Comodo CA, The Fastest Growing Certification Authority in 2003

Anonymous writes "New York, January 19, 2004. After its first full year of issuing SSL Certificates, Comodo CA Limited (Comodo CA) has quickly become the worlds fastest growing, innovative, Certification Authority. Independent research, carried out by Esoft Inc shows that from 2002 to 2003, Comodo CA increased its global SSL certificate market share by almost 5%; much greater than any other Certification Authority.

This dramatic increase is in stark contrast to other vendors whose overall market share decreased or remained the same. Vendors such as Thawte saw a significant reduction in market share from 29% in 2002 to 20% in 2003, a significant reduction of 9%. Whilst other vendors remained stagnant, Comodo has built additional innovative solutions for customers reliant on e-commerce such as Trustlogoâ„¢ and Verification Engineâ„¢ ensuring mutual success for both themselves and their customers.

This significant increase change in the market is a direct result of Comodo CAâ€™s business policy. To be the only certification Authority to provide genuinely cost-effective, fully validated SSL certificates. The InstantSSL range has shown that customers can have confidence in their ecommerce transactions. Comodo has also entered the marketplace with a very attractive Reseller Partner Program which now has well over 2,100 active worldwide.

A summary of the research is at Which SSL whilst more details about the Instant SSL certificate range can be found at www.instantssl.com.

ABOUT COMODO - Comodo is the leading WebTrust-compliant enterprise solutions provider for E-commerce Security Solutions. Firmly established in the market, Comodo markets a range of innovative products and services developed by its dedicated research lab delivering software, hardware, secure messaging and certificate-based security. Research, carried out by Security Space http://www.securityspace.com, shows that from 2002 to 2003, Comodo increased its global SSL certificate market share by almost 5%; much greater than any other Certification Authority. Comodo has a very attractive Reseller Partner Program which now has 2,100 active worldwide partners.

Comodo offers: Instant SSL Certificates for securing web servers and patented web site verification and identity solutions; Trustixâ„¢ a portfolio of critical business infrastructure solutions, providing essential back office applications; SEEOSâ„¢ Secure Enterprise Extensible Operating System for integrated network security.

For product information please contact US (877) COMODO-5 (877-266-636-5) or Europe +44 (0) 161 874 7070 or visit the Comodo Home Page at www.comodogroup.com. "