ActivIdentity

ActivIdentity, Inc.

Type	Public (NASDAQ: ACTI)
Founded	{{{foundation}}}
Headquarters	Fremont, CA
Key people	Jason Hart, CEO & President
Industry	Security Software and Services
Products	Security Software
Revenue	$42.2 million USD (2005)
Employees	~312 (2005)
Slogan	Digital Identity Assurance foundation = 1988
Website	www.actividentity.com

ActivIdentity (NASDAQ: ACTI) is a public company. Its headquarters are in Fremont, California, and it maintains offices in Suresnes, France, Canberra, Australia, Ottawa, Canada, Hong Kong, China, Montpellier, France, Frankfurt, Germany, Tokyo, Japan, Johannesburg, South Africa, Stockholm, Sweden, Washington DC and London, UK

Formed from the union of ActivCard and Protocom, ActivIdentity is an information security technology vendor offering a range of identity management products including authentication tokens, smart cards, a card management system (based on the system developed for the United States Department of Defense Common Access Card program), and enterprise single sign-on. It has customers in different industry verticals worldwide.

[edit] History

ActivCard founded in 1988 in Paris, France. From its early days as an engineering contractor to NATO and the French Navy, ActivCard focussed on electronic identification and strong authentication.
Protocom Development Systems, a privately owned company, with headquarters in Canberra, Australia, founded in 1989.
ActivCard acquired the French Safe Data System (SDS), the Australian Authentic8, and Canadian Ankari (formerly the American Biometric Company) in 2001
ActivCard acquired Protocom in August 2005.
ActivCard changed its name to ActivIdentity. Stockholders approved the name change at the annual meeting in February 2006.