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Future Internet Services Ltd to Offer GlobalSign SSL

TotallyGlobalSign.com website to provide GlobalSign SSL Certificates to customers

Portsmouth, NH – 27 October, 2008 – GlobalSign (www.globalsign.com) one of the longest established Certification Authorities (CA) and specialists in SSL Partner Programs, today announced that Future Internet Services Ltd, a UK based managed Internet services specialist, has chosen GlobalSign’s reseller program to provide SSL Certificates to its customers via a dedicated website “TotallyGlobalSign.com”.  The newly formed partnership will allow Future Internet Services customers to easily purchase highly trusted SSL technology to secure their websites, online transactions, web mail and other next generation online services.

As a provider of SSL Certificates since 2005, Future Internet Services selected GlobalSign due to its high quality and simplified product range, marketing support, competitive pricing and excellent customer service.  Future Internet Services is promoting GlobalSign SSL through a value-add, competitively priced, dedicated retail website.  In particular TotallyGlobalSign.com will be heavily promoting GlobalSign Extended Validation (EV) SSL Certificates that activate the new Green Address Bar in the IE, Firefox and Opera browsers and improve the trust that consumers can place into the web sites they visit.

“GlobalSign is one of the few SSL Providers to already meet the industry standards recommended by NIST, regarding the issuance of Certificates from trusted roots of 2048 bit strength.  Strong SSL is very important to our customers.” said Vince Bashforth, Managing Director, Future Internet Services, “As we believe GlobalSign EV SSL to be the most suitable offering for online retailers looking to increase trust in their brand without incurring a large unwanted expense, offering GlobalSign solutions perfectly fits our commitment to providing the best grade of SSL to our customers.”

Through TotallyGlobalSign.com, Future Internet Services will offer GlobalSign SSL Certificates worldwide, accepting payment in 16 popular currencies and will provide strong first line support to SSL customers by telephone and email around the clock, seven days a week.  They also have the capabilities of providing SSL to specialist industry sectors including local authority and government organizations via their Purchase Order option.

“With the ongoing success of our SSL Partner Program we are delighted to welcome Future Internet Services on board as our latest prestigious partner.” said Paul Tourret, Managing Director, GlobalSign Ltd. “Future Internet Services is showing creditable dedication to providing high quality, affordable web site and transaction security to its customer base.  We anticipate a long and mutually beneficial partnership with this leading service provider.”

TotallyGlobalSign.com will offer all main types of GlobalSign SSL, including fast issuance Domain Validation and EV SSL Certificates.  All SSL Certificates are inclusive of Server Gated Cryptography (SGC) (to “step up” weak 40 bit browser to server connections to strong 128 bit) and are issued from GlobalSign’s widely distributed 2048 bit Root CA Certificate. 

GlobalSign’s Partner Program is designed for ISP’s, Web Hosts, Integrators, Domain Registrars and VARs and enables SSL Certificates to easily be integrated into product ranges as value add options. Brands can become more competitive, new revenue streams are opened and the amount of revenue received per customer is maximized – all with minimal costs and a fast go-to-market.  GlobalSign’s Pay As You Go, no commit purchasing scheme, web based certificate management interface or API and comprehensive marketing support furthermore enhance the SSL reselling opportunity. 

GlobalSign SSL Certificates are now currently available through Future Internet Services’ dedicated SSL website at http://www.totallyglobalsign.com.

About Future Internet Services Ltd

Established in 2004, Future Internet Services Ltd is a managed Internet services specialist headquartered in Derby, UK.  Offering a range of competitively priced hosting and security solutions, as well as high levels of quality, service reliability and customer support, Future Internet Services is growing in size and strength within the Internet market.

About GMO GlobalSign
Established in 1996 and as a WebTrust accredited public certificate authority, GlobalSign offers publicly trusted SSL Certificates, EV SSL, Managed SSL Services, S/MIME email security and Code Signing for use on all platforms including mobile devices. Its Trusted Root solution uses the widely embedded GlobalSign Root CA certificates to provide immediate PKI trust for Microsoft Certificate Services and internal PKI, eliminating the costs of using untrusted Root Certificates. Its partnership with Adobe to provide Certified Document Services (CDS) enables secure digitally signed PDF documents, certified transcripts and e-invoices.  These core Digital Certificate solutions allow its thousands of authenticated customers to conduct secure online transactions, data transfer, distribution of tamper-proof code, and protection of online identities for secure email and access control.  The company has a history of innovation within the online security industry and has offices in the US, UK, Belgium, Japan, and China.

GMO Internet Group
GMO Internet Group is one of the most comprehensive providers of industry-leading Internet services worldwide. As well as domain registration, web hosting, ecommerce, and payment processing businesses that each hold the top share in their respective markets in Japan, services operated by the group include Internet advertising, search engine marketing and research. Global online security brand GlobalSign and major Japanese online securities brokerage, GMO CLICK Securities are also group members. In 2011 a new Social Media & Smartphone Platform segment was established bringing together group initiatives in social apps development, flash marketing and Android apps distribution. GMO Internet, Inc. (TSE: 9449) is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Please visit www.gmo.jp/en for more information.

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Steve Waite
GlobalSign
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