SecureAttachment launches its Microsoft Outlook Plug-in at the .NET Convention

Heysel Brussels, Microsoft .NET Convention, January 30th 2003 -- SecureAttachment, Europes leading provider of Secure Document Distribution services, launches its Outlook Plug-in -- a new interface for its DRM services built on Microsoft® .NET framework technology.

SecureAttachment offers companies an easy way to manage and control the distribution chain of digital documents. It effectively prevents unauthorized forwarding of electronic documents, and allows specifying exactly how the recipients can use the document: allow or disallow printing and copying, set expiration date and/or time.

The SecureAttachment .NET Web Services allow our customers and integrators to easily access our servers from various platforms worldwide. SecureAttachment was designed with a wide range of customers in mind -- large and small companies, companies that prefer outsourcing and those that prefer in-house installations. SecureAttachment can be accessed either via a website, web service or a Microsoft Outlook Plug-in.

The SecureAttachment Microsoft Outlook Plug-in adds an extra toolbar to Outlook, which allows sending DRM-secured messages, as easily as sending 'regular e-mail messages.

SecureAttachment converts on the fly the original documents from all Microsoft Office formats (DOC, PPT, XLS), as well as the non-secured PDF, TXT, RTF, PS and EPS formats, into the secured PDF format. This converted copy is encrypted and stored on the SecureAttachment server. At the same time, a message with a single-use hyperlink is sent to the intended recipient(s). On the reader end, SecureAttachment requires Adobe Acrobat Reader or eBook Reader -- the software that is already installed on millions of desktops.

The solutions developed and sold by SecureAttachment, one of the early .NET adopters, are perfect examples of how XML-Web Services open up the communication barriers between organizations. SecureAttachment's Outlook Plug-in adds some very innovative features to the rich base functionality of Exchange. SecureAttachment solutions add support for protecting intellectual property rights to document distribution, fully integrated with Microsoft's standard productivity suite," says Frank Bastien, .NET ISV Manager Microsoft Belux.

Thanks to the .NET and the SecureAttachment Outlook Plug-in, companies worldwide can easily and cost-effectively exchange securely confidential and valuable documents right from their desktops", adds Anthony Belpaire, CEO SecureAttachment.

VISIT US AT THE MICROSOFT ISV STAND FROM 11:00 TO 12:30 ON 30 & 31/01

SecureAttachment
Anthony Belpaire, Tel.: +32 2 529 59 07, Fax: +32 2 706 53 82, Mobile: +32 477 59 54 26,
anthony.belpaire@secureattachment.com
PR contact: Sigrid Debusschere, sigrid.debusschere@secureattachment.com

Microsoft
Frank Bastien, Tel: +32 2 704 33 53, Fax: +32 2 704 35 35, Mobile: +32 477 33 00 53,
frankbas@microsoft.com

About SecureAttachment
SecureAttachment (www.secureattachment.com) provides the tool for secure distribution of confidential and valuable documents as e-mail attachments. Among its customers are Deloitte & Touche, Allen Overy, Bird & Bird, Adobe Systems Inc. and EEBIC. Its list of resellers includes Overdrive in the US, IPM-NET in Italy, Dictao in France and DSoft in Belgium. SecureAttachment is a subsidiary of the Info2clear Group.
Info2clear (www.info2clear.com) was founded in April 1998. The team is based mostly in Brussels with offices in the Netherlands, UK, France and Spain. Info2clear is a well-capitalized company. Among the shareholders are ABN Amro Capital and Belgacom. Info2clear helps Media customers to select the approach to digitally distribute content, which is best suited to their business models, and then builds the necessary infrastructure. Among Info2clears Media customers are Uitgeversbedrijf Tijd, Roularta Media Group, VNU Business Publications, Emerce, Wegener Group and Kanaal Z.

About Microsoft
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