The security technology is derived from Certicom's movianVPN embedded VPN software.
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Voq Professional Phone was developed for use by mobile enterprise professionals and offers vital business applications, such as email, along with strong security for sensitive and confidential information, according to Sierra Wireless. It combines high-end mobile phone capabilities with PDA functionality and features a normal 12-key phone-type keypad along with a unique, flip-open QWERTY thumb-pad.
Sierra Wireless claims that the movianVPN client used in the phone's new mobile email solution is easy to integrate into existing security infrastructures, and results in minimal impact on the phone's performance and battery life. According to Sierra Wireless, making security an integral part of VoqMail Pro and its VoqManager desktop IT provisioning tool -- rather than a separate add-on -- eliminates the need for IT managers to work with third parties to buy and configure software and policies for each device.
Certicom says its movianVPN software meets the IPSec standard to provide secure access to the corporate network via wireless handhelds. Additionally, movianVPN fits within existing infrastructure, by supporting more than a dozen gateways including those from Cisco, Netscreen, and Nortel, as well as the three leading operating systems including Microsoft Windows Mobile, Palm OS, and Symbian OS.
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