September 10, 2001 -- Portland,
OR – Red Queen Software, Inc. announced that an
agreement has been reached to partner with
TrekstorUSA, Inc. (Trek Technology PTE LTD,
Singapore) in developing a new product that combines
Red Queen’s consumer software product SAFE™
and Trek Technology’s ThumbDrive®
hardware technology. (www.thumbdrive.com)
"The partnership seemed like a natural."
Said Jeffrey Garchow, CEO of Red Queen Software, Inc.
"We have a software product that people use to
document everything they own and they have a hardware
product that allows you to store confidential
information on a secure removable hard drive the size
of your thumb."
According to the agreement, Red Queen will adapt
its current version of SAFE software to create a
seamless application that will leverage the best of
both technologies. Red Queen doesn’t believe
that this will affect their recent Kodak Picture
Friendly 2002 certification in any way since the CD
version will still be available, but it may delay
release of the combined product until they have had
Kodak’s engineers re-certify the new
software/hardware version.
The marriage of these two products will further
benefit the consumer market that SAFE is targeting.
"SAFE is designed for a mature audience that
includes the ‘baby-boomer’
generation." Garchow said. "Because this
mature group of users is typically made up of novice
computer users, SAFE was designed to be extremely
user friendly." With SAFE, anyone can easily
document everything they own and know that the
information is safe and secure.
Here is how it works:
- Insert the ThumbDrive in to a USB port and
"Click" on the SAFE icon.
- Add, remove, or make changes to the items in
the SAFE database.
- Remove the ThumbDrive from the USB port and
store in a secure location.
It’s that simple – with no additional
files to copy. A simple way to assure that the
documents, photos, and other important information
kept in SAFE is safely stored on the ThumbDrive and
removed from the computer... and from unauthorized
view.
This new product is slated to be released Fall of
2001. At that time it will be made available to the
public packaged in an easy-to-use bundle designed
specifically for the novice computer user. It will be
available online, in computer stores and through Red
Queen’s and Trek Technology’s current
distribution channels.
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