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Ares signs contract with India information security company Blue Star


Ares International Corp. recently signed a distribution agreement with Blue Star Limited, a famous India-based information security company, to authorize the latter to promote and sell the PKI information security products and solutions developed by Ares.

Based on its professional ability of information security solutions and promotional power of local channel and marketing, Blue Star will offer local market analysis, be responsible for sales of ARES uPKI products and solutions while setting up the Validation Authority (VA) center to gradually develop and expand the sales of ARES uPKI products and solutions in India.

Frank Lin, Ares president, indicated Ares has been developing information security solutions for years and spares no effort in the sales of PKI concept and solutions both locally and internationally. Ares has assisted the Guatemala government to set up electronic signature Customs system, invested in BLITZ, the SWIFT partner in Vietnam, and signed a distribution agreement with World Distribution Nepal Pvt. Ltd. (Group) (WDN), a Nepal-based system integrator representing products from major international companies such as Oracle, Dell, Cisco and Toshiba. The agreement with Blue Star, Lin added, is another international sales milestone for Ares and key indicator for another success of the information security export of Ares.

Lin noted that India is one of the BRIC countries, with population the second largest globally. Hence, the India market has significant growth potential. Blue Star's parent group is the largest air conditioning and commercial-use refrigeration equipment company in India, with annual turnover at around 22.7 billion rupees (about US$4.8 billion). Blue Star specializes in information security solutions such as identity verification, encryption, key management and management of compatibility and security information. Blue Star has learned the excellent contribution and long-term deployment in information security of Ares and acknowledges its international marketing ability. Therefore, it has strived to cooperate with Ares in India. Additionally, Blue Star can complement Ares in information security. With the massive channel ability of its parent group, Blue Star is bound to add significant value to Ares in promoting information security export.

For years, Ares has been promoting the self-developed PKI information security products and solutions and has won solid approval from governmental institutions and commercial enterprises in Taiwan and abroad. In the future, Ares will apply its successful experiences in cross-Taiwan Strait and its export strength to promote its information security solutions in Southeast Asia, Latin America, Central Asia and other regions. Ultimately, Ares will establish a global network from its R&D base in Taiwan.

Introduction of ARES uPKI

Ares International Corp. is famous for its leading software R&D technology and abundant experiences. Ares started Internet security software R&D in 2001, is the first company in Taiwan to launch VA server and is a key company among foreign information security technology exchanges. ARES uPKI has the most government institutions users in Taiwan, wins the 2005 IT month Excellent IT Application Product Award and is only information security product in Taiwan that is Novell YES certified. Related technologies have won patents in Taiwan, China, Japan and the US. With PKI solutions covering identification, electronic signature, en/decoding and authorization, ARES uPKI is the most suitable information security mechanism for all kinds of institutions.

Introduction of Ares

Ares International Corp. is the first Taiwan-based software company to be listed on the TSE. Established for nearly 30 years, Ares is a professional management information system software provider, with professional areas in product technical R&D and system integration. Ares provides products as well as total solutions for e-enterprise, with major service fields mainly from the financial, government and enterprise sides. Ares has passed the CMMI L3 certification, has outstanding project integration ability, quality guarantee ability, development and maintenance ability and the most complete professional consultancy team.