STAMFORD, CT – July 19, 2005 – Protegrity Corporation, the leader in data security management, announced that it has further expanded the Protegrity Alliance Network with the signing of a marketing and reseller agreement with Primesoft Consulting and Services Ltd., a multinational IT consulting company specializing in business intelligence and supply chain software. Primesoft, based in São Paulo, Brazil, will serve as a reseller of Protegrity’s database security solutions to customers in Latin America. Primesoft will also provide implementation services and first-level technical support for Protegrity solutions.
“Our customers have an urgency to protect their data, and we believe Protegrity offers the most robust and trustworthy product on the market,” said Francisco Daffre, Primesoft’s general manager of sales and technical support. “For instance, we work with many U.S. companies with operations in Brazil which need to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley and other regulations. We’re confident that Secure.Data’s centralized security management features, advanced encryption technology, and reporting and auditing functions will serve their immediate compliance needs, as well as provide a foundation for a longer term data security management strategy.”
Companies use Secure.Data to address immediate security needs and comply with global banking and legal regulations, including Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standards (which encompass Visa CISP and MasterCard SDP), Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA, and California SB 1386. Secure.Data supports Oracle, DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, Informix, Sybase, and Teradata databases. The Protegrity Alliance Network is a partner program designed to create a powerful network of independent software vendors, original equipment manufacturers, system integrators, and platform partners that are well positioned to deliver enterprise-level data security management solutions.
“Primesoft brings significant expertise in business intelligence and supply chain to its customers and recognizes that data security is a critical component to any business operation,” commented Gordon Rapkin, CEO of Protegrity. “This partnership strengthens our ability to deliver and support data security solutions for companies that must meet a range of international regulations.”
About Primesoft
Primesoft, founded in 1996, is a leading Brazilian consulting company dedicated to delivering excellent cost-benefit IT solutions to the Latin American market to help its customers achieve maximum competitiveness. Companies such as Kodak Polychrome Graphics, Goodyear and Bayer AG rely on Primesoft to implement critical solutions in the region. With offices in São Paulo, Brazil and Mexico City, Primesoft has implemented and supported solutions in most Latin American countries as well as the United States and Europe.
About Protegrity
Protegrity Corporation is the leading provider of enterprise-wide data security management solutions. The company’s flagship product, Secure.Data, enables companies to deploy comprehensive security policies that empower management to confidently take responsibility for their sensitive data. With Secure.Data, businesses can mitigate corporate risk and assure compliance with regulatory obligations. Protegrity’s solutions are platform independent and are designed to protect information wherever it resides in today’s highly distributed computing environments.
For more than eight years, Protegrity’s patented technology has enabled customers address and resolve critical security challenges. Protegrity invented the core technology used for data-level encryption and owns key patents for database security and protection. For more information, visit www.protegrity.comor call 203 326 7200.
Secure.Data is a trademark of Protegrity Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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