A New Online Purchasing Tool
Allnet Secom Inc. has launched EcomCard, a safe, secure and universal way to make purchases on and off the Internet. The EcomCard allows anyone without a credit card to buy while online. The company says that 30 percent of North American adults don't have access to a credit card, but the EcomCard would be available at local stores. The users determine what dollar amount they want on their disposable card. The card can be affiliated with a company or organization similar to an affinity card.
A Fix for Your Thirst for Power
A universal, portable and convenient battery power unit that can provide up to 10 times the amount of battery power on most cellular telephones and other handheld devices is available from Alegna, Inc. The product, PowerLink 572, also offers portable charging capability, and can facilitate 30 hours of talk-time or up to 60 days of standby time for select cellular telephones. The PowerLink 572 consists of a lithium-ion battery in a charger unit, and comes with a removable belt-clip, an AC and DC adapter, and an appropriate adapter cable. For more information, visit www.alegna.com.
RSA Delivers Wireless Security
RSA Security Inc. announced that it has begun shipping its RSA BSAFE(R) WTLS-C software,
a complete WTLS protocol-compliant security component that is designed to make it easier for
developers of WAP-enabled wireless devices, gateways and other applications to quickly build secure, interoperable products for wireless e-commerce. Tested to inter-operate with the leading WAP gateways, the component is designed to provide critical authentication, data privacy and data integrity security features for both clients and servers. It's the first RSA Security product to incorporate patented MultiprimeTM technology, licensed from Compaq Computer Corporation, a
performance breakthrough that is intended to enable today's wireless devices to employ
industry-standard RSA(R) digital signatures for secure e-business transactions. Go to www.rsasecurity.com for further details.
E-Biz Implementation Software by RedCelcius
RedCelsius, an enterprise relationship management expert, has introduced a new "quick-start" version of its e-Business suite of integrated sales, marketing, customer service and e-commerce modules. The new "e-Business-in-a-Box" software is designed to enable businesses to immediately implement a full e-business strategy and support the entire customer service lifecycle. Users can track prospect interaction, distribute marketing collateral electronically, assign opportunities on a number of criteria, process orders
online and provide comprehensive customer service. Additionally, RedCelsius provides first-year maintenance, implementation services and onsite instruction to e-businesses that purchase e-Business-in-a-Box. Find out more at www.redcelsius.com.
Getting a Grip on Wireless Ad Tracking
L90 has created a new tool for tracking wireless advertising stats. The product, "adMonitor toGO," is a wireless reporting interface available through an ad-serving technology. By using the interface, advertisers and Web publishers can retrieve real-time statistics, such as click rate, impressions, acquisitions and current bookings, from any Internet-enabled wireless device with a Palm operating system, such as the Palm VII. For more information on this product, visit www.L90.com.
Wireless, Browser-less Messaging by Oracle
A new, free wireless service, Ask@OracleMobile, instantly allows any two-way wireless messaging device to access Internet content without requiring a browser. The service is available from OracleMobile, a subsidiary of Oracle Corp. OracleMobile has also signed a deal to partner with Metrocall and Research In Motion Ltd. to make Ask@OracleMobile available to their customer bases. Details are at www.oracle.com.
A Wireless Search Tool
An accurate, comprehensive search technology has been developed for the wireless Web by Pinpoint.com, which provides portals, vortals, mobile portals, and businesses on the Web customizable search solutions for their users. Already, Pinpoint is providing wireless search technology across all Total Sports wireless sites as part of a deal signed in April. The two company founders, Jud Bowman and Taylor Brockman, launched Pinpoint in1999, fresh out of high school.
Security for Corporate Data
Hiverworld, Inc. has introduced Swarm and Ansible, which is designed to provide businesses a high level of data integrity. The combination of Swarm and Ansible, company officials say, offers enterprises as well as service providers an intelligent, continuous security vulnerability scanning and assessment solution that ensures the integrity of corporate data. With networks dynamically changing on a daily basis, Swarm provides for continuous network-based vulnerability profiling to detect and evaluate a company's ever-changing security risk level, as well as its specific vulnerabilities. Ansible acts as the centralized intelligent datastore for Swarm appliances, where it distributes vulnerability and other software updates to Swarm appliances, collects raw data from one or more Swarm appliances, and stores the collected information so that differences between scans can be compared over time. Pricing for Swarm and Ansible begin at
$8,995 and $15,995, respectively.
Powering Up Wireless Email
NowSpeed, Inc., a wireless Internet ASP, just introduced a service that the company says can provide quick and easy access to corporate-quality email from practically any wireless device including mobile phones, browser-enabled mobile phones, pagers, Palm computing devices and other PDAs. The company touts its product, NowSpeed Mobile E-Mail PortalTM, as the "first device-and network-independent mobile email service that leapfrogs current wireless e-mail solutions by giving users a single, consistent view of their email regardless of their access choice." The product is designed to make mobile email as powerful as corporate email because users retrieve e-mail from whatever device they prefer without having to duplicate their efforts the next time they check e-mail from a different device. Check it out at www.nowspeed.net.
Oberthur and ActivCard Co-Develop Security Solution
Oberthur Card Systems, a smart card technology company, last week announced a partnership with ActivCard, a world leader in the delivery of digital identity and electronic certification technology for e-business communications and transactions, in which the two companies will develop a range of secure, integrated transaction solutions for e-business and e-commerce. By linking the complementary technologies that Oberthur and ActivCard offer, the partners can offer clients an open- platform smart-card-based high-security solution incorporating ActivCard's and Oberthur's smart card management solution offering a superior identity verification, password generation and authentication procedure. The first project linking Oberthur and ActivCard is the delivery of a secure business-to-business online trading environment developed around the Identrus solution, the world's first global public key cryptography infrastructure providing cast iron security for corporate customers trading over the Internet.
A Powwow for Taking Business to the Net
Los Angeles will play host June 28-30 to the first annual eMediatainmentWorld Conference. The event, presented by eMarketWorld.com, will serve as "an innovative marketplace in which content, technology and education converge to advance business on the Internet." It will provide an educationally rich environment where best-practice strategies will be showcased and explored and will address key elements in developing an online presence. To register or learn more, visit www.eMediatainmentWorld.com.