Columbitech's Comprehensive Wireless Security Platform for Retailers Certifies Over 150 Devices; Rapid Adoption for Secure Wireless Solutions Underscores Columbitech's Installations With 3 of the Top 10 U.S. Retailers.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- Wireless security solutions provider Columbitech today announced over 150 wireless devices, from a multitude of leading manufacturers, featuring various operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. , have now been tested and certified to support Columbitech Wireless VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. (TM). This support, coupled with Columbitech's installations that include three of the top 10 U.S. retailers, comprehensively strengthens the company's position as the leader within wireless retail security. As of today, Columbitech's Certification Program has tested and certified over 150 devices from 15 major wireless device vendors that now support Columbitech Wireless VPN(TM). The several wireless device categories include: printers, barcode scanners, price checkers, scales, RFID readers, POS (1) See point of sale and packet over SONET. (2) "Parent over shoulder." See digispeak. POS - point of sale , PDAs, smart phones and personal shopping scanners. Columbitech Wireless VPN security solutions support virtually any device running Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Mobile 5.0 and Windows Mobile 2002/2003. In addition, Columbitech has tested and certified an extensive number of other system combinations including Windows CE 3.0, Windows CE.Net, Windows CE 5.0 and DOS. "Fear and legislation drives the retail industry to protect transactions and stored consumer data through many different avenues," said Tobias Englund, VP of Technology of Columbitech, Inc. "What puts us ahead of the competition is that we provide outstanding holistic support for the tremendously diversified environments that exist in the retail industry." The Columbitech offering is a software-only solution that runs with existing hardware. This eliminates not only the need to purchase new hardware but also the need to spend time and money on testing and integration of different, device-specific security implementations. The Columbitech solution is also compliant with the Payment Card Industry (PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). ) Data Security Standard, which is crucial to any retailer that must keep secure access to personal customer information like credit card numbers. About Columbitech Columbitech, a leader in Wireless LAN and WAN security, develops and markets solutions to secure wireless access to corporate data without sacrificing performance and ease-of-use. Customers include retailers, all levels of military and government branches and other mobile staff who require proven reliability and security for their wireless communications. The Columbitech solution is OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and licensed by leading companies including Symbol Technologies, Toshiba TEC, Hewlett Packard and Ericsson. With products built from the ground up for the wireless world, Columbitech offers end-to-end security, convenient always-on connectivity and optimized performance. Columbitech solution also has FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards) A series of publications issed by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) that specifies information security guidelines for federal government departments and agencies. 140-2 certification and is in the process of being evaluated for NIAP See Common Criteria. Common Criteria Certification. Columbitech is privately held with offices in Stockholm, Sweden and New York, USA. For more information, please visit www.columbitech.com |
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