Columbitech's Wireless VPN adds Symbian OS support

Mobile security solutions provider Columbitech recently announced that its Wireless VPN solution includes support for Symbian OS 9.1. Adding support for Symbian to Columbitech’s existing portfolio of mobile VPN solutions presents Columbitech Wireless VPN as the world’s first and only mobile VPN to support laptops as well as both Windows and Symbian-based smartphones and PDAs.

The use of smartphones for remote access to corporate resources and business applications puts a new challenge on security solutions. The same security applied in the wired world is required for secure communications via mobile devices. As a result, Columbitech has developed a mobile VPN solution to support all mobile devices targeted at the enterprise market.

Columbitech Wireless VPN is a software-only solution offering significant advantages in terms of guaranteed security and convenient “always-on” connectivity. By using standards and protocols especially adopted for wireless communication, Columbitech has been able to create a VPN with exceptional reliability. The architecture not only provides a very high level of security, but also high performance through efficient adaptive compression and various protocol optimization techniques. Furthermore, the complexities of wireless data communication are made transparent by providing the end user with a robust, convenient and hassle-free, single sign-on environment.

Support for Symbian 9.1 will be available in December 2006.