Arcot and Adobe Team on Correspondence Management Solution

Financial Services Institutions Gain New Security Options for Customer Email
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
Arcot Systems, Inc. and Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced
that they are collaborating on a new solution for more secure correspondence
management. By extending Adobe LiveCycle ES and the Correspondence Management
Solution Accelerator with Arcot`s new Secure Electronic Notification Delivery
(SEND) service, financial institutions can provide additional security for
customer email.

"For financial services institutions, correspondence is an important channel for
maintaining regular communications with customers. Whether it`s a welcome kit to
a new customer, a bill for an insurance premium, an account statement, or a
promotional offer for a new service, augmenting paper-based mailings with
proactive e-delivery offers institutions an opportunity to improve customer
engagement while reducing costs," said John Knightly, vice president enterprise
marketing at Adobe Systems. "The Arcot SEND service gives institutions
additional flexibility for securing high impact email correspondence."

"Our SEND service will help institutions migrate from paper to digital delivery
as it offers higher fidelity, and is easier to use and more secure than other
email delivery solutions," said R. `Doc' Vaidhyanathan, vice president of
product management at Arcot. "Now, organizations can securely distribute
electronic documents to customers, and customers can securely interact with the
dynamic PDF document, verifying information, paying bills, and even signing
contracts without ever having to log in or print."

The Arcot SEND service provides a security and delivery clearinghouse for
documents sent to a recipient`s email. With Arcot`s patented cryptographic
camouflage technology built into the Adobe Acrobat family and Adobe Reader, the
SEND service protects confidential and personally identifiable information by
encrypting PDF files. The recipient only needs the ubiquitous Adobe Reader, his
password and an easy-to-use ArcotID credential to decrypt the document and view
it. In this solution, the Arcot SEND service extends existing document control,
digital signatures, and document certification technology within LiveCycle ES
and the Correspondence Management Solution Accelerator.

About the Correspondence Management Solution Accelerator

Adobe Solution Accelerators are deployable solution frameworks and best
practices methodologies, built with Adobe LiveCycle ES, to help organizations
more rapidly develop applications. The Correspondence Management Solution
Accelerator helps financial services institutions to automate the costly,
time-intensive process of communicating with customers on paper or
electronically. Institutions can streamline expensive paper-based workflows and
eliminate repeated data entry, which cuts customer correspondence delivery
times. It also can simplify the process of complying with changing regulations
and implementing privacy and accountability practices, which reduces ongoing
maintenance costs.

Availability

The Arcot SEND service can be licensed from either Adobe or Arcot. It will have
an upfront set up fee and a per document transaction cost. Arcot will host and
manage the SEND service from its SAS 70 certified, PCI DSS-compliant secure data
center. Adobe LiveCycle ES and the Correspondence Management Solution
Accelerator are available directly from Adobe Systems.

About Adobe Systems Incorporated

Adobe revolutionizes how the world engages with ideas and information - anytime,
anywhere and through any medium. For more information, visit www.adobe.com.

About Arcot

Arcot authentication and digital signing solutions make online access safe for
millions of consumer, enterprise and ecommerce users. With Arcot solutions,
organizations can automatically and transparently deploy stronger authentication
and fraud detection without changing user behavior or deploying expensive
hardware. Arcot best-in-class authentication provides protection from internet
threats and bridges the gap between cost, convenience, and strength. Arcot
offers fraud prevention, strong authentication, and e-Document security
solutions are delivered on-premise or on-demand as an Arcot hosted service.
Arcot solutions comply with U.S. and international security standards including
3-D Secure, CardSpace, FFIEC, OpenID, SAFE, and SAML. For more information,
visit www.arcot.com.

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are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in
the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property
of their respective owners.

Arcot Systems Inc.
Carol Alexander, 408-969-6174
carol@arcot.com
or
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Kate Blatt, 408-536-6896
katesblatt@adobe.com
or
A&R Edelman
Monica Wallace, 650-762-2903
mwallace@ar-edelman.com

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