PRESS RELEASES 2011

Earlier press releases can be found here.


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DECEMBER 13, 2011

Colt and ID Quantique provide managed Quantum Cryptography service for high-security network encryption in Switzerland

Geneva, Switzerland - Colt and ID Quantique SA (IDQ) have deployed a secure critical backbone link for financial institutions and enterprises in Geneva, Switzerland, based on ID Quantique’s world’s first Quantum Cryptography service. The Cerberis solution, which is used to encrypt the data transmitted between the Geneva metropolitan area and a remote disaster recovery data center located 70 km away, is based on IDQ’s innovative Quantum Key Distribution (QKD).

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NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Hyposwiss Private Bank encrypts critical links during move to new data center & headquarters

Geneva, Switzerland - Hyposwiss Private Bank is a Swiss financial institute specialising in individual wealth management, with CHF 11.4 billion in assets under management. 2011 is a year of infrastructure change for the bank, with the opening of a new data center in February and plans to move to a new headquarters in central Zurich in September. During this transition Hyposwiss Private Bank needed to secure multiple temporary links to the data center until the consolidation of the different offices into one headquarters.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

ID Quantique partners with Certes Networks for the launch of new multi-layer encryption products in Europe

Geneva, Switzerland - ID Quantique SA, the leader in high-performance network encryption solutions based on conventional and quantum technologies, today announced an OEM partnership with Certes Networks to bring a new family of encryptors to market under the ID Quantique (IDQ) brand name. The Arcis family of multi-layer products will allow IDQ to expand its product offering to include transparent network encryption of IPSec and MPLS networks, as well as to enter new markets. Certes Networks is the leading manufacturer of multi-layer variable speed encryption solutions.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

ID Quantique launches new CypherMonitor encryption application for network security and compliance in partnership with NetGuardians

Geneva, Switzerland - ID Quantique SA, the leader in high-performance network encryption solutions based on conventional and quantum technologies, today announced the launch of its new CypherMonitor application. CypherMonitor complements IDQ’s existing range of high performance network encryptors, allowing users to monitor their encryptor fleet for security or compliance breaches. CypherMonitor enables real-time pro-active alerts via mobile telephone or SMS, as well as regular configurable reports. CypherMonitor is powered by NetGuardians, a leading Swiss-based vendor of operational risk mitigation software, including behavioural analysis and reporting of business and IT operations.

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JUNE 15, 2011

IDQ selected as a finalist for the 2011 Swiss ICT Award

IDQ has been select as a finalist for the Swiss ICT Award in the category "New Comer" along with the following companies: BEN Energy, Clavid, DeepGreen Datacenter, joiz et Small Rivers. The name of the winner will be announced on October 18th 2011 during a ceremony held in Lucerne.

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MAY 23, 2011

Quantis True Random Number Generator Certified by Compliance Testing Laboratory

ID Quantique announces that the Quantis true random number generator, the world’s first quantum random number generator, has been evaluated and certified for gaming applications by Compliance Testing Laboratory, the leading UK test house. With this certification, gaming operators using Quantis are assured of a smooth game evaluation process.

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MAY 10, 2011

Swissquote Bank encrypts critical low-latency backbone links with the ID Quantique Centauris encryptors

Geneva, Switzerland - Following Swissquote Bank Ltd’s acquisition of ACM Advanced Currency Markets AG in late 2010, they needed to secure the 100 Megabit Ethernet links between their headquarters in Gland and their new branch office in Geneva.

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APRIL 2011

SwissQuantum Project Completes Longest-Running Testbed of Quantum Crytography

Geneva, Switzerland - ID Quantique SA announced the successful completion of the longest running project for testing Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) in a field environment. The main goal of the SwissQuantum network, installed in the Geneva metropolitan area in March 2009, was to validate the reliability and robustness of QKD in continuous operation over a long time period in a field environment. The quantum layer ran stably for nearly 2 years until the completion of the project in January 2011, confirming the viability of QKD as a commercial encryption technology.

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JANUARY 6, 2011

Bloombase Extends Enterprise Data Security with IDQ's Quantum Technologies
Genève, Switzerland and San Jose, CA USA - Bloombase Technologies, one of the leading global information security companies from the desktop through the datacenter and to the cloud, today announced the extension of cryptographic key generation with quantum technologies as a joint effort between Bloombase and ID Quantique, and with the support of an extensive partner ecosystem and customers.

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