Enterprise Workstation is Windows 2000 certified. Gemplus is a driving force on global open standards and we are active participants in the forums that are agreeing shared standards for smart card technologies. Establishing a set of shared global standards for smart cards is vital to give the industry's customers confidence that they are buying into a flexible, globally interoperable technology. It is this open view of the marketplace that makes Gemplus a viable partner across all platforms. 5.6 billion smart cards have been issued worldwide.
Smart cards support a wide and growing variety of applications.
Smart cards' security and portability benefits mean the technology is finding more and more critical applications in the exploding wireless, and e-commerce sectors. The benefits enabled by smart cards are numerous and depend upon the specific application. For consumers, smart cards are a portable, convenient and user-friendly way to hold information about their identities which is needed to verify and secure their transactions. Smart card intelligence means consumers can access a growing range of sophisticated services, from storing information on their mobile phones to shopping with confidence on the Web. A smart card is a safe and cost-effective way to store valuable information such as private keys, account numbers, passwords or confidential personal information.