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Netscape and Verisign offer digital certification
News Netscape has extended its partnership with security equipment developer Verisign, leading to the launch of a digital certification service for enterprise customers. The service is also targeted at enterprise software suppliers and Internet service... [30 Jul 1998]
US holds the Aces in digital certification
News The US government has taken its first steps towards a digital certification scheme designed to let citizens communicate with government departments securely over the Web. The project - called Access Certificates for Electronic Services (Aces... [14 Jul 1998]
Microsoft to assess software quality in India
News Microsoft has launched a quality certification programme to boost product development by Indian software companies. The programme will cover training and tools, development process and certification. The programme is designed to help vendors adopt... [26 Aug 2005]
WiMax Forum stamps 2.5G products with seal of approval
News Four base stations, from Alvarion, Motorola, Samsung and Sequans, won certification, along with mobile modules from Airspan, Beceem, Intel, Samsung and ZyXEL. This will also include products designed to work at the 3.5GHz frequency, and the forum... [20 Jun 2008]
ITSec bestows highest security honour on smartcard
News The UK IT Security Evaluation and Certification Scheme (ITSec) has published its biannual certified product list. According to ITSec, the product will set the standard for the development and independent certification of smartcard schemes. [26 Oct 1999]
Microsoft's OOXML fails to get ISO stamp
News Microsoft's Office Open XML document specification has failed to achieve ISO certification for now. National standards bodies from 104 countries have been casting votes over the past five months to decide whether OOXML should receive ISO... [06 Sep 2007]
Transmeta certified for Windows CE .Net
News Chipmaker Transmeta has received a key certification from Microsoft, an important step in the company's strategy to enter the embedded processor market. Certification is a crucial stage in Transmeta's plans to tackle the embedded chip market. [23 Aug 2002]
IBM extends Linux support
News The three-phased approach includes Ready: education on market opportunity and how to get started with IBM; Set: a two-day, hands-on technical training on Linux and IBM ebusiness solutions; and Linux: an ongoing support initiative featuring... [27 Feb 2001]
Sheffield Hallam University inaugurates careerMSc.com
News Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) has launched four combined Masters of Science and technical certification courses, called careerMSc.com. The courses includes six months of Masters-level academic work, focussing on IT, business and management... [09 Mar 2000]
BT offers digital certificates
News BT has become the first organisation to offer a digital certification service in the UK with its Trustwise service. Digital certification ensures that transactions over the Internet are secure, BT claims. [22 Jul 1998]
RFID skills qualification gets thumbs-up
News The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) has announced it's working on skills certification for RFID. David Somner VP of electronic commerce at CompTIA, said the certification would be designed to tackle the hardware, software and... [09 Mar 2005]
Controversy over Ecommerce Bill boosts market
News The controversy surrounding the UK government's delayed Electronic Communications Bill is helping to boost the digital certification market, according to Bob Carter, MD of digital certification specialist, Inter Clear. [30 Jul 1999]
IBM wins chip security first
News IBM has earned international government validation for its chip security, the only company to have achieved the Common Criteria certification with PC chips. Big Blue has been awarded the certification by the US National Information Assurance... [06 Nov 2001]
Sun under attack for Java claims
News Sun Microsystems' Java certification programme has been met with scorn by industry observers. Bill Richardson, vice president of Sun Educational Services, claims only 35 per cent of developers have passed the Java certification exam, despite the... [30 Jun 1998]
Treo delay to knock Palm's profits
News Handheld maker Palm said a delay in US certification of its latest Treo will cause current quarter sales and profits to fall short of estimates. However, our [current quarter's] revenue will be constrained by a delay in certification of a key product. [28 Nov 2006]
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