calypso:
The Monday offering is significant. Especially the New Internet Sync Service-- with CIC AS "THE" Standard for the whole internet--with wireless implications on the side!
PUMA has gone up a lot lately in dollar value on the markets and is quoted as being one of the most 'up' internet related stocks this year in the G&M newspaper this am (some 3000%--from memory).
Also please note the increased communications contacts at bottom. Perhaps someone could check that out. Getting CIC Communications up to the new needed speed? or getting ready for something? or both?. Is area code 408 west coast USA?-- "Power PR"-- a great and needed addition if they live up to their name!
Tom D.
Certicom Expands Partnership With Puma Technology to Provide Extensive Security for Intellisync.com
New Internet Synchronization Service to be Secured With Certicom's SSL Plus Security Technology
HAYWARD, Calif., December 20, 1999
Certicom, a leading provider of next-generation encryption technology, and Puma Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: PUMA), a leading provider of mobile device management and synchronization software, today announced a licensing agreement whereby Puma will secure its free Internet-based synchronization service, Intellisync.com?, with encryption technology designed by Certicom. Scheduled to be available in the first calendar quarter of 2000, Intellisync.com will allow anyone with Internet access to keep popular PC applications, mobile devices, and Web-based content and services synchronized from one central address on the Internet.
"Security is a key issue for consumers browsing the Internet and synchronizing critical data with their mobile device," said Brad Rowe, Puma Technology CEO and president. "Our goal is to provide the synchronization infrastructure for the Internet, and we are happy to extend our partnership with Certicom to add optimal security technology to both our Intellsync.com synchronization service as well as our Intellisync Anywhere family of products."
"Intellisync.com is an innovative new synchronization service designed to make the process of managing mobile data even easier for consumers," said Rick Dalmazzi, president and CEO of Certicom. "The addition of our trusted security technology makes Intellisync.com more attractive to users who want to be assured that their personal information is protected at all times."
About Intellisync.comâ
Intellisync.com features Puma's industry-unique Progressive Synchronizationâ technology, which automatically synchronizes data across various wireless devices, applications and Internet services with no user interaction required. For example, a consumer might be equipped with a WAP-based cellular phone and service, a Palm Computing device, use Microsoft Outlook for calendar and e-mail at the office, while subscribing to a free Hotmail account for personal e-mail use. By subscribing to Intellisync.com, this individual can keep all data from each of these sources automatically in sync with every other source, with no active intervention. So a critical new business contact and phone number added to Outlook at the office migrates into the cellular phone. Or a change to an important subscribed Web page is automatically downloaded and synchronized to the Palm device and the user is notified. Intellisync.com will be user configurable to link all popular devices, applications and Web content, thereby eliminating the need to re-enter information, or even to delete old information multiple times.
The integration of Certicom's SSL Plus for Embedded Systemsâ security technology with Intellisync.com will offer users additional trust and assurance that their sensitive data will be protected during synchronization.
Created by Netscape four years ago, SSL has rapidly become the most widely used security protocol in the industry. Certicom's SSL Plusâ toolkit is the industry's most widely deployed commercial SSL product, due largely to its ease of use, rapid development time, and support for RSA, DSA/Diffie-Hellman, and Elliptic Curve cryptography - the only SSL product with that capability.
Certicom's SSL Plus and ECC security technology has become a leading standard for highly resource-constrained devices such as smart cards and handheld computers that require military-grade cryptographic protection. AT&T, Intuit, Lotus, Oracle, Phillips Consumer Electronics, QUALCOMM and Sun Microsystems are a few of the world-renowned organizations who have partnered with Certicom to build security into a wide range of applications and products for the Internet, enterprise, and wireless networks worldwide.
About Puma Technology - Empowering the mobile enterprise?
Puma Technology (NASDAQ: PUMA), a leading provider of mobile device management and synchronization software, enables consumers, mobile professionals and information technology officers in the corporate enterprise to harness the full capabilities of handheld organizers/computers, "smart phones" and other wireless personal communication platforms. The Puma Technology© Intellisync© software platform is the global standard for synchronization and control of the critical connection between handheld devices and vast stores of information found in corporate databases, the intranet and individual desktops. Puma is the only company that provides an end-to-end PDA management solution that addresses virtually every scenario for synchronization, total customization of device-based applications, centralized backup, security, information flow control, notification, and browsing of critical information. The company's Intellisync platform enables the management and development of software to make handheld devices true extensions of the corporate server, the intranet and individual desktops. The Intellisync platform enables mobile access to up-to-the-minute, accurate, "anytime, anywhere" information and has been adopted worldwide by individuals, companies, mobile device manufacturers, telecommunications carriers and on-line contact, calendar and event services. The company, headquartered in San Jose, Calif., maintains a Web site at pumatech.com.
About Certicom
Certicom is a leading provider of next-generation encryption technology used to build strong, fast, and efficient security solutions. Major computing and communications companies, such as 3Com/Palm Computing, BellSouth Wireless Data, Hewlett-Packard, Motorola, Pitney Bowes, QUALCOMM and VeriFone, incorporate Certicom's technology into electronic commerce software, wireless messaging applications, and smart cards. Certicom is a leading source for a complete range of OEM security products and services, including cryptographic toolkits, custom implementations, and security integration services and consulting. Certicom's worldwide sales and marketing operations are based in Hayward, California, with cryptographic research and product development in Toronto, Canada. Certicom shares are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "CIC." For more information, visit Certicom's Web site at certicom.com.
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SSL Plus for Embedded Systems, SSL Plus, and Certicom are registered trademarks of Certicom Corp. Puma Technology, Intellisync, Intellisync.com, Progressive Synchronization and Empowering the Mobile Enterprise are trademarks of Puma Technology, Inc. that may be registered in some jurisdictions. All other companies and products listed herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
This press release contains forward-looking statements relating to Certicom's encryption technology. The statements contained in this press release that are not purely historical are forward looking statements including among other things, statements regarding Certicom's expectations, beliefs, intentions, or strategies regarding the future. Our actual results could differ significantly from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of the risks identified in the documents that we file with the Ontario Securities Commission and other securities regulatory authorities from time to time including our current Annual Information Form.
For further information, please contact:
David Krane
Director of Corporate Marketing
Certicom Corp.
(510) 780-5420
dkrane@certicom.com
Jessica Johannes
Lutchansky Communications for Certicom
(408) 938-9050 x 15
jessica@lcomm.com
Nadia Jamshidi
Kathy O'Connell
McGrath/Power PR
(408) 727-0351 ext. 326
nadiaj@mcgpr.com
kathyo@mcgpr.com |
