Finland's Wireless Fast Track Thanks in large measure to mobile handset pacesetter Nokia, this small nation, about the size of Montana with a population of some 5 million people, is where the rest of the world looks for wireless guidance. But so far no one is willing to put it together. Printer friendly version.
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The wireless operators themselves are becoming some of the most prominent users of the technology, as well as a major distribution channel, the research company predicted. No longer used exclusively by financial institutions, PKI will become the standard for the authentication of users and the encryption of information in any part of the technology sector. Datamonitor said that companies are finally realizing that passwords, authentication tokens, Secure Socket Layer, firewalls or virtual private networks don't really make the grade on a standalone basis because they fail to address all the critical network security needs, one of which is authentication. Verena Salzmann, managing analyst at Datamonitor, and author of the report, said that PKI is also the only technology, which combines the necessary traits of flexibility and scalability that are demanded by ebusiness applications. Also by 2006, Salzmann predicted that wireless PKI will account for 45 percent of total PKI revenues, a trend that will continue to escalate as the uptake of third-generation services increases.