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| | VeriSign acquires Thawte, Signio for more than $1.2 billion |
 | | The Thawte acquisition also makes VeriSign the comfortable leader in secure services, resold by more than 3,300 ISPs, application service providers, and Web hosts, the company said. |
 | | Thawte, based in South Africa, is seen by many e-commerce site owners as a low-cost alternative to VeriSign. |
 | | Thawte Consulting, in Durbanville, South Africa, is at www.thawte.com. |
| www.infoworld.com /articles/en/xml/99/12/21/991221enverisign.html (924 words) |
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