Home | Business News | Browse by Publication | W | Wireless Business & Technology

Who would you trust? Sun, Microsoft, or a stranger on the train?

Publication: Wireless Business & Technology
Publication Date: 01-MAY-04 		Format: Online - approximately 934 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Who would you trust? Sun, Microsoft, or a stranger on the train?(From The Editor)

Article Excerpt
Everyone is looking for our trust at the moment. Schemes for digitally signing applications seem to be popping up like gophers across the mobile landscape, each of them confident that we'll place our trust in their authority. Microsoft, of course, has been trying to convince us to only trust applications and drivers signed by them on our desktops. Now Symbian will be signing applications for our phones while Nokia has launched their own scheme (called "Nokia OK") to demonstrate that the application meets with their approval.

While the lack of granular security in Symbian (once an application is running it can do anything) might make certification useful, Sun reckons that network operators would like to see their approval on Java applications (which generally don't have the same security issues), while the networks themselves are already preparing their own offerings....

View this article FREE - Now for a Limited Time, try Goliath Business News
Free for 3 Days!



More articles from Wireless Business & Technology
Big blue running little tags for the army.(Off The Wires), May 01, 2004
Welcome to WIPS: your new wireless workplace.(Product Review), May 01, 2004
DRM 101: Digital Rights Management in a wireless world.(DRM), May 01, 2004
Enabling voice on WLAN: a straightforward development project.(WLAN), May 01, 2004
The prepaid promise: the option of topping-up may bring it closer.(Pre..., May 01, 2004

Looking for additional articles?
Search our database of over 3 million articles.

Looking for more in-depth information on this industry?
Search our complete database of Industry & Market reports by text, subject, publication name or publication date.

About Goliath
Whether you're looking for sales prospects, competitive information, company analysis or best practices in managing your organization, Goliath can help you meet your business needs.

Our extensive business information databases empower business professionals with both the breadth and depth of credible, authoritative information they need to support their business goals. Whether it be strategic planning, sales prospecting, company research or defining management best practices - Goliath is your leading source for accurate information.