Accor Romania Chooses E-Lock Solution

McLean, VA, April 6, 2005

Accor Services Romania Chooses E-Lock’s Automated Electronic Signing Solution

Frontier Technologies Corporation (E-Lock) today announced that Accor Services SA Romania has chosen its automated digital signing solution.

Accor Services SA Romania is the Romanian subsidiary of the international group Accor and the project to automate the signing of their electronic invoices was started and developed by them.

Accor services generates about a thousand invoices on a daily basis, and this solution will be used to automatically sign those invoices which are in PDF format. The signature gets embedded into the PDF file itself.

E-Lock’s automated electronic signature solution runs as a Windows Services and performs automated signing of a large number of documents on a periodic basis. No user intervention is required and the whole process is automated, this brings savings in terms of time and effort to organizations. E-Lock’s automated signing solution has found a good customer base in Romania with many companies opting for this solution. By law, all electronic document archives need to be digitally signed in Romania. There is an Order no.1077/2003 of Ministry of Finance, which establishes that invoices could be stored in electronic form on WORM devices, but electronically signed with qualified certificates. Therefore companies that store or maintain a large number of electronic documents would find this solution perfect for their requirement.

E-Lock’s Authorized partner in Romania - Trans Sped srl - was instrumental in liaising with Accor Services, understanding their requirements and demonstrating the solution to them. Accor will be using digital certificates issued by Trans Sped in conjunction with the solution.

"Trans Sped as a Certificate Authority and security solutions provider has been actively promoting electronic signature solutions in the Romanian market”, said Mrs. Viky Manaila, Managing Director of Trans Sped srl. “We are happy that Accor Services has chosen the automated signing solution we offered them for their requirements.”

“It is because of our well established and capable European partners like Trans Sped Romania that E-Lock is able to capitalize on local business opportunities”, said Dr Nimish Shah, VP Business Development for E-Lock. “E-Lock offers digital signature solutions that are used by companies in the US and the world over, but it is the local support (that our partners provide) which makes a difference to our customers in European and other regions.”

E-Lock’s products make use of digital certificates for signing of documents and transactions. E-Lock provides both desktop and web based electronic signature solutions. While the desktop products are quick to set up and very easy to use, the web based solutions provide organizations with the flexibility to integrate digital signature capabilities into existing processes and workflows at critical points where security is required.

About E-Lock:

E-Lock Technologies is a privately owned corporation headquartered in McLean, VA (US). The digital signature solutions developed by E-Lock 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. E-Lock’s customer base spans countries such as the US, UK, Australia, Greece, Spain, Hong Kong and others. E-Lock products are used across Government organizations in the US, UK, Perú, Australia, Portugal and Malaysia.

For more information, please visit http://www.elock.com

About Accor Services SA Romania:

Accor Services SA Romania is a subsidiary of the international group Accor. With 150,000 associates in 140 countries, Accor is the European leader and one of the world’s largest groups in travel, tourism and corporate services, with two major international activities: o Hotels: nearly 4000 hotels (455,000 rooms) in 90 countries, casinos, travel agencies and restaurants;
o Services to corporate clients and public institutions: 14 million people in 34 countries use a broad range of services (food vouchers, people care and services, incentive, loyalty programs, events) engineered and managed by Accor.

About Trans Sped srl:

Trans Sped is a privately owned company headquartered in Bucharest, Romania. Trans Sped is a Certification Authority according to Romanian Law on electronic signature and to Directive 1999/93/EC of the European Parliament on a community framework for electronic signatures, which are issuing qualified digital certificates.