Echoworx
{{Short description|Software company in Canada}}
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{{Notability|companies|date=March 2020}}
{{Orphan|date=December 2016}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Echoworx
| logo =
| type = Private
| foundation = 2000
| location = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| industry = Computer software
| area_served = Global
| key_people =
| services = Email Encryption
| products =
| num_employees = 65
| homepage = {{URL|http://www.echoworx.com/}}
}}
Echoworx, an email encryption software company, is based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with offices in the USA and UK. As a certificate authority, Echoworx is a member of both the Microsoft Root Certificate Program and Apple Root Certificate Program. Echoworx operates several data centers, including locations in the United States and Europe.
History
Founded in 2000, Echoworx is headed by its CEO and president Michael Ginsberg, formerly the CEO of CertaPay, an email money transfer technology company.{{Cite web |url=http://www.brightstrand.com/Documents/CertaPay%20-%20Case%20Study.pdf |title=CertaPay Case Study |access-date=2013-11-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109052324/http://www.brightstrand.com/Documents/CertaPay%20-%20Case%20Study.pdf |archive-date=2013-11-09 |url-status=dead }}
In December 2005, AT&T was one of the first telecommunications companies in the United States to white-label and provide Echoworx encryption services to its subscribers.{{Cite web |url=http://www.echoworx.com/partners/ |title=AT&T |access-date=2009-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724104053/http://www.echoworx.com/partners/ |archive-date=2008-07-24 |url-status=dead }}
British Telecom launched BT Secure Mail and Encrypted Message Exchange (BT EMX) based on public key infrastructure (PKI) in October 2007.{{Cite web |last=Espiner |first=Tom |title=BT launches secure mail services |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/bt-launches-secure-mail-services/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240805210435/https://www.zdnet.com/article/bt-launches-secure-mail-services/ |archive-date=August 5, 2024 |access-date=2020-09-17 |website=ZDNet |language=en}}
Apptix is an application service provider (ASP) technology company providing hosted business services (or software as a service) for small and medium-sized businesses. It provided Apptix Secure Mail powered by Echoworx as part of its Hosted Email Security Services portfolio. It launched the service in April 2010.[http://unified-communications.tmcnet.com/topics/unified-communications/articles/82625-apptix-echoworx-support-healthcare-finance-compliance-needs.htm Apptix partners with Echoworx]
Hostway, an infrastructure-as-a-service provider, partnered with Echoworx to provide encryption services in 2011.[http://www.itworldcanada.com/article/hostway-adds-encryption-to-microsoft-exchange-service/44712 Hostway Adds Encryption to Microsoft Exchange Service]
The company's original priority was the small business market, but this has evolved to the enterprise and corporate market.