Ok, Im really sorry. please remove both mine and Tennese`s post. But he is lying/talking about things I can prove wrong, so I was provoked. Sorry! This is a stock filing to Oslo Stock Exchange early 2003! It is LONG before Alcatel/Gemplus agreement!
28.01.03 09:49 BIRD BIRDSTEP ANNOUNCES NEW INTELLIGENT MOBILE IP andre børsmeldinger 44K
Advanced Mobile IP Client Enables Seamless Connectivity
Across Different Access Networks; Mobilizes Leading VPN
Solutions and Centralizes Administration.
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Birdstep Technology Announces New Version of Intelligent
Mobile IP
Advanced Mobile IP Client Enables Seamless Connectivity
Across Different Access Networks; Mobilizes Leading VPN
Solutions and Centralizes Administration
Seattle/Oslo, Norway - Jan. 28, 2003 - Birdstep Technology
today introduced an advancement in mobility software with
its new version of Intelligent Mobile IP software. Based on
patent-pending technology, the new Intelligent Mobile IP
Client enables secure and continuous connectivity of a
mobile device through any network available - regardless of
whether it`s a wired connection, such as DSL or Ethernet,
or a wireless one, such as wireless LAN (WLAN), Bluetooth
or GSM/GPRS cellular systems.
Birdstep`s Mobile IP software allows users of laptops, PDAs
and other mobile devices to seamlessly connect and re-
connect across different types of infrastructures without
application downtime or user intervention. The client
software automatically changes to an available connection
when an established connection breaks, thus keeping a
session alive, or when a better connection becomes
available. It manages the handover by providing a virtual
unchanged networking state to the application.
If the user is downloading a large file and moves from WLAN
to GPRS, the only noticeable difference is a change in
connection speed. Users or administrators can also preset
their connection preferences based on cost or performance.
`The demand for, and corresponding growth of, wireless hot
spots reflects the public`s desire for easy-to-use,
reliable, ubiquitous Internet access,` said Scott Miller,
analyst for La Jolla, Calif.-based research firm ARS
Inc. `Birdstep`s Mobile IP solution moves us one step
closer to a truly mobile workforce by allowing users to
roam seamlessly and easily between wired and wireless
networks and broadband and narrowband connections, while
maintaining a secure link to the corporate network.`
Birdstep`s Intelligent Mobile IP is standards-based client
software that collaborates with third-party VPNs to
facilitate uninterrupted movement between different
internal networks, between different external networks and
across the security boundary protected by VPN and firewall
technologies.
`By supporting existing standards and legacy network
infrastructure, Birdstep`s Intelligent Mobile IP enables
the mobilization of a corporate VPN,` said Terje Anderson,
chief executive officer of Birdstep Technology. `Birdstep
protects a company`s VPN investment and ensures that the
company`s security policies are enforced. Network
administrators can rest assured that their existing VPN
solution remains in full control of all external access to
the corporate intranet.`
Designed for mobile operators and enterprises, the new
Intelligent Mobile IP software is offered in two versions -
universal and standard. The universal edition offers a VPN
on/off feature, which turns the user`s VPN on when using an
external, unsecured network, such as a public WLAN hot spot
or public cellular service.
It also turns the VPN off when using a secure connection,
such as Ethernet or the corporate WLAN with dynamic WEP
key, to the company network. This feature reduces the load
on VPN concentrators.
Birdstep`s Intelligent Mobile IP simplifies large-scale
deployments with automatic configuration of the Mobile IP
client via a Web-based configuration server in the
enterprise or at the service provider. In-depth technical
training on Mobile IP technology and Birdstep`s Mobile IP
software is also available on the company web site at
www.birdstep.com.
Other products offered by Birdstep include a wireless
access software suite for implementing wireless IP Zones or
hot spots. At the core of the suite is IP Zone Server
software, which is designed for public WLAN/Bluetooth
access areas and provides cross-platform authentication so
that any device with a wireless connection and a web
browser can get access.
Additional elements in the software suite include the
Nomadic Portal, for device-independent publication of local
information using XML-structured content, and the Billing
Gateway, for implementing various billing methods.
About Birdstep Technology
Birdstep Technology Inc. was founded in Oslo, Norway in
1996 and is traded on the Oslo Stock Exchange (OSE) under
ticker `BIRD`. The company has approximately 80 employees
in Oslo and Seattle. Birdstep`s small footprint, high
performance database technologies combined with its
wireless roaming and access software enables companies to
build innovative solutions for embedded systems and the
Mobile Internet. Named a 2002 Comet Award winner by
Communication Systems Design magazine, Birdstep makes your
information accessible anytime, anywhere, on any device and
on any infrastructure. For more information, visit
www.birdstep.com.
