and conveniently via web browser, mobile, desktop application or
Outlook plugin.
This is based on the SecuPass technology developed by FTAPI in Germany,
which facilitates the consistent encryption of any data. Prior to
transmission, the data is already encrypted on the user's end appliance and
is only reconverted into plain text once it has reached the recipient.
FTAPI relies here on the "zero knowledge" principle. This means that even
the provider has no access to the data.
"By using our technology, senders and recipients waste no time first
compiling and then manually exchanging keys. FTAPI's technology fully
automates this process", explains Stephan Niedermeier, Managing Director of
FTAPI GmbH. Well-known companies are already relying on FTAPI. Customers
can select whether to operate the servers used for data exchange under
their own management or have them managed at one of QSC's data centres in
Germany.
At CeBIT 2015 in Hanover, Vodafone is now presenting its new "Secure
E-Mail" product for Enterprise customers. This is based on FTAPI's
technology and will make future communication more secure, convenient and -
via apps for smartphones and tablets - mobile too. This way, Enterprise
customers will be able to send their messages with the utmost security, and
most probably as soon as autumn 2015. The solution is operated at a TÜV and
ISO-certified data centre at QSC AG in Germany.
"With Secure Call, we recently brought effective protection for secure
telephony to market. Now, we are following this up with secure end-to-end
encryption for mail communication at our Enterprise customers", comments
Philip Lacor, Chief Customer Officer Enterprise at Vodafone Deutschland.
"Our customers can work with Secure E-Mail not only on their PCs but also
on all mobile phones and tablets. And that at a price that any entrepreneur
in Germany can afford."
FTAPI technology is made available by QSC as a white label cloud service.
This means that resellers have the option of successfully setting
themselves apart in the market by developing proprietary value-added
services offering great customer benefits.
"This cooperation between Vodafone and QSC shows that secure cloud services
developed in-house by QSC are also extremely attractive for major
resellers", comments Jürgen Hermann, CEO of QSC AG, with regard to the
latest agreement.
- Further information is also available online at www.ftapi.com
- An introduction to FTAPI technology is also available on YouTube at
http://youtu.be/irBQ1jj48VM (video lasts around two minutes)
QSC: ICT solutions for small and mid-sized enterprises
QSC AG offers small and mid-size enterprises one-stop shopping for an
extensive range of ICT services: from telephony, data transfer, housing and
hosting right through to IT outsourcing and IT consulting. As an SAP and
Microsoft partner, QSC AG additionally possesses special expertise in the
fields of SAP and Microsoft implementation. Cloud services developed in
house for a wide range of applications round out the portfolio. With its
own cutting-edge network infrastructure, as well as TÜV and ISO-certified
data centres in Germany, QSC numbers among the leading SME providers of ICT
services in Germany. The company offers both custom-tailored solutions for
individual ICT needs as well as a modular product portfolio for smaller
business customers and marketing partners. QSC employs a workforce of some
1,700 people and is included in the TecDAX.
FTAPI Software GmbH offers software solutions for secure business file
transfers and storage. Its FTAPI SecuTransfer product is based on
proprietary technology whose development was promoted by the European Union
and the German Federal Ministry of Economics. Founded in 2010, the company
has set new standards when it comes to securely and efficiently exchanging
business files and offers absolutely consistent (end-to-end) encryption of
all files. QSC AG acquired a 51 percent stake in FTAPI Software GmbH in
February 2014.
Further information is available from:
QSC AG Arne Thull Head of Investor Relations Mathias-Brüggen-Str. 55 50829 Cologne, Germany Tel.: +49 221 669-8724 E-mail: [email protected]--------------------------------------------------------------------- 16.03.2015 Dissemination of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: QSC AG Mathias-Brüggen-Straße 55 50829 Köln Germany Phone: +49-221-6698-724 Fax: +49-221-6698-009 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.qsc.de ISIN: DE0005137004 WKN: 513700 Indices: TecDAX Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich, Stuttgart End of News DGAP News-Service --------------------------------------------------------------------- 333227 16.03.2015
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