Catavo and Akoura Form HCM and Security Partnership

Warrenville, IL (PRWEB) September 5, 2005

Catavo and Akoura announced today their formation of a strategic relationship to greatly increase the level of security available to human capital management (HCM) initiatives. Their goal is to provide end-to-end security for every phase of learning content dissemination, from content creation, through content delivery and user credentials verification.

"Through the tremendous advances in e-Learning and HCM, dynamic gains in productivity are being realized by companies of every size in every type of industry," said Peter Altieri, CEO of Catavo Corporation. "More and more organizations are creating more and more content delivered through an ASP model. Looking forward, the problem we saw was securing sensitive content, such as strategic documents or tactical plans, and protecting it from misuse. We turned to Akoura as a result."

Akoura plans to implement measures such as data encryption and biometric verification to ensure that HCM deliverables created by Catavo are protected. Billa Bhandari, Founder and CEO of Akoura, feels this will be a highly beneficial relationship for all involved: "Catavo is helping its clients see dramatic results from their human capital management investment. Our purpose at Akoura is to help protect that investment by securing all knowledge being shared through HCM, not only with traditional security measures, but also by protecting information at its source. All participants in the HCM process, including subject matter experts and learning administrators, as well as end users, must be authenticated to prevent information from falling into the wrong hands."

Peter feels that putting Catavo and Akoura together will produce solid results. "By working with Akoura, we can deliver a complete solution to our clients," said Peter. "With Akoura protecting our client's most critical data assets, we can focus our attention on using those assets to create e-Learning and other HCM programs that maximize our client's potential."

About Akoura:

Akoura is an information and electronic mail security software company. The Akoura solution set includes industry-leading information security software (DataSecure), enterprise-grade secure electronic mail (MailSecure) and device protection (Private Disk). Akoura's research and development efforts are also focused on developing a breakthrough new physical and logical biometric access control solution.

Akoura's customers are organizations that need to ensure regulatory compliance, protect sensitive information and electronic mail communications, and ensure authorized and authenticated access to digital information stored on any media.

About Catavo:

Catavo is a professional services firm with a successful track record of delivering enterprise learning and Human Capital Management Solutions (HCMS). Leading Fortune 500 Companies look to Catavo to provide leading e-Learning consulting, strategy, and implementation services. Catavo partners with leading e-Learning firms including Akoura, Macromedia and Saba. Based in suburban Chicago, Catavo is privately held and has delivered world-class services and solutions to clients in the United States for over 6 years.

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