JSE-listed Y3K`s Information Security Division (Gas Software) the sole distributor for F-Secure Corporation (previously known as Data Fellows Finland) in Africa, today announced that F- Secure Corporation and Hewlett-Packard will be co-operating on a new solution to provide security as an e-service, following F-Secure`s entry to HP`s Mobile E-services Bazaar. F- Secure`s Anti-Virus for WAP Gateway software will run on HP`s WAP gateway to deliver the world`s first centrally managed anti-virus scanner for WAP phones.
Targeted at operators and enterprise customers, this solution allows Web-based content to be scanned at the network level, thus ensuring that information downloaded by users onto their mobile devices is virus free.
F-Secure and HP will also be teaming up to present a worldwide series of seminars aimed at helping telecom operators, service providers and business executives understand security issues in the mobile space. The series is scheduled to start in New York on March 7 and will take in nine other cities in the United States, Asia and Europe.
F-Secure and HP have been working together since January to bring to market innovative new solutions that advance secure wireless connectivity to the Internet.
"We are pleased to welcome F-Secure to the Mobile E-services Bazaar and believe its success in providing centrally managed, widely distributed security solutions for the distributed enterprise makes it a highly suitable partner for developing mobile security solutions," said Ulf Beyschlag, HP`s worldwide Mobile E- services program manager. "The integration of HP infrastructure and F-Secure security solutions will form one of the building blocks of Mobile E-services."
"F-Secure is the first company to provide virus protection for the world of WAP-enabled devices," said Grayford Holton, Sales Director at Y3K "This alliance brings us exciting opportunities to work toward our vision to secure new mobile platforms and to deliver value to our customers. F-Secure Anti-Virus for WAP Gateway is built on the F-Secure Policy Manager technology, designed to bring Security as a Service for a wide array of platforms."
The F-Secure Anti-Virus for WAP Gateway is scheduled to be available later this spring on the Windows NT(R) platform and later on Linux and HP-UX (1) platforms.
HP`s Mobile E-services Bazaar
Aimed at fueling the creation of innovative new Mobile E- services, HP`s Mobile E-services Bazaar combines an online e- service trading community, open to mobile operators, service providers, application providers and enterprises, with physical locations for developing and testing new value-added applications. The first of these facilities has already opened in Finland and Singapore, and new locations are planned for the United States and Japan before the end of 2000.
For further information, please contact Sales Manager Hilton Gray at tel. (011) 886 9499; fax (011) 787 4684; e-mail hiltong@mail.gas.co.za
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Y3K`s Information Security Division (Gas Software), is the exclusive and sole distributor in Africa for F-Secure and Utimaco, specialists in providing data security products, including anti-virus and encryption software.