Rainbow, Datum Unveil E-Commerce Security Products
If there’s anything worse than going to jail, apparently, it’s going to a jail that uses outdated mainframe computers to run the joint.
Printrak International Inc., the Irvine maker of enterprise-wide software systems for public safety agencies, wants to change that with a Windows NT-based system designed specifically for jails and other correctional facilities.
The Complete Management System uses graphic interfaces and sophisticated reports to manage everything from booking and release warrants to incident reports, commissary information, billing, inventory management and more on a modern client-server environment.
The system integrates with Printrak’s other public safety products, such as its fingerprint and mug shot storage and retrieval systems. Used in conjunction with those systems, the CMS creates a centralized, open-standards database that keeps track of inmates from booking to release.
Facilities in North Carolina, Iowa and Wisconsin are already using the system.
For more: www.printrakinternational.com
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Meanwhile, Irvine-based Rainbow Technologies Inc. is hoping to add a little security to e-commerce and corporate networking with a few new products introduced at a recent trade show.
The company’s CryptoSwift 600 and the CryptoSwift 1000 EN, hardware devices that help manage the complicated math used to encode data to guard online transactions from outside intruders, promise to speed up e-commerce. By moving the encryption process onto the specialized hardware, companies can free up their web servers to handle more traffic.
Rainbow, which introduced the product at the recent RSA 2000 Internet security conference in San Jose, will market the device to a variety of online markets, including financial services, healthcare processing, retail and stock trading. Network Engines, a Massachusetts-based maker of web server equipment, has signed on to include the technology in its products.
At the same conference, Rainbow unveiled what it’s calling the industry’s first plug-and-play public key infrastructure authentication token. The term might be a mouthful, but the concept is meant to be a simple one: users with Rainbow’s iKey device installed can verify their identity for tasks such as online banking or “signing” legal agreements made over the Internet. The unit plugs into computers’ USB ports for quick installation, and while it’s compatible with smart card systems, it doesn’t require them.
For more: www.rainbow.com.
But Rainbow wasn’t the only Orange County company showing off its wares at the net-security event. Datum eBusiness Solutions, an offshoot of Irvine precision-timekeeping technology maker Datum Inc., released a system that allows customers to verify the time any electronic transaction took place.
Using encryption and a time authority such as the national Institute of Standards and Technology, the Trusted Time system creates a hard-to-dispute time stamp for any digital event. The technology is expected to become increasingly important for time-sensitive transactions such as stock trading or commodity pricing.
Datum will incorporate encryption technology from San Jose-based Entegrity Solutions in the system.
For more: www.datum.com
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Foreshock Inc., an Irvine company that promises to deliver everything from computer integration to consulting and advertising design, is bolstering its ASP offerings.
Fresh on the heels of opening an office in Redwood Shores, near the Bay Area, the firm has signed two deals in the fast-growing application service provider arena.
The company signed separate agreements to use hosting services from Onyx Software Corp. and OC’s own FutureLink Corp.
The ASP model is designed to reduce the hassle of upgrades and software maintenance for users by letting someone else, namely the ASPs, load the software on their own systems that customers access over the Internet or private data lines.
Onyx creates so-called customer relationship management applications used over the Internet, while FutureLink “rents” off-the-shelf software such as Microsoft Office.
Under the agreements, Foreshock will use FutureLink’s and Onyx’s services for customers and will get referrals from the two companies. Foreshock also will help FutureLink deploy its internal customer-service system.
For more: www.foreshock.com.
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Ken Spencer Brown can be reached at (949) 833-8373, Ext. 239, or by e-mail at Kbrown@ocbj.com.
