FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, JULY 13, 2000

Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer, cites TradeHarbor's Voice Signature Service^SM in speech about the future of computer applications and the Internet

 

St. Louis, July 13, 2000 - At Thursday's Regional Commerce and Growth Association's (RCGA) Town Hall Forum, Steve Ballmer, President & CEO Microsoft Corporation, spoke about the future of the technology industry. He discussed the impact St. Louis technology companies are having on the development and ways in which the community can foster these developments. 

 

Direct sales have dramatically increased on the Internet even though there is currently no ready alternative to a hand-written signature as validation for a transaction. To facilitate e-commerce, much effort has been expended in the past decade to provide secure communication channels over the Internet. But even with secure channels, transactions involving credit, or delayed payments of any kind, are at risk if the transaction participants are not accurately identified. TradeHarbor created The Voice Signature Service^SM to fill this market need for authentication.

 

According to Paul S. Heirendt, president of TradeHarbor, "We are pleased to have our Voice Signature Service^SM recognized as an enabling technology for user authentication in solutions for eCommerce, Internet infrastructure, financial services, B2B, supply chain, DOD, and healthcare. We believe that biometric authentication of users is critical in these future applications."

 

TradeHarbor, Inc. (www.tradeharbor.com) has been established as the premier Voice Signature company on the Internet. TradeHarbor's Internet based service offering, The Voice Signature Service^SM, enables user authentication by providing Voice Signature capabilities as a direct replacement or adjunct for hand-written signatures.

 

This press release contains statements of a forward-looking nature relating to future events or future financial results. Investors are cautioned that such statements are only predictions and that actual events or results may differ materially. In evaluating such statements, investors should specifically consider various factors which could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those indicated from such forward-looking statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly release the results of any revisions to these forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

 

CONTACTS:

For TradeHarbor, Inc. - Heidi Pohlman (636) 448-0258

email: hpohlman@tradeharbor.com

 

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