Released on = March 15, 2007, 11:17 pm

Press Release Author = Vinod Mohite

Industry = Management

Press Release Summary = E Lock Technologies and Avain Technologies have entered a
co-operation agreement for OEM licensing and the international marketing of their
products.

Press Release Body = 1105, Waverly Way,
McLean, VA 22101,
Phone: 703 734 1224
Frontier Technologies Corporation (E-Lock)


According to the agreement, the two companies will co-operate on marketing and
selling their products and in future also on product development of electronic
signatures.

With the agreement, the E-Lock product family\'s networking and digital signature
client applications developed especially for the MicroSoft environment are
accompanied with the Avain technologies X-suite product family\'s browser based open
standard solutions for electronic signatures, forms, and long time archiving. This
is expected to strengthen the market position for both companies, domestically and
globally.

\"We are very glad to sign a business partnership deal with Avain Technologies. We
will benefit from Avain Technologies\' expertise in creating and tailoring software
for digital signatures, forms, and archival\", says Suniel Mande - VP Sales for
E-Lock.

\"This means more versatile products and more profitable and systematic utilization
of existing sales channels,\" says Pekka Kuosmanen, MD Avain Technologies.
Additionally, shared product development resources will enable more efficient
product development and therefore more flexible customer service.

E-Lock Technologies
E-Lock products are owned by Frontier Technologies, a privately owned corporation
headquartered in McLean, VA, United States. E-Lock\'s digital signature solutions
have been used by former US President Bill Clinton to digitally sign the US E-Sign
Act that legalizes digital signatures, and by Bulgarian President Petar Stoyanov to
electronically sign the Bulgarian Electronic Document and Signature Act. All the
products and solutions are compliant with various laws that affect the management of
electronic information. E-Lock products are used across Government, Healthcare and
Financial organizations around the globe.
www.elock.com

Avain Technologies
Avain Technologies is a Finnish company founded in 1997, specialized in creating and
tailoring software for digital signatures, forms, and archival. Organizations and
corporations can use the application-independent, server based X-Suite -products to
digitize their service and information workflow processes across organizational
boundaries without compromising information security.
All Avain Technologies´ products are based on open standards and WWW user interfaces
and are as such also compliant with international legislations. The company has been
awarded with the information security certificate ISO/IEC 27001 for 4 years.
www.avaintec.com



Web Site = http://www.elock.com

Contact Details = 1105, Waverly Way,
McLean, VA 22101,
Phone: 703 734 1224
Frontier Technologies Corporation (E-Lock)