Melbourne, Australia, 18 May 2004 - Leading Australian-owned distributor of best of breed security solutions, eB2Bcom, has been appointed the SecureAge Technology distributor for Australia and New Zealand.

SecureAge Technology Pte Ltd, provides seamless application and data security solutions for government and corporations in the Asia Pacific region. Its flagship product, SecureAge® suite, helps companies to safeguard their proprietary corporate information by fully securing their email, digital documents, files transfer, remote access, as well as online and wireless transactions.

Dr Ngair Teow Hin, CEO of SecureAge Technology Pte Ltd stated that “with the ready customer base and advanced features of SecureAge® suite, we look forward to extending and introducing more innovative functionalities that will fully address every aspect of our customers’ security requirements”.  Furthermore, “…..with the appointment of the eB2Bcom team, the Australian and New Zealand markets can now have local access to and support of SecureAge Technology solutions.”

Bob White, CEO of eB2Bcom, stated that “we are very pleased to bring the SecureAge® products into the Australian and New Zealand markets to fulfil the fast growing demand for enhanced security solutions for protecting networks, data content and wireless communications.

Andrew Ferguson, eB2Bcom’s Director of Marketing, said “eB2Bcom are already working with SecureAge in Asia and we see lots of opportunity especially in the growing areas of Mobile Data and Applications Security, as the corporate market is now becoming more aware of the need to protect wireless communications.

SecureAge’s products comprise the following:

• SecureAge® SecureEmail - Secure messaging solutions for Lotus Notes, Microsoft Outlook, Sun One, Netscape, Yahoo, Eudora and others.

• MCom P3 - Secures wireless communication and business transactions for Java-enabled hand phones and PDAs.

• SecureWeb - A web-based security solution that provides certificate based authentication, digital signature support and digital signing for online transactions.

• SA SecureAccess - An SSL VPN for secure remote access to enterprise and e-business servers that guarantees the authenticity of users and the integrity of the data over the Internet.

• SecureCourier - Provides secure document exchange and backup support.

• SecureCafe - A reliable way to secure IRC clients and servers, thereby allowing users to chat over a secure IRC channel.

• SA NetGuard - Enables full strength SSL to protect Web and application communication.

• SA CryptoKit - A comprehensive library of Java-based toolkits for developers to develop security applications that best meet their requirements.

• SA PKI - A state-of-the-art Certificate Authority System that provides digital certification and management services for any security-enabled system used by e-businesses and enterprises.

About SecureAge

SecureAge Technology was setup in January 2003 by the founders and technical teams who created the SecureAge® suite of products. The SecureAge® suite was first conceived in a leading Singapore IT research lab in 1997 and has since gained extensive market recognition in Asia Pacific region, spanning across South East Asia, Taiwan, Hong Kong and China. With a strong conviction on technology innovation and a focus on SecureAge® related software business, the company is poised to fulfil the growing market demand for enhanced security. For more information, visit the SecureAge Technology web site at www.secureage.com.

About eB2Bcom

eB2Bcom is an innovative Australian-owned company specialising in the distribution, implementation and support of best-of-breed products for Messaging, Meta-directories, identity management, secure information sharing and PKI security solutions. The company was founded in 1996 and has offices in Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney. For more information, visit the eB2Bcom web site at www.eb2bcom.com.