BROWSING: Certicom

Hailing from Stockholm, Sweden, one of the world's premier breeding grounds for mobile-phone technology, wireless network security developer Columbitech is gearing up to take on the United States with a wireless virtual private network product that will allow users to access their corporate local...

NEW YORK-YadaYada Inc., an integrated wireless Internet service provider and personalized mobile Web portal for personal digital assistants, announced it will offer Certicom's security products through its movian VPN, the company's virtual private networking client for wireless devices."Partnering with Certicom enables us to provide...

TheRightSizeTheRightSize Inc. released its new Rosetta Stone wireless software for the Palm family of personal digital assistants, which the company said uses information from online retailers to help shoppers search for their favorite brand and style of clothes. The service also can find sizes...

HAYWARD, Calif.-In an effort to raise awareness of the issue of security as a key enabler of mobile and wireless technologies, Certicom has announced the Certicom Trust Partner Program, an open industrywide initiative dedicated to providing leading security solutions for today's wireless marketplace.Participants include...

HAYWARD, Calif.-E-business infrastructure software company BEA Systems Inc. expanded its relationship with Certicom to include the company's SSL Plus secure socket product for BEA's WebLogic E-Business Server.BEA also licensed Certicom's WTLS Plus for use in its future mobile commerce products.

Brightpod integrated AvantGo's Enterprise product suite into its applications service provider platform. The companies said they will co-market the Brightpod offering through joint promotional activities. "We try to make `going mobile' easier for enterprises by identifying and securing proven technologies that our customers can...

HAYWARD, Calif.-Mobile e-commerce security provider Certicom Corp. reported a strategic licensing agreement with Juno Online Services Inc. in which Juno will deploy Certicom's SSL Plus technology with its Internet access software.Juno, with 3.3 million active subscribers, is currently the third-largest provider of dial-up Internet...

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Certicom announced WTLS Plus 1.1, the latest version of the toolkit that enables developers to integrate WAP-compliant security functionality into wireless client and server products.WTLS Plus 1.1 supports mutual authentication for both client and server implementations, RSA support for interoperability with legacy...

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Wireless enabling technology developer JP Systems Inc. and e-commerce security provider Certicom Corp. have expanded their relationship to enhance JP System's SureWave platform with Certicom's WTLS Plus security technology.As part of the agreement, JP Systems will embed Certicom's MobileTrust Certificate Authority root...

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-JP Systems introduced a new platform at CTIA's Wireless I.T. show last week called SureWave, along with a WAP browser for Palm OS devices, supporting the Palm Query Application over multiple wireless networks.The SureWave platform replaces the firm's InfoBeam technology as its...

HAYWARD, Calif.-Mobile e-commerce security provider Certicom Corp. said it supported the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Advanced Encryption Standard to address growing security needs in the marketplace."NIST's AES effort has broken the mold in terms of collaboration with the cryptographic community," said Susan...

ATLANTA-Mobile e-commerce security provider Certicom Corp. announced it is accepting applications for participation in a beta testing program of a WinCE handheld virtual private network client for Pocket PC users.The company reported that 72 companies have already been accepted into a VPN beta testing...

CUPERTINO, Calif.-Software developer Pixo Inc. licensed Certicom Corp.'s security technology for the Pixo Internet Microbrowser for wireless phones.Certicom said its Elliptic Curve Cryptography technology and MobileTrust digital certificates will provide users of Pixo's Internet browser with a more secure platform for protecting valuable electronic...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-DRG Resources Group Inc., an e-commerce security consulting firm, is merging with security technology provider Certicom Inc."DRG has often partnered with Certicom to serve our clients' needs and we continue to see strong interest form our clients in Certicom's wireless products and...

HAYWARD, Calif.-Certicom Corp. has joined the Mobile Electronic Signature Consortium, a group of more than 25 organizations from the wireless, electronic commerce and security sectors focused on defining a worldwide standard for mobile digital signatures, Certicom said."Since Certicom has been deploying elliptic curve cryptography...

TORONTO-724 Solutions Inc. announced agreements with Certicom and CheckFree for security and electronic billing services, respectively.The agreement with Certicom aims to provide a wireless public key infrastructure solution for the financial services industry. 724 and CheckFree aim to make billing and payment services available...

Mobile LifestreamsA Web site designed for the mobile communication professional was launched by Mobile Lifestreams Ltd. According to the company, the new site, www.mobile4mobile.com, was designed to cover the needs of those involved in the mobile communications industry. The site aggregates information about mobile...

Several weeks ago Congress passed the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, giving electronic signatures the same legitimacy as actual signatures, and insuring virtual transactions using these cryptic identifiers now will be legally binding.Once President Clinton signs it into law-which is expected...

TORONTO-724 Solutions Inc., an Internet infrastructure software developer for financial services providers, has licensed a Wireless Application Protocol gateway designed by Neomar Inc. and integrated it into its Financial Services Platform.Services on the platform include wireless banking and brokerage services, allowing the WAP devices...

Certicom, an encryption technology company specializing in solutions for the mobile computing and wireless data markets, has introduced a virtual private network software solution for handheld mobile devices.The Certicom VPN solution is interoperable with a range of VPN systems, allowing organizations to incorporate mobile...

AUSTIN, Texas-Neomar Inc. said it will use Wireless Transport Layer Security Protocol technology from Certicom to protect transmissions using its WAP browser technology designed for Research In Motion Ltd. devices and other wirelessly enabled handheld computing devices.

HAYWARD, Calif.-Entrust Technologies Inc., CV Cryptovision and Scopus Tecnologia joined the Standards for Efficient Cryptography Group.The group was formed in 1998 to develop interoperable security solutions based on elliptic curve cryptography technology, which was developed by Certicom Corp. to provide security for a variety...

Agilent TechnologiesAgilent Technologies Inc. introduced a number of new test-solution products and made improvements to others. The Agilent 84000 RFIC series model A20E is a low-cost test solution developed specifically for high-volume semiconductor manufacturers that make radio-frequency power-amplifier integrated circuits used in cell phones...

This holiday season heralded the beginning of the e-commerce revolution, and wireless operators have the opportunity to cash in on it with the growing proliferation of Internet-enabled wireless phones and handheld computers.Optimism among the analyst community is rampant. Most recently, Strategy Analytics predicted the...