Certicom to Provide Advanced Security to Reuters
Certicom Provides Reuters with Security Solutions for its New Dealing
Service for the Foreign Exchange and Money Markets
INFOSECURITY EUROPE, LONDON, April 23 /CNW/ - Certicom (NASDAQ: CERT;
TSE: CIC), a leading provider of e-business security, today announced a
license agreement with Reuters, the global information, news, and technology
group, to provide security solutions for Reuters Dealing Link (RDL), its new
browser-based conversational Dealing service. RDL is utilizing Certicom's SSL
Plus(TM) to secure the critical communications of its subscribers,
incorporating industry standard security technology to provide end-to-end
encryption between the client site and the Reuters datacentre.
RDL is a new IP-based conversational dealing service for the foreign
exchange and money markets. The service will be delivered over RadianzNet, an
IP-based network for the financial markets and is aimed at users who require
access to the 20,000 global users of Reuters core Dealing 3000 product, but
who do not require its full functionality. RDL is targeted at corporations,
sales desks, chief dealers, and proprietary traders.
"Reuters is committed to making financial products work using IP
technology and connectivity," said Mike Whitaker, Director of Marketing and
Strategy, Reuters Treasury Services. "To meet the needs of the Dealing
community, we are continuously investigating different IP technologies, such
as Certicom's security solutions, working with our customers to identify new
opportunities and innovative approaches to help them gain a competitive edge."
Certicom's SSL Plus toolkit is the industry's most widely deployed
commercial SSL product, due largely to its ease of use, rapid development
time, and support for standard security protocols, enabling developers to add
enhanced authentication functionality to their networked applications rapidly
and with confidence. SSL Plus greatly reduces the cost of deployment by
substantially shortening development schedules while ensuring that the
application achieves the highest industry standards for security.
"Certicom is pleased to be working with Reuters, a renowned leader in
providing the global financial markets and news media with the widest range of
global solutions and technologies," said Ian McKinnon, President and CEO of
Certicom. "Certicom provides strong and efficient security to protect and
maintain valuable information as it is updated, maintained, and exchanged
during critical communications."
About Certicom
Certicom is a leading provider of information security software and
services, specializing in solutions for mobile e-business. The company's
products and services are specifically designed to address the challenges
imposed by a wireless data environment. Certicom's solutions incorporate its
efficient encryption technology and are based on industry standards for
information security that utilize public-key cryptography. Certicom's products
are currently licensed to more than 300 customers including Cisco Systems,
Inc., Handspring Inc., Motorola, Inc., Nortel Networks, Openwave Systems,
Inc., Palm, Inc., QUALCOMM, Inc., Research In Motion Ltd., Sony International
(Europe) GmbH, and Verizon Communications Inc. For more information, visit
Certicom's Web site at certicom.com.
About Reuters
Reuters (www.about.reuters.com) is the leading global provider of
financial information, news and technology solutions to financial
institutions, the media, businesses, and individuals. Reuters strength is its
unique ability to offer customers a combination of content, technology, and
connectivity. Its premier position is founded on continuous technological
innovation and a reputation for speed, accuracy, integrity, and impartiality.
Reuters has over 19,000 staff in 97 countries, including some 2,500 editorial
staff in 230 bureaux serving approximately 150 countries, making it the
world's largest international multimedia news agency. In 2001, Reuters had
revenues of pnds stlg 3.9 billion.
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Reuters and the sphere logo are the trade marks and registered trade
marks of the Reuters group of companies around the world. Dealing Link and
Dealing 3000 are the trademarks of Reuters Limited.
Certicom and SSL Plus are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of
Certicom Corp. All other companies and products listed herein are trademarks
or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
Except for historical information contained herein, this press release
contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.
Actual results may differ materially. Factors that might cause a difference
include, but are not limited to, those relating to the acceptance of mobile
and wireless devices and the continued growth of e-commerce and m-commerce,
the increase of the demand for mutual authentication in m-commerce
transactions, the acceptance of Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) technology
as an industry standard, the market acceptance of our principal products and
sales of our customer's products, the impact of competitive products and
technologies, the possibility of our products infringing patents and other
intellectual property of fourth parties, and costs of product development.
Certicom will not update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or
circumstances after the date hereof. More detailed information about potential
factors that could affect Certicom's financial results is included in the
documents Certicom files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and Canadian securities regulatory authorities.
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For further information: please contact: Lorraine Kauffman, Corporate
Communications, Certicom Corporation, (510) 780-5417,
lkauffman@certicom.com; Carol Paterson, Lois Paul & Partners (for
Certicom), (415) 262-1908, carol_paterson@lpp.com; Martine Boogaerts,
Certicom Corporation, +44 (0) 20 7661 9312, mboogaerts@certicom.com |
