Baltimore Technologies & Partners Make Secure Mobile Commerce a Reality.Business Editors WIRELESS 2000, CTIA (1) See CompTIA. (2) (Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, Washington, DC, www.ctia.org, www.wow-com.com) A membership organization founded in 1984 that is involved with regulatory and public affairs issues in the wireless industry. , NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 29, 2000 Over 20 Partners Announce Their Cooperation With Baltimore, Building Solutions Around the Baltimore Telepathy telepathy, supposed communication between two persons without recourse to the senses. The word was formulated in 1882 by Frederic William Henry Myers, English poet, essayist, and a leading founder of the Society for Psychical Research in London. Open Framework for Wireless E-security Baltimore Technologies Baltimore Technologies was an internet security firm founded in 1976 by Michael Purser. It was acquired in 1996 by a team financed by Dermot Desmond and led by Fran Rooney, who became CEO. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :BALT BALT bronchus-associated lymphoid tissue. BALT Bronchiole-associated lymphoid tissue, see MALT ) (London:BLM BLM n abbr (US) (= Bureau of Land Management) → les domaines ), a global leader in e-security solutions, announced as part of the Baltimore Telepathy initiative, its wireless e-security partner program with over 20 active members worldwide. These mobile commerce partners are at the leading edge of wireless and Wireless Application Protocol (WAP (1) (Wireless Access Point) See access point. (2) (Wireless Application Protocol) A standard for providing cellular phones, pagers and other handheld devices with secure access to e-mail and text-based Web pages. ) applications, developing solutions using security from the Baltimore Telepathy product range. Baltimore Telepathy is a wireless e-security initiative comprising of products, partners and solutions to deliver a complete e-security framework for secure mobile commerce. Baltimore Technologies is working closely with its Telepathy partner network to drive the next phase of e-commerce to enable secure Internet transactions over mobile devices. Security is a vital component for all mobile commerce transactions providing the required levels of confidentiality and authentication (1) Verifying the integrity of a transmitted message. See message integrity, e-mail authentication and MAC. (2) Verifying the identity of a user logging into a network. for applications such as online reservations, Internet banking and web shopping. Baltimore Telepathy partners include world leading wireless and mobile commerce companies such as 724 Solutions, Brokat, Certicom, CMG CMG Coastal & Marine Geology (USGS) CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (stock symbol) CMG Companion (of the Order Of) St Michael and St George CMG Computer Measurement Group Telecommunications, Gemplus, Infinite Technologies, Jinny Software, Logica, Oberthur Card Systems and Sonera SmartTrust. At Baltimore's worldwide secure mobile commerce seminar series, Telepathy partners will be demonstrating real world applications of secure wireless transactions. More information is available at http://www.baltimore.com/telepathy/index.html "The speed at which our partners are able to integrate security into their wireless offerings demonstrates the flexibility of Baltimore Telepathy and pace of the mobile commerce marketplace," commented John Fallon John Fallon (born Cambuslang, 1940) was a goalkeeper for Celtic F.C., who was a member of the famous Lisbon Lions of 1967. Fallon was taken on as a junior by Celtic, and soon was promoted to cover for the famous eccentric keeper Frank Haffey. , Director of Technical Market Development at Baltimore. Baltimore Telepathy partners range from system integrators to application developers who are at the leading edge of providing secure WAP enabled solutions. The Baltimore Telepathy wireless e-security product suite offers partners a range of flexible, PKI-based security solutions to ensure the availability of secure mobile commerce applications. "We're very pleased to be part of Baltimore Technologies Telepathy initiative. As a financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. solutions provider, our mission is to provide the most secure platform for entering the digital marketplace. 724 Solutions recognizes the importance of building consumer confidence in wireless e-commerce transactions. Therefore, we endorse the Telepathy initiative's efforts to build trust in wireless e-commerce through the delivery advanced security solutions." Greg Wolfond, Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. 724 Solutions www.724.com "Baltimore's Telepathy initiative promotes the use of PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) A framework for creating a secure method for exchanging information based on public key cryptography. The foundation of a PKI is the certificate authority (CA), which issues digital certificates that authenticate the identity of . Setec is confident that PKI will play a central role in open networks enabling secure financial transactions and data exchange. The Baltimore Telepathy initiative is an important step in promoting the deployment of PKI infrastructure with key players in the industry." Veli Tarvainen, President and CEO Setec Oy www.setec.fi "Sonera SmartTrust is pleased to work with Baltimore Technologies to provide indisputable security in advanced mobile and digital network based applications. Sonera SmartTrust solution enables the use of Public Key Infrastructure, digital signatures and message encryption The reversible transformation of data from the original (the plaintext) to a difficult-to-interpret format (the ciphertext) as a mechanism for protecting its confidentiality, integrity and sometimes its authenticity. Encryption uses an encryption algorithm and one or more encryption keys. in a wireless environment as well as non-repudiation and authentication of both transacting parties. This makes it possible to conduct totally secure high value transactions in the emerging WAP as well as existing wireless devices. With the new concept of Baltimore Technologies Telepathy, we are together building a secure global infrastructure for wireless and Internet e-commerce. By supporting the existing operations of our clients, we will help them to efficiently implement entirely new high-security wireless network services." Mr. Harri Vatanen, CEO Sonera SmartTrust www.sonera.com "The wireless market is moving strongly from traditional content and information to the support for financial transactions. Brokat recognizes the importance of security to give consumers and financial institutions the confidence into the new medium. As such we welcome the new Baltimore New Baltimore is the name of several towns in the United States:
"Baltimore has been a long-time supporter of Certicom's ECC (1) (Error-Correcting Code) A type of memory that corrects errors on the fly. See ECC memory. (2) (Elliptic Curve Cryptography) A public key cryptography method that provides fast decryption and digital signature processing. technology. We are pleased to bring our expertise in efficient mobile security and wireless e-commerce to the Baltimore Telepathy Initiative." Richard Depew, VP Worldwide Sales and Business Development, Certicom www.certicom.com "Baltimore's leadership in electronic security will be a key facilitator of mobile commerce, and we expect that many of the 130 mobile operators that work with Logica will use the Baltimore solution. As Baltimore's current 'Partner of the Year' Logica will be a valuable partner for implementation of security solutions in the wireless sector." Kevin Duffey, Group Telecoms Director Logica www.logica.com "The CMG Group is focused on delivering wireless e-commerce solutions across the industry. We recognize that security is critical to build trust; this is essential for creating public acceptance of wireless transactions. Baltimore has been early to market with wireless security products. We are delighted to be part of the launch of their Telepathy initiative and Partner program." Peter Maathuis, VP Global Sales and Marketing CMG Telecommunications www.cmgtelecom.com "We recognise the growing importance of security in generating the confidence to fuel the growth of wireless commerce. The new generation of SIMs with public key functionality from Gemplus together with the Baltimore Telepathy product range help to provide a sound infrastructure for mobile transactions." Patrick Imbert, Manager Wireless, Internet & Commerce Division Gemplus www.gemplus.com "We are very excited by the Baltimore Telepathy initiative and the associated range of products that address the key issue of wireless e-security. Infinite Technologies is using the Telepathy WAP Security Toolkit to build full strength security into our products." Brett Warthen, CEO Infinite Technologies www.ihub.com "Jinny Software, as a leading mobile telecommunications solutions provider, welcomes the important step that Baltimore Technologies is undertaking through the Telepathy Partner Program. We feel this is a significant initiative towards secure wireless transactions, one which enables true mobile commerce." Irene Dehaene, Business Development Manager Jinny Software www.jinny.ie "Increased subscriber demand will push operators towards investing in new and innovative services, like shopping by phone. To be successful, these mobile commerce platforms must combine the best in security and design practice. Network365 is delighted to pursue excellence in each as a member of Baltimore's e-security forum." Patrick O'Callaghan, Director Sales & Marketing Network365 www.network365.com "Oberthur Card Systems has joined the Telepathy initiative in another step towards its objective of leading the development of electronic and mobile commerce card solutions. This agreement with Baltimore will allow both companies to drive the security market to its full potential in levels of trust and end user confidence." Guido Mangiagalli, GSM Applications Product Manager Oberthur www.oberthur.com "Stormland is very pleased about the opportunities that Baltimore's Telepathy technology presents for building secure mCommerce applications. We believe this is particularly important for our financial clients as they move from purely internet to multichannel Using two or more paths for transmission or processing. It can refer to a variety of architectures including (1) multiple I/O channels between the CPU and peripheral devices, (2) multiple wires in a cable, (3) multiple "logical" channels within a single wire or fiber or (4) multiple service delivery, exploiting key new channels such as WAP. By integrating Telepathy into our web/WAP online banking and brokerage product suite (Tornado tornado, dark, funnel-shaped cloud containing violently rotating air that develops below a heavy cumulonimbus cloud mass and extends toward the earth. The funnel twists about, rises and falls, and where it reaches the earth causes great destruction. ) we can provide unmatched in-depth security and strong non-repudiation functionality to our clients." Neil Flanagan, CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. Stormland www.stormland.com "ANAM ANAM Autoridad Nacional del Ambiente (National Environment Authority of Panama) ANAM Asociación Nacional de Municipalidades (National Association of Municipalities, Guatemala) is pleased to announce their participation in the Baltimore Telepathy Program. ANAM's enterprise offering provides a wireless solution for corporate data and encompasses the many common back office platforms. For ANAM, the Telepathy Product Suite will be a valuable addition to secure our Wireless Enterprise offering." Michael Brady Michael Brady, a native of Coventry, England is a retired U.S.-English soccer player who coaches the American University women’s soccer team. In 1981, Brady traveled from Coventry to Jacksonville, Florida for a trial with the Jacksonville Tea Men. , CEO ANAM www.anam.ie "Artic Web welcome the new initiative by Baltimore Technologies in launching their Wireless e-Security Partner Program, which will facilitate the development of wireless e-commerce globally. Our multi-channel product suite, Artic CurrencyOne, has been designed to support secure wireless transactions and will support the growth of wireless e-commerce in the coming years." John McCallion, Managing Director Artic Web www.articweb.com "CR2 is delighted to join Baltimore's Telepathy Partner Program. Our relationship with Baltimore over the past two years has been very successful, and our flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. BankWorld incorporates top-class PKI solutions from Baltimore to provide Banks and financial Institutions with a secure Internet banking channel. CR2 has already incorporated support for WAP phones WAP phone n → teléfono WAP into BankWorld and we look forward to incorporating Baltimore Technologies' end-to-end security in this strategic channel. The Telepathy Partner Program will see the CR2 / Baltimore relationship strengthen and bring a new platform for joint cooperation in delivering leading edge secure Internet banking channel solutions." Cian Kinsella, Product Director CR2 www.cr2.com "We anticipate rapid adoption and continued growth in demand for our wireless and Internet reservations technology. Security forms a critical part of any transaction and is key to customer confidence. We are currently working closely with Baltimore to guarantee total transactional security and the telepathy programme will further strengthen our relationship. We look forward to working with Baltimore in exploiting the huge opportunities which now exist." Damian Hickey, VP Sales and Marketing Datalex www.datalex.com "ieW@P is Ireland's First Wireless Application Service Provider. We are focused on implementing WAP enabling technologies to the global Mobile Commerce arena. To enable our customers to transact An earlier e-commerce system for the Web from Open Market that included order capture and secure order fulfillment using credit cards, ecash and other payment systems. It included customer service and subscription administration capabilities as well as an integrated database for reporting in a Global Wireless e-secure environment, we are extremely delighted to align our company with the Baltimore Telepathy product range." Fergal Storan, CEO ieW@P www.iewap.com "Wireless is at the core of our multi-channel e-commerce strategy. Having successfully developed and deployed WAP enabled banking solutions internationally we are at the forefront of this technology and recognise the importance of security for ensuring confidence in the wireless transaction. We are delighted to have joined Baltimore's Telepathy partner program." Niall O'Cleirigh, CEO Macalla Software www.macalla.com "Propylon's wireless portal A Web site that supports a user with a smartphone or alphanumeric pager. It may offer a variety of features, including providing a springboard to other (WAP based) wireless sites, the ability to select content to be pushed to the user's device as well as providing a point of entry for solution, MC Portal will require leading edge security PKI systems for implementation in many environments. We are very pleased to have joined the Baltimore Telepathy Partner Program and are looking forward to working with Baltimore Telepathy products. The announcement of this program by Baltimore is significant to the growth of secure wireless commerce." Sean McGrath, CTO Propylon prop·y·lon n. pl. prop·y·la See propylaeum. [Greek propulon : pro-, before; see pro-2 + pul www.propylon.com About Baltimore Telepathy: Baltimore Telepathy provides products, services and solutions that enable the seamless integration An addition of a new application, routine or device that works smoothly with the existing system. It implies that the new feature or program can be installed and used without problems. Contrast with "transparent," which implies that there is no discernible change after installation. of security into a variety of wireless systems, including Wireless Application Protocol (WAP). Telepathy now enables companies to utilize Baltimore's award-winning Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) technology to build full strength security applications for mobile commerce. About Baltimore Technologies Baltimore Technologies develops and markets security products and services to enable companies to develop trusted, secure systems for e-business, the Internet and mobile commerce. Its products include a wide range of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) systems, wireless e-security solutions, cryptographic toolkits, security applications and hardware cryptographic devices. Baltimore's global professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. organization offers a wide variety of consulting, training and deployment support to its customers worldwide. Baltimore Technologies markets and sells its solutions worldwide directly and through the TrustedWorld channel program. TrustedWorld includes many of the world's leading technology companies and a wide variety of global, regional and local business alliance partners. Baltimore Technologies employs over 450 people worldwide and operates from over 20 cities with headquarters in Dublin, Ireland; London, UK; Boston, USA and Sydney, Australia. Baltimore Technologies plc is a public company with dual listings on NASDAQ (BALT) and the London Stock Exchange London Stock Exchange London marketplace for securities. It was formed in 1773 by a group of stockbrokers who had been doing business informally in local coffeehouses. (BLM). Intel Corporation (company) Intel Corporation - A US microelectronics manufacturer. They produced the Intel 4004, Intel 8080, Intel 8086, Intel 80186, Intel 80286, Intel 80386, Intel 486 and Pentium microprocessor families as well as many other integrated circuits and personal computer networking is a minority shareholder in the Company. Baltimore Technologies made e-commerce history when President Clinton and Ireland's Prime Minister Ahern digitally signed Any message or key that has been encrypted with a digital signature. When a user's public key is digitally signed by a certification authority (CA), it is known as a digital certificate or digital ID. See digital signature and digital certificate. an inter-governmental communique using security technology provided by Baltimore. For further information and press releases on Baltimore Technologies, please visit http://www.baltimore.com Baltimore Technologies, e-security, TrustedWorld, PKIWorld, Telepathy and Baltimore product names including UniCERT, MailSecure, PKI-Plus and J/CRYPTO are all trademarks of Baltimore Technologies plc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Certain statements that are not historical facts including certain statements made over the course of this document may be forward-looking in nature. Such forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance and achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements implied by such forward-looking statements. |
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