Innovative Program Enables Partners to Offer Low-Cost,
Convenient Web Server Security for E-commerce
SAN JOSE, Jan. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- RSA CONFERENCE 2000 -- Equifax Secure,
Inc., a unit of Equifax, Inc. (NYSE: EFX), today announced the expansion of
its fast, cost-effective e-commerce security solution adding Media3
Technologies, LLC, DigiScape Internet Services, LanLogic, Inc., World Wide Web
Inc., and PDQ.net to the Equifax eBusiness ID(TM) Referral Rewards Program
with a total of 128 partners -- less than six months since the program's
introduction in August 1999.
Enabling ISPs and other Web hosting companies to offer Equifax Secure
eBusiness IDs, the Referral Rewards Program provides the highest referral
rewards in the industry with the added value of superior browser
compatibility. By hosting a link to the Equifax Secure Web site, program
participants receive a percentage of each server certificate sold through
their Web site.
Equifax Secure eBusiness IDs protect enterprise servers and help expand
the capability of businesses through online commerce applications giving
enterprise customers the confidence to send credit card numbers and/or other
personal information to a server over an open network such as the Internet.
"Equifax offers a reasonable price point and superior customer support
making it extremely easy for our customers to secure their networks," said Joe
Hayes, CEO/COO/Partner of Media3 Technologies, a premium Web hosting solutions
provider. "We highly recommend our customers to buy their own server
certificates because their success depends upon consumer trust. Equifax has
been pivotal in providing the proactive support to manage the certificate
issuing process."
"Partnering with a trusted name like Equifax has allowed us to empower our
customers by enabling them to leverage the highest level of security to
conduct business on the Internet," said Keith Finklestein, vice president of
DigiScape, a full service Internet provider. "We exclusively recommend
Equifax's online security solutions to our customers because we have found
that Equifax offers unparalleled customer support that is a powerful value-add
coupled with the best rates."
"Security continues to be a high priority for consumers on the Internet
and our Referral Rewards Program is a convenient way for ISPs, ASPs and Web
integrators to offer the highest level of security for their customers who
conduct business online," said Jeff Johnson, general manager of Equifax
Secure. "We are pleased with our affiliation to all of our partners and
committed to providing the quality of solutions and support that they have
come to expect from Equifax as we continue to grow our program."
About Equifax
Equifax (http://www.equifax.com ), a worldwide leader in shaping global commerce,
brings buyers and sellers together through its information management,
transaction processing and knowledge-based businesses. Atlanta-based Equifax
serves the financial services, retail, credit card,
telecommunications/utilities, transportation, information technology and
healthcare industries and government. Equifax adds knowledge, expertise,
convenience and security to provide value-added solutions and processes for
its customers wherever they do business, including the Internet and other
networks. Entering its second century in business, Equifax employs more than
13,000 associates in 17 countries with sales in nearly 50 and has more than
$1.7 billion in revenue.
Statements in this press release that relate to Equifax's future plans,
objectives, expectations, performance, events and the like are "forward-
looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Future events,
risks and uncertainties, individually or in the aggregate, could cause actual
results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in these
statements. Those factors could include changes in worldwide and U.S.
economic conditions that materially impact consumer spending and consumer
debt, changes in demand for the Company's products and services, risks
associated with the integration of acquisitions and other investments, and
other factors discussed in the "Forward-looking Information" section in the
management's discussion and analysis included at Part II, Item 7 in the
Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998, and
in the "Year 2000 Information" section in the management's discussion and
analysis included at Part I, Item 2 in the Company's report on Form 10-Q for
the third quarter of 1999.
SOURCE Equifax Secure, Inc.
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Related links:
http://www.equifax.com
CONTACT:
Sam Kim of Ketchum, 404-877-1873, or
sam.kim@ketchum.com, for Equifax, Inc.
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