Afina France , a value-added Internet/Intranet software distributor, today announced that it has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Thales, one of the world’s foremost suppliers of information system and transaction security solutions .
Perfectly aligned with Thales’s strategy, this partnership will leverage Afina France ’s added value to develop its network of integration partners, allowing Thales to meet the full spectrum of information security needs in the French market.
The tie-up with Thales will enrich Afina’s suite of innovative, future-safe solutions for desktop, communications and Internet transaction security. Resellers and systems integrators can now benefit from Afina’s seamless, complementary solutions to address the increasingly complex requirements of business and government administrations.
Thales is a global leader in the security market, providing hardware and software solutions for businesses who rely on data security and confidentiality.
Drawing on its experience in the defence sector, Thales offers solutions which deliver a high degree of security while providing the ease-of-use required by businesses. Thales solutions are designed to meet the most exacting needs of major multinationals, government administrations and businesses in the banking, industrial and services sectors.
Afina’s offering will include: MiniCita™, a secure workstation solution to protect company data (designed especially for employees on the move); Mistral , a system for protecting data transmissions between the company’s information system and remote mobile users (suitable for all platform types: Internet, ADSL, WiFi, 3G, etc.); SafeSign, a solution for implementing and managing data origin authentication, which is vital for sensitive online services (e-banking, e-government, etc.); Datacryptor Gigabit Ethernet, to protect data exchanges over high-speed links; and Elips Secure Diode, which overcomes the problem of interconnecting networks with different levels of security.
“This strategic agreement will bring our reseller and systems integration customers the expertise and experience of a global leader in information system security. It will also strengthen our position as a leading security solutions distributor,” said Pierre Curien, Managing Director of Afina France
“This agreement will give us enhanced market access as we extend our range of dedicated network and application security solutions in the course of 2007,” said Bertrand Hanicotte, Sales & Marketing Director of Thales e-Security France
About Afina France
An affiliate of the Spanish group and global player Afina, Afina France is a major value-added Internet/Intranet software distributor. The company offers seamless solutions for three key markets: security, infrastructure and information systems, in partnership with innovative, market-leading players. With an extensive suite of solutions, value-added services and in-depth experience of its markets, Afina France addresses the full spectrum of needs of all businesses, no matter how large or small. Its comprehensive, one-stop approach encompasses: solutions, audits, consultancy, pre-sales, modelling, loans and testing, architecture design, installation, deployment, maintenance, technical support, marketing, training and skills transfer. Based in Paris , Afina France has a network of more than 1,200 value-added resellers and systems integrators throughout France .
For more information, visit: www.afina.fr
About Thales
Thales is a leading international electronics and systems group serving defence, aerospace and security markets worldwide, supported by a comprehensive services offering. Thales offers a capability unmatched in Europe to develop and deploy critical information systems. Thales employs 60,000 people in 50 countries and generated revenues of € 10.3 billion in 2005, with a record order book of over € 20 billion.
The new Security Solutions & Services Division, operational since 5 January 2007, combines the businesses of Thales’s former Security and Services divisions with those of Alcatel-Lucent’s Transport Systems Division and Integration & Services Division. The new division makes Thales a world market leader in transport and security markets. Our security solutions and services activities around the world now generate revenues of about 3.2 billion euros, with a 20,000 employees in 35 countries.
Thales is a world leader in the provision of cryptographic security products and solutions for businesses, governments and the finance industry. As an approved supplier of high-grade network security products, Thales has 40 years of unrivalled track record in providing cryptographic, tamper-resistant products to governments and the military. Over half of the world’s banks, together with the majority of the busiest exchanges, currently use Thales technology.
Press Contacts
Victoire Le Barazer
Thales
Solutions de Sécurité & Services
+33 (0)1 41 48 07 01
victoire.lebarazer@thalesgroup.com
Sylvie Vitago
Media Relations Office
Afina France
+33 1 41 91 23 14
svigato@afina.fr
