Datalink.net and Certicom to Provide High Performance Wireless Security
Thursday July 20, 8:00 am Eastern Time
Press Release
SOURCE: Certicom Corp.
Certicom's Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) to Ensure Secure Communications for Wireless Access to Enterprise
Data and M-Commerce Transactions
HAYWARD, CA, July 20 /CNW/ - Certicom (Nasdaq: CERT and TSE: CIC), a leading provider of mobile e-commerce security, and Datalink.net (AMEX: DLK
- news), a leading Wireless Application Service Provider (w-ASP), today announced an alliance that will enable Datalink.net to incorporate Certicom's elliptic curve
cryptography (ECC) security technology into XpressLink(TM), a sophisticated platform that enables wireless connectivity to innovative m- commerce applications.
Through the agreement, Datalink.net will develop appropriate wireless applications with an additional layer of security using Certicom technology, empowering clients
to use mobile devices with greater speed, privacy and authentication for personal and corporate transactions.
"Certicom is a premier provider of secure mobile technology," said Pamela LaPine, Vice President of Marketing for Datalink.net. "Together with Certicom's high
performance security, we will provide our consumer and enterprise customers with the highest level of security in the wireless industry."
Datalink.net develops a series of wireless information products and services that give Internet Web sites a "wireless outreach". These enterprise products allow
Internet e-commerce Web sites to tailor their storefronts to reach beyond computers to pagers, PCS phones, PDAs and any other wireless devices. Additionally,
Datalink.net will incorporate Certicom's technology in its enterprise services that enable wireless trading, banking applications, and serve as corporate productivity
tools. Using the XpressLink platform, Datalink.net delivers end-to-end wireless data solutions to enterprises and custom data applications to their customers.
Datalink.net will implement Certicom's high performance ECC technology in order to provide the added security layer needed to ensure secure, real-time wireless
communications and transactions. Unique to Certicom's security offering is the ability to provide digital signature capability on the mobile device itself, which assures
that the communication is authentic and secure. With the proliferation of wireless devices in today's economy, the need for client authentication becomes critical for
the elimination of Internet fraud and identity theft.
"Datalink.net is a leading provider of custom, cutting-edge applications that enable today's wireless generation with new choices for instant access capability," said
Rick Dalmazzi, president and CEO of Certicom. "Certicom's high performance ECC security combined with Datalink.net's wireless Internet and communications
solutions will help to extend the possibilities of electronic communication and mobile commerce."
About Elliptic Curve Cryptography
Developed for a broad range of computing platforms and maximum interoperability, Certicom's Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) technology enables strong, high
performance security for many pieces of the computing infrastructure, including the new generation of small form-factor products such as handheld computers,
pagers, cell phones and smart cards. Certicom's patented implementation of ECC technology provides a more efficient alternative to conventional public key
cryptographic algorithms in many mobile and wireless environments, allowing for faster processing speed, reduced bandwidth usage and decreased battery
requirements. These advantages make Certicom's ECC-based security technology particularly well suited to mobile devices that incorporate less powerful
processors, such as handheld computing devices, Internet-enabled phones and two-way pagers.
About Datalink.net -- Where the Web Meets Wireless(TM)
Datalink.net is a leading wireless application service provider (w-ASP) that delivers end-to-end wireless data solutions to enterprises and custom data applications to
consumers. As today's premier provider of consumer wireless data, and the first to deliver real-time wireless financial information, Datalink.net pioneered the
development of wireless information technology. Today, Datalink.net enables a new generation of wireless devices that allow enterprises and consumers to
customize, respond, and interact with critical data. Its XpressLink technology processes high-speed data content feeds or corporate databases for wireless
applications that are compatible with the entire range of wireless devices, networks and protocols.
Founded in 1993, Datalink.net is based in San Jose, CA with research facilities in Vancouver, British Columbia. For more information: http//www.datalink.net
About Certicom
Certicom is an encryption technology company specializing in security solutions for mobile computing and wireless data markets, including m- commerce. Major
computing and communications companies such as Palm Inc., BellSouth Wireless Data, Motorola, Pitney Bowes, and QUALCOMM 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. For more information, visit
Certicom's Web site at certicom.com.
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Certicom is a registered trademark of Certicom Corp. All other companies
and products listed herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of
their respective holders.
With respect to Certicom:
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 (mobile e-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 principle 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 third 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 including Certicom's
Registration Statement on Form F-10.
For further information
please contact: Lorraine Kauffman, Public Relations Manager, Certicom Corp., (510) 780-5417, lkauffman@certicom.com
Jesmine Peirce, Public Relations Manager, Datalink.net, (408) 367-1724, j_peirce@datalink.net
Jessica Johannes, Lutchansky Communications for Certicom, (408) 938-9050 x 15, jessica@lcomm.com
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