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SEIKO
INSTRUMENTS INC. AND ENSURE TECHNOLOGIES DEMONSTRATE FIRST
INTERACTIVE BLUETOOTH WRISTWATCH USING HANDS-FREE COMPUTER
SECURITY
SII
Wrist Companion Features Bluetooth Wireless Communications
and XyLoc Wireless Personalization and Security Technology
for Securing PCs and Mobile Bluetooth Devices
CeBIT,
Hannover, Germany, March 20, 2001—
Ensure Technologies, the award-winning leader in intelligent
digital information security solutions, and Seiko Instruments
Inc. (SII), one of the world's leading watch manufacturers,
this week will demonstrate a prototype of the only interactive
Bluetooth wristwatch offering hands-free computer security.
Developed by SII and incorporating Ensure's patented XyLoc™
wireless personalization and security technology, the SII
Wrist Companion automatically and conveniently protects Bluetooth
PCs, PDAs and mobile phones from unauthorized access and simultaneously
enables more personalized access to these devices by authorized
users. SII and Ensure will be demonstrating the SII Wrist
Companion with XyLoc wireless security this week at CeBIT,
Hannover, Germany, March 22-28, 2001, Bluetooth Pavilion,
Hall 1, Stand 5d 4.
"SII's
Wrist Companion is an excellent example of the extensibility
of Bluetooth technology and applications," said
George Brostoff, co-founder and president of Ensure Technologies.
"On its own, the Wrist Companion does a tremendous job
putting communications and personal organization on the wearer's
wrist. By combining it with XyLoc, it becomes an even more
powerful tool for protecting the user's data, personalizing
wireless devices including password memory, and allowing more
convenient access to other information portals and digital
content."
The SII Wrist Companion using XyLoc incorporates a Bluetooth
radio frequency (RF) link giving the user a host of capabilities,
including:
- Securing
and personalizing Bluetooth devices using XyLoc wireless
proximity technology and software
- Internet
access via a mobile phone
- Sending
and receiving SMS messages
- Controlling
incoming and outgoing voice communications and email
- Remote
control WAP support for PC mouse, CD/MP3, video and other
Bluetooth devices
- Storing
contact names/addresses
"We are
pleased to be collaborating with Ensure on this unique application
for the Wrist Companion," said Jun Hirotomi, Manager of WD2
Group at SII. "With XyLoc wireless security and personalization
technology, our Wrist Companion becomes similar to a smartcard
with proximity activation. This provides very tangible benefits
and empowers the wearer while making it easier to secure and
use other information appliances."
XyLoc
is a patented computer information security and personalization
solution that prevents unauthorized access to confidential
user data while simultaneously making access to applications,
including remembering user names and passwords, more convenient
for authorized users. XyLoc enables the Bluetooth device
to know automatically and effortlessly who is requesting access
to its resources, which delivers a level of personalization
and convenience previously unavailable.
Ensure
is an associate member of the Bluetooth™ Special
Interest Group (SIG), a group working toward a wireless technology
specification that provides links between mobile computers,
mobile phones and other portable and handheld devices, and
connectivity to the Internet. As more Bluetooth devices
come to market, security will become essential to protect
these devices from unauthorized access and use.
About
Seiko Instruments Inc.
Today,
the name SEIKO is synonymous with quality craftsmanship in
timepieces and advanced electronics engineering. As the primary
manufacturing and engineering arm of the SEIKO Group, Seiko
Instruments Inc. (SII) is proud of its tradition of precision
manufacturing and technical innovation. Earning recognition
the world over for its elegant and sophisticated timepieces,
SII has rapidly progressed into challenging new fields of
Information Technology and nano-technology. From wearable
devices to electronic components, SII boldly takes the lead
in creating new products and technologies to serve mankind
better today and in the future.
About
Ensure Technologies
Headquartered
in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Ensure Technologies (www.ensuretech.com)
is the leader in intelligent digital information security
solutions designed to protect an organization’s intellectual
property and physical computing assets from internal security
breaches – conveniently, automatically and transparently.
Ensure’s award-winning XyLoc applies the innovative, patented
technologies of full-time access control and proximity-based
authentication to guard corporate data, and asset tracking
to monitor and protect computing hardware throughout the enterprise
from desktops to mobile PCs. As an associate member of the
Bluetooth Special Interest Group, Ensure and its XyLoc
wireless PC security will allow Bluetooth wireless
devices to positively recognize and identify authorized users
and make Bluetooth phones, PCs and PDAs more convenient
to use.
BLUETOOTH
is a trademark owned by Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson,
Sweden and licensed to Ensure Technologies
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