Baltimore Technologies launches Telepathy - wireless security for mobile commerce.Business Editors/Technology Writers DUBLIN, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 11, 2000 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. products, solutions and partner program launched at Baltimore mobile commerce security seminar. 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: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 esecurity solutions, today launched Baltimore Telepathy(TM), its wireless esecurity framework for mobile commerce. This strategic initiative was launched at the first of Baltimore's global wireless esecurity seminars. The Telepathy initiative is targeted at e-commerce companies, network operators and software developers who need to deploy secure mobile commerce applications and systems. It 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 (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. ). Telepathy now enables companies to utilize Baltimore's award winning Public Key Infrastructure (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 ) technology to build full strength security applications for mobile commerce. Mr. Fran Rooney Fran Rooney (born 1956 in Dublin, Ireland) is one of Ireland's best known businessmen. Fran Rooney grew up in Ringsend and started his career in the Irish Government sector with various roles in the Postal, Telecoms and Civil Aviation sectors. , Chief Executive Officer of Baltimore Technologies commented "The wireless market has surpassed the growth of the Internet itself and it offers enormous opportunities to companies who lead in developing real world e-commerce solutions. Security is the key enabler of mobile commerce and we are delighted to launch Baltimore Telepathy, the most comprehensive security solution for the wireless market. Today's announcement of new WAP security products and the successful demonstration of real, secure mobile commerce applications positions Baltimore Technologies as the leader in wireless esecurity." Analysts are predicting that applications such as personal banking, stock trading, gambling, ticket reservations and shopping will become commonly available on mobile phones. The security of data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. over wireless networks has become a major concern to mobile commerce businesses and users. Baltimore Telepathy enables companies to build secure systems that solve the core requirements of e-commerce security namely 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. , Confidentiality, Integrity and Non-Repudiation. Baltimore Telepathy products include a range of toolkits, security servers, PKI modules and digital certificate offerings. Baltimore Technologies also announced the Telepathy partner program for business and technology partners that will facilitate the deployment of mobile commerce systems. The Baltimore Telepathy product family will be released during the first two quarters of 2000, building into the most comprehensive system for secure mobile commerce. Products planned include -- Baltimore Telepathy WAP Security Toolkit: (available now) A software development kit to enable secure encrypted sessions between applications -- Baltimore Telepathy WAP Security Gateway: (launched today) A gateway providing unbroken security from a mobile phone to a web server -- Baltimore Telepathy WAP Certificate Authority: A certificate authority module for Baltimore UniCERT for issuance of WAP digital certificates -- Baltimore Telepathy WAP Certificates: (available now) A digital signature toolkit to enable the processing of wireless digital signatures -- Baltimore Telepathy PKI Registration System -- Baltimore Telepathy PKI Validation System -- Baltimore Telepathy Digital Signature Toolkit: (available now) The first new Telepathy product, "WAP Security Gateway" (WSG WSG Web Standards Group WSG Warsong Gulch (World of Warcraft; gaming) WSG Web Services Gateway (IBM) WSG Washington, Pennsylvania (Airport Code) ), was launched and demonstrated to an audience of mobile commerce developers at the Baltimore seminar. WSG provides a plug-and-play security system to enable secure encrypted communications between WAP phones and WAP Servers. "Motorola is at the forefront of the drive to wireless e-commerce and as such we recognize the importance of a trusted security infrastructure. We are working closely with Baltimore on PKI standardization work within the WAP Forum (Wireless Application Protocol Forum, Mountain View, CA, www.wapforum.org) An organization founded in 1997 to promote a wireless standard for smartphones and mobile terminals. In 2002, it merged into the Open Mobile Alliance. See OMA and WAP. and welcome the Baltimore Telepathy initiative as an important step in making mobile commerce a reality," commented Simon Pugh, Security Consultant, Personal Network Group, Motorola Inc. Mobile e-commerce is becoming a reality and Swisscom is at the forefront of making these new services available to our customers. Underlying security is essential to create the trust to enable the market to reach its full potential. We welcome the Baltimore Telepathy initiative and the new range of products addressing the core issues of strong wireless esecurity," commented Adriano Huber, Business Development at Swisscom. "Mobile e-commerce is set to explode and Eircell, Ireland's leading operator, is providing the infrastructure to make this possible. The mobile phone has unique properties in terms of convenience and mobility and we recognize the importance of security in order to give confidence to mobile transactions. Baltimore have been first to market with wireless esecurity and we welcome the launch of their new Telepathy initiative and expanded product range," Mr. Stephen Brewer Stephen Brewer is a current Massachusetts state senator. He was born and raised in the town of Barre, Massachusetts. He rose through the ranks of local government to become a member of the Massachusetts Senate for the Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire, and Franklin District. , Chief Executive, Eircell. A description of the Telepathy product range is available at the company's website at www.baltimore.com/telepathy. 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 esecurity 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(TM) 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 in 1998 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, esecurity, 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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