Perot Systems Selects Entrust VPN, Web Portal, Wireless and Desktop Enhanced Internet Security Capabilities to Drive Anytime, Anywhere Access to Information

Business Wire, Sept 26, 2001

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DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 26, 2001

Technology Will Increase Speed, Flexibility to Access

Networks, and Global Collaboration

Using a new enhanced Internet security capability from Entrust, Inc. (Nasdaq:ENTU), a leading global provider of Internet security solutions and services, Perot Systems Corporation (NYSE:PER) is providing its employees with enhanced, secure, wireless access to the company's Internet and Web Portal global corporate network.

The new technology capability - incorporated into Entrust's Web Portal solutions portfolio and known as "Network Web Portal" within Perot Systems - provides enhanced Internet security for wireless devices, such as laptops, Pocket PC's, phones and other handheld devices. The technology has evolved from successfully deployed Entrust VPN solutions at Perot Systems and now allows employees to access centralized corporate information - via the company's award-winning intranet - from anywhere, and at any time, resulting in more efficient internal processes and overall cost savings.

The two Dallas-based companies began working on the new capability when Perot Systems, a worldwide provider of information technology services, approached Entrust with a request to enhance user access while preserving security. Entrust has enabled Perot Systems to provide an enhanced secure mobile computing method. This has broadened and strengthened Perot Systems' mobile computing capability - protecting sensitive data - from remote locations around the globe.

The answer was to integrate Entrust's enhanced Internet security capabilities - identification, verification, entitlements, privacy and security management - and deploy them into a new Internet and Web Portal solution for mobile access to Perot Systems' corporate network and key business applications. Perot Systems assisted with the design and development of the Network Web Portal, which increases collaboration among global employees who can now develop and exchange all types of information via secure, remote access to company networks.

"Entrust developed a solution tailored to our specific needs within the company, and that solution became a product - the NetworkWeb Portal," said Pamela Arora, Chief Information Officer, Perot Systems. "The success of the NetworkWeb Portal internally means we can provide connectivity to our employees from remote areas around the globe through a secured wireless network."

The Entrust technology reduces cost by eliminating the need for traditional dedicated circuits (ISDN lines) that employees previously needed in order to connect with company and client networks. It also increases speed to information, flexibility to access networks, and collaboration among employees, which all results in better service for Perot Systems' clients.

"We're pleased that Perot Systems has selected Entrust to provide its employees with enhanced Internet security for their Intranet and business communications. For Entrust, it was important we create a solution that not only protected Perot Systems' desktop and corporate wireless network, but that we could also replicate and deliver to other businesses and governments," said Bill Conner, president and chief executive officer, Entrust, Inc.

"Through our work with Perot Systems and others within the industry, Entrust is taking the lead in delivering the enhanced capabilities organizations require to enable the security and privacy of their networks," he added.

Perot Systems' move, to access the wireless and Web Portal Internet, reflects a growing trend in the United States and the rest of the world.

By 2003, more than 61 million people in the United States will use mobile devices to access the Internet, according to industry analyst IDC, and over the past few years, growth in corporate wireless networks has been explosive. However, the basic security used for most corporate wireless networks leaves the networks vulnerable. Entrust's Web Portal solutions deliver the enhanced Internet security required to protect a company's corporate wireless network.

About Entrust

Entrust, Inc. (Nasdaq:ENTU) is a leading global provider of enhanced Internet security solutions and services that make it safer to do business and complete transactions over the Internet. Entrust has the industry's broadest set of identification, entitlements, verification, privacy and security management capabilities. Major corporations, service providers, financial institutions and government agencies in more than 40 countries rely on the privacy, security and trust provided through Entrust's portfolio of award-winning technologies. For more information, please visit www.entrust.com.

Entrust is a registered trademark of Entrust, Inc. in the United States and certain other countries. In Canada, Entrust is a registered trademark of Entrust Technologies Limited. All Entrust product names are trademarks of Entrust. All other company and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.