Entrust Technologies is pushing the idea of using public key infrastructure (PKI) as the best solution for security purposes, and is shipping a host of new products to secure e-mail, Internet transactions, and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems.
Nortel Networks and Internet Security Systems (ISS) have signed an agreement to integrate the latter's Safesuite security applications and Nortel's networking technology.
Hewlett-Packard has penned an agreement with Aventail and Axent to allow HP to resell Aventail's virtual private network (VPN) technology and Axent's Raptor Firewall as part of HP's Praesidium Web security product line, according to the companies.
Several major security application vendors are close to presenting a new API, titled the Common Content Inspection API (CCI API), which will streamline message processing across multiple network border security products, at the iBand Conference, in San Jose, California, next week.
Supporters of the Secure Electronic Transaction (SET) protocol are hoping IBM's recent agreement with CyberCash's ICVerify unit will fan the flames toward a bonfire of SET usage by merchants and banks.
Internet commerce is one of the biggest markets in the IT industry today, and IBM is one of the largest vendors. InfoWorld reporter Matthew Nelson recently discussed Big Blue's vision of I-commerce and electronic business with David Liederbach, IBM Corp.'s director of electronic-commerce marketing.