Under the terms of the agreement, headtechnology will distribute VASCO's portfolio in Poland, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russian Federation, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Azerbaijan.

headtechnology is a value added distributor specialized in IT security. In these countries where headtechnology will distribute the VASCO portfolio, VASCO VACMAN® Middleware, IDENTIKEY®, aXsGUARDTM and DIGIPASS® solutions will be bundled with solutions from firewall and VPN vendors including Cisco, Checkpoint, SonicWall, WatchGuard, Citrix,...

In order to improve the access to corporate networks and applications, VASCO works together with other vendors to insure seamless integration and compatibility with their solutions. Furthermore VASCO relies upon its vast network of distributors to promote the use of its portfolio in combination with solutions from other technology vendors. The distribution agreement with headtechnology contributes to VASCO's technology partnership program.

"The Internet is still increasing in importance for a variety of business tasks, such as remote access to company resources for mobile workers, or inter-company access to joint project resources. We are happy to have VASCO, a leading vendor with reliable technology, in our portfolio and to be able to offer the solutions to the Eastern European market. This market is still young and dynamic and we are confident to be able to build some successes there together with VASCO," says Harry Zorn, CEO at headtechnology GmbH.

"headtechnology has a sound experience in the area of security. We are happy to be able to work with an experienced partner. We are convinced that they will add value and support VASCO in further developing the market for authentication in the Eastern European markets," says Jan Valcke, President and COO at VASCO Data Security.