Stories about: Nokia Internet Communications

Internet banking in Australia faces an uphill battle to win market share unless defences against denial-of-service attacks and distributed denial-of-service attacks are put in place.

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. said it has lined up major hardware vendors to support the latest version of its VPN-1/Firewall-1, which started shipping this week.

Switching to a virtual private network (VPN) shows up and inherent problems in a network, according to a Nokia executive.

With an eye toward speeding Internet security functions, Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. is bringing out a new security architecture designed to boost VPN and firewall performance and has joined up with heavyweight partner companies, including Nokia Corp. and Compaq Computer Corp., to bring the software to market.

Security services provider eSec has been appointed as the first 'Gold Reseller' of Nokia security products in Asia-Pacific.

Information security architect Joe Judge faced a security challenge. But he didn't want to have to become an expert in Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) to solve it.

Wireless Web technology appears to be catching on, at least on Wall Street if not yet in the rest of the business world. The Global Markets Division of The Chase Manhattan Bank in New York, for example, implemented Global Market Pro, developed by wireless application service provider Datalink.net in San Jose.

Niche security integrator, Citadel Securix has been appointed as a Nokia Internet Communications Premier Reseller, an agreement which rewards its commitment to security solutions.

The prospect is tantalizing. Imagine being able to access the Internet in much the same way that you do now--but from your cell phone. And not just for checking your e-mail while on the move, but doing serious browser-based stuff too: buying a book or CD, booking a flight, trading stock or just finding the location of the nearest Chinese restaurant or ATM. Or accessing your company's enterprise resource planning (ERP) system to check on the status of an order, expedite a shipment or approve a stack of purchase requisitions. Indeed, within the constraints of what can be displayed on a pocket-size screen, imagine being able to do anything that you currently do at the desktop--and some things that you can't, such as pointing your phone at a Coke machine to pay for a drink.

Targeting the growing e-services provider market, Hewlett-Packard has ushered in its Piranha A-Class entry-level server line. HP's strategy, homing in on the $1.3 billion Australian server market, takes a three-pronged approach.