December 12, 2008
- GlobalSign
December 12, 2008
Press Release
GlobalSign K.K.
GlobalSign Receives Third Consecutive Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific Award
Tokyo – December 12, 2008 – GMO Hosting & Security consolidated subsidiary and digital certificate services company GlobalSign, has received a Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific award. The awards, by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu rank the fastest growing companies in the Asia Pacific region based on percentage revenue growth in the last three fiscal terms. This year marks the seventh year of the competition and the third consecutive year that GlobalSign has received an award* recognizing continued strong growth.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone involved, we appreciate your encouragement and support as we look forward to continued growth as a leader in the technology industry.
*In 2006 the company received the award under its former name GeoTrust JAPAN
Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific
DTT ranks the 500 fastest growing TMT companies, in three regions worldwide. The program was launched in North America in 1995 followed by Europe and the Asia Pacific region in 2002. Last year 63 companies from Japan received Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific awards. Eight Japanese companies were represented at the Hong Kong award ceremony attended by over 260 executives from throughout the Asia Pacific region.
Please visit the following URL for further details on the Fast 50 and Fast 500 programs: http://www.fast50.tohmatsu.co.jp.
Deloitte
About Deloitte“Deloitte” is the brand under which tens of thousands of dedicated professionals in independent firms throughout the world collaborate to provide audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management and tax services to selected clients. These firms are members of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, a Swiss Verein (“DTT”). Each member firm provides services in a particular geographic area and is subject to the laws and professional regulations of the particular country or countries in which it operates. DTT helps coordinate the activities of the member firms but does not itself provide services to clients. DTT and the member firms are separate and distinct legal entities, which cannot obligate the other entities. DTT and each DTT member firm are only liable for their own acts or omissions, and not those of each other. Each DTT Member Firm is structured differently in accordance with national laws, regulations, customary practice and other factors, and may secure the provision of professional services in their territories through subsidiaries, affiliates and/or other entities.
GlobalSign
GlobalSign began providing digital authentication services to Belgium ten years ago when digital authentication companies were first beginning to appear. Customers include a number of Belgian government agencies and the GlobalSign Certificate Authority operates many prestigious government projects such as eID*(BELPIC). We are recognized as the Belgian Government Certificate Authority. GlobalSign became a member of the GMO Internet Group in 2006 and is expanding sales of government-level security Japan and worldwide.
*eID: A citizen ID card. This is the first stage of the e-government project in Belgium. The ID card containing a digital certificate is distributed to all Belgian citizens over the age of 12.
Performance: (cumulative figures)
●Over 100,000 SSL Server Certificates issued
●Over 1.4 million digital certificates (for web sites, IC Cards etc. including Digital IDs) issued
●Over 20 million certificates worldwide rely on the public trust provided by the GlobalSign root (including issues by subordinate CAs)
●We supply many major government agencies and major corporations.
Profile
●The first certificate authority in Europe to obtain WebTrust accreditation
●CABF (CA/Browser Forum) member In Japan GlobalSign (formerly GeoTrust JAPAN) participates as JCAF (Japan Certification Authority Forum)
●Anti-Phishing Working Group member
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About GMO Internet Group
GMO Internet Group, headquartered in Japan, is a leading force in the Internet industry offering one of the most comprehensive ranges of Internet services worldwide. The group holds top domestic market share in domain registration, web hosting, and payment processing and provides a host of other Internet services including global online security services, e-commerce solutions, and Internet advertising to both businesses and individuals. At the centre of the group is GMO Internet, Inc. a company listed on the prestigious first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE: 9449).
GlobalSign K.K.
Company Name | GlobalSign K.K. http://globalsign.co.jp/ |
Address | Shibuya Infoss Tower, 20-1 Sakuragaokacho, Shibuya ku, Tokyo, JAPAN |
CEO | Ichiro Chujo |
Business Description | - Information security and digital authentication |
Capital | 356,640,000 yen |
GMO Hosting & Security Inc.
Company Name | GMO Hosting & Security Inc. http://gmo-hs.com/eng/ (TSE Mothers Market: 3788) |
Address | Cerulean Tower, 26-1 Sakuragaokacho, Shibuya ku, Tokyo, JAPAN |
CEO | Mitsuru Aoyama |
Business Description | - Web hosting - Internet security |
Capital | 907,450,000 yen (6/2008) |
GMO Internet Inc.
Company Name | GMO Internet Inc. http://www.gmo.jp/en (TSE First Section Code: 9449) |
Address | Cerulean Tower, 26-1 Sakuragaokacho, Shibuya ku, Tokyo, JAPAN |
CEO | Masatoshi Kumagai |
Business Description | - Internet Use Support (Infrastructure) - Internet Advertising Support (Media) |
Capital | 1,276,830,000 yen |