Nokia joins Secure Digital industry group
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Nokia on Tuesday said it has joined an industry group working on technical and specification standards for Secure Digital memory card applications.
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InfoWorld - Nokia, the world&#39;s largest handset maker, is well known for its consumer devices but maintains a range of enterprise products.
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(InfoWorld) - Nokia, the world's largest handset maker, is well known for its consumer devices but maintains a range of enterprise products. Mary McDowell is executive vice president and general manager of Nokia's Enterprise Solutions, a division that deals with products from theÂ E Series phonesÂ to security appliances to software such as theÂ Intellisync Mobile Suite, designed to manage a fleet of enterprise devices. She spoke with IDG News Service about Nokia's direction in several enterprise areas. The following is an edited transcript. IDG News Service: Where are the sources of growth for Enterprise Solutions? McDowell: We had growth in both our devices and in our software business. We did not have growth in the security business. That's been relatively flat given the state of the perimeter security market. IDGNS: Nokia has a lot of partners for mobile security products but as of yet no stand-alone security product. Are there plans to release one? McDowell: We are going to be releasing in the fourth quarter a mobile VPN client. We did have one in the past but it only worked with Nokia appliances ... but this will be a stand-alone VPN client that can be downloaded from the Nokia [Web] site to a Series 60 device. IDGNS: You mentioned that security is the first or second question that comes up from IT managers when discussing mobile devices. What do you tell those IT managers who are nervous that their company could be the next source for a data breach caused by a mobile device? McDowell: Certainly that comes up in the discussion around the deployment of mobile technology. Then we would discuss the various options. Do you want security that's going to be embedded in specific applications? If you're looking at multiple applications across a heterogenous device base, device management is a logical conversation to have. Are you going to be doing more browser-based apps? It kind of depends on the specific architecture of what they are going to mobilize. IDGNS: The firewall/VPN area is crowded with lots of vendors and lots of products. How is Nokia competing, and can you detail more on Nokia's partnership with Intel? McDowell: Our strategy has been to have a combination of very good performance for application processing, which got a lot stronger this year with the rollout of multiprocessing, multicore platforms and to complement that with very fast network processing. This week or next week we will have a new release of our IPSO operating system to support multiprocessing and then an advanced processing card, which should be shipping in the fourth quarter. So a pretty major product overhaul. We had been constrained in the past ... by not having the multiprocessing capability in IPSO. And so once we made the decision to make that investment in refreshing the underlying BSD kernel to support multiprocessing, that opened up the possibility to work more closely with the embedded side of Intel and get access to some of their earlier technology to incorporate into our appliances. Prior to that, we were a little bit downstream of some for their latest advances, but now we have a lot more visibility into their road map. IDGNS: Nokia is pushing to enterprises the advantages of "converged" services -- combining the use of Wi-Fi for VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) and fixed phone network integration. But the cost of data plans for mobiles remains a concern for IT managers. What sort of conversations has Nokia had with operators on that issue? McDowell: I think what you are seeing there are different packages available around various software programs but there's very few "all applications, all you can eat" plans for a set price. So typically you have a price associated with a BlackBerry contract or an Intellisync contract but then any other data applications are going to be based on throughput. One of the things we have been working on a lot in the Intellisync software is reducing the network traffic the software generates so that the operators can be more confident in putting together the right package. IDGNS: When will that compression technology be wrapped into the Intellisync Mobile Suite server? McDowell: This year. IDGNS: Are there any other improvements on the horizon for Intellisync? McDowell: Over the summer, we enhanced the device management capabilities, primarily starting with the Windows clients in the device management offering. There's better management of the device lock-and-wipe capabilities and the ability to turn on and off the camera in a device. Cameras have been one of the things that have been a point of interest in enterprises. Do you include them or not? But with so much crossover into end-user personal use, we're seeing there is a demand for cameras but then enterprises need to be able to turn them off. Also, more remote control of Windows Mobile devices, so that a network administrator can wirelessly take control of a device and visually see the screen for troubleshooting. We will in a subsequent release have that capability for Symbian clients as well. IDGNS: Why would the Windows release of that come before the Symbian one? McDowell: Some of it is because of the state of the software when we acquired Intellisync. They had much richer capabilities on Windows, so we've been building up the Symbian space.
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Nokia , the world's largest  cell phone maker, unveiled an online music store, a gaming  service and four new multimedia handsets in a move to take a  greater share of consumer spending from mobile operators.
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Nokia, the world&#39;s leading maker of mobile phones, unveiled on Wednesday a new digital music shop designed to loosen the grip of Apple&#39;s iTunes on downloads.
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Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has upgraded the security and functionality of its Secure Access System virtual private network (VPN) platform.
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The Trusted Computing Group plans to unveil a new specification to secure mobile devices at next month's CTIA show.
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The Nokia (NYSE: NOK) 6820 is an ergonomically pleasing handheld device that integrates short text, multimedia and  instant messaging capabilities with all of the features and functions that one normally would expect to find in a dedicated GSM/GPRS cellular phone.
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(InfoWorld) - A new set of security standards designed to lock down mobile devicesÂ has been hammered outÂ and is set to be unveiled at the CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment show being held in Los Angeles next month. Called the Mobile Security Specification, it is billed as the basis for a new generation of secure phones and mobile devices that will be harder to tamper with and more secure. The standards are backed by companies such as Nokia, Samsung Electronics, and France Telecom. The specification has been years in development, said Janne Uusilehto, head of Nokia product security and the chairman of the working group developing this technology. "It is a big deal. This is the first time that we have created such common security specifications for all handheld devices," Uusilehto said. The new specifications are built on work done by the Trusted Computing Group, (TCG) an industry association that has already created similar standards for PCs, servers and networks. Uusilehto's Mobile Phone Work Group expects to announce the specification on Sept. 13 at the CTIA show, provided that the remaining minor details can be worked out. The specification will beÂ published here. Â The Nokia executive declined to say when his company or others will be producing phones that comply with the new specification, but he predicted that manufacturers would soon begin using the technology to lock down basic parts of their devices, such as the operating system. When these devices appear, they will make things more difficult for data thieves and mobile virus writers. Down the line, the technology could be used to build electronic wallets into mobile phones. In general terms, the specification calls on hardware vendors to store protected information in a secure area of the phones. Similar to the Trusted Platform Module used in PCs, this technology could be used to ensure that the phone's operating system, applications and data have not been tampered with. This type of trusted module could also be used by network operators to ensure that the phones on their network can't be used if they are stolen, said Mark Redman, a principal engineer with Freescale Semiconductor Inc. who is familiar with the specification. "That is probably one of the biggest concerns that the cell phone operators have at this stage," he said. Though some companies may be early adopters of the Mobile Security Specification, it could take years before cell phone users reap any benefits, said Roger Kay, an analyst with Endpoint Technologies Associates who serves as on the TCG's advisory council. "What typically will happen is that there may be some early adopters who start adhering to the specification before it's fully accepted," he said, adding that "just because [the Trusted Computing Group standard] promulgates, it doesn't mean that it's going to be adopted." Even after years of development, there is still debate about whether trusted modules are the right approach for the PC industry, he said. "The most interesting, most advanced features are going to take years, because everybody has to agree to adhere to the new standard."
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Company is readying security software or cell phones and handheld devices.
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Nokia intends to boost its mobile ad business through the acquisition of Enpocket, which provides cell phone marketing technology and services to advertisers, Web publishers, and carriers.
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CANNES/HELSINKI  - The world's largest mobile  phone maker, Nokia, and software giant Microsoft struck a deal  on Monday to make it easier for consumers to buy digital music  online and play it back on their handsets.
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Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) said Tuesday it has signed a strategic partnership with Deutsche Telekom as well as two deals worth 450 million euros (317 million dollars) over five years.
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Nokia  said on Monday it is buying U.S. cellphone screen advertising firm Enpocket as the world's top handset maker pushes into a market which is seen ballooning in coming years.
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F-Secure's former chief operating officerÂ is returning to the Finnish security vendor to become chief executive officer after working for 18 months at Nokia.
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Digital media specialist RealNetworks (Nasdaq: RNWK), sensing an opening in a competitive yet promising market, is offering a new licensing program for mobile phone makers and has reached agreement with top vendor Nokia (NYSE: NOK) to integrate Real throughout the Nokia product line.
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Software security companies and handset makers, including Finland's Nokia (NOK1V.HE), are gearing up to launch products intended to secure cell phones from variants of the Internet viruses that have become a scourge for personal computer users.