Company offers a comprehensive Digital Certificate product range available through its Partner Program, further maximizing the reselling opportunity to partners.
GlobalSign, a Certification Authority and specialist in SSL Partner Programs, today announced that it has expanded its product portfolio available to channel partners to include its full range of Client Certificates. The company mentions that in addition to partners being able to resell SSL Certificates to secure customer websites, it has expanded the reseller opportunity by enabling partners to offer customers Digital Certificates for securing code, encrypting email, digitally signing documents and utilizing the online authentication capabilities of browsers and VPNs.
It avers that the company now offers a comprehensive range of Digital Certificates available via its partner program, consisting of:
* SSL - activates the browser padlock and green bar and signifies to consumers the connection with the website they are visiting is secure
* Code Signing - enables developers to digitally sign (virtual world equivalent of shrink wrapping) and bind their authenticated publisher identity to the software they distribute
* PersonalSign - enables users to digitally sign and encrypt email using mail clients like Microsoft Outlook, digitally sign Microsoft Office documents, as well as authenticate to online resources via browser based VPNs
* DocumentSign - enables users to digitally sign Adobe PDF documents to prove authenticity, authorship, and time of creation
The company explains that its on-demand Digital Certificate management platform, known as the GlobalSign Certificate Center (GCC), provides partners with a single Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform to manage the application, issuance and renewal for their customer's Digital Certificate requirements. Existing SSL Certificate resellers will see additional features within their account allowing them to resell all types of Client Certificates, whilst new resellers upon sign up will be given access to a new GCC account enabling them to start reselling certificates easily, quickly and effectively. Via its Certificate Center, partners can also benefit from centralized purchasing and reporting functions, granular user management (essential for organizations with distributed departments) and simplified ordering and renewal processes.
It further explains that verticals like consultants, integrators and independent software vendors will now be able to benefit from the variety of Client Certificates available for resale. For example, companies consulting on FDA ESG document submission practices can directly offer PersonalSign Digital IDs that can be used during the submission process, or Developers building client applications can directly offer Code Signing Certificates used for securing their clients' code, and Engineering and Construction Consultants can directly offer DocumentSign solutions typically used to digitally sign engineering and product PDFs.
The company states that its existing partners will also immediately reap the benefits of implementing additional Digital Certificates within their product portfolios, as brands become more competitive, substantial revenue opportunities are opened, and the amount of revenue received per customer maximized - all with minimal costs and fast go-to-market. Its Pay As You Go, no commit purchasing scheme, web based certificate management interface and comprehensive marketing support, furthermore enhance the channel reselling opportunity that the company has to offer, aiding its success within the Digital Certificate Market.
"Since the launch of our SSL Reselling program back in July 2007, we have seen an unprecedented number of partners, large and small alike, take advantage of the business opportunities that reselling GlobalSign's industry leading SSL Certificates has to offer," said Lila Kee, Vice President of Product Development, GlobalSign. "By expanding our channel portfolio to include Client Certificates we hope to attract a wider channel audience who can benefit from integrating GlobalSign's security solutions into their core product range, favorably positioning themselves against their industry specific competition."
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