Future versions will support other handhelds, such as Symbian-based devices. ITS, a private, nonprofit health-care provider based in San Francisco, says MovianVPN easily integrated into the company's Nortel Networks Corp. public key infrastructure supporting five VPNs. Sanderson says MovianVPN may play a critical part in Catholic Healthcare's efforts to place cutting-edge technology in the hands of hospital employees. MovianVPN supports VPN products from Alcatel, Check Point Software Technologies, Cisco Systems, Intel, Nortel, Radguard, and Symantec, Certicom says. The client software is small, and users can connect to cellular, Cellular Digital Packet Data, PCS, or Global System for Mobile Communications technologies that support ID data.
Users can also connect through their Internet service providers using a wired modem.
MovianVPN supports user-name and password authentication. Certicom plans to add authentication technologies, including support for Radius and smart cards.