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Exhibit 99
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CANADA NEWSWIRE [LOGO]
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CERTICOM CORP.
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ATTENTION BUSINESS/TECHNOLOGY EDITORS:
World's Premier Wireless Security Conference "Certicom PKS 2000" to
Showcase Breakthrough Mobile Solutions for Financial and Health
Care Industries
Aether Systems, Xcert, Palm, Inc., Research In Motion, Sybase and
RSA Security Join Roster of Leading Organizations to Sponsor
Certicom Security Conference
Fidelity Investments, W-Trade, Priceline.com, Hewlett Packard and
ePocrates to Illustrate Real World Solutions with Live Case Study
Presentations
HAYWARD, CA, July 31 /CNW/ - Certicom (Nasdaq: CERT and TSE: CIC),
a leading provider of mobile and wireless security, announced today that its PKS
2000 mobile security conference will feature industry experts from the leading
financial, technology and healthcare organizations in order to advance wireless
security innovation for today's mobile e-business professionals. Speakers from
Fidelity Investments, W-Trade, Priceline.com, Hewlett Packard and ePocrates are
among those who will illustrate real world answers to today's mobile and
wireless security challenges. In addition, Aether Systems, CyberElan.com,
Cylink, Infowave, MobileShift, Palm, Inc., Research In Motion, RSA Security,
Sonera SmartTrust, Sybase and Xcert International have joined the roster of
industry visionaries sponsoring PKS 2000.
"At every company I'm involved with, wireless applications are
moving to the top of the priority list in the quest to offer true ubiquity and
convenience to the mass market," said Steve Mott, CEO of BetterBuyDesign,
President of Priceline WebHouse Club and former head of ecommerce at MasterCard,
who will be speaking at Certicom PKS2000. "The tsunami-like adoption of wireless
in turn is propelling the security industry to deploy the smaller, faster, and
cheaper solutions that we've been waiting years for, making safe ecommerce
'ready for prime-time' at last."
Topics to be covered include "Securing Financial Transactions
End-To-End," by W-Trade, "Patient Confidentiality and Information Security," by
ePocrates, "Hacker Intrusion Detection and the WAP Enterprise" with Hewlett
Packard, as well additional topics that cover today's "hot buttons," like
Content Protection, VPN and Wireless PKI, in the quickly emerging mobile and
wireless work environment. PKS 2000 is also being sponsored by Motorola, 724
Solutions, Cloakware, CRYPTOMAThIC, First Data Corp., GoAmerica, Mytec
Technologies, the PKI Forum, Radicchio and Spyrus in addition to today's newly
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announced sponsors.
Certicom's PKS 2000 show is the world's first conference
purposefully dedicated to addressing issues specifically dealing with securing
mobile computing and wireless data applications. The conference is being held in
the United States for the first time, taking place in the heart of the Silicon
Valley at the San Jose Fairmont, September 19-21.
"Due to the significant rise of mobile commerce in both users and
applications worldwide, the collective business attention is focused on the
issues that face today's mobile economy. It seems only fitting that the Silicon
Valley, which most visibly promotes this new wireless era, play host to the
event that specifically addresses the greatest challenges to making its
acceptance widespread throughout the financial, technological and healthcare
industries worldwide," said Certicom President and CEO Rick Dalmazzi. "Getting
the word out about how security enables today's mobile and wireless applications
is what this show is all about."
More Information
For more information about Certicom PKS 2000, including how to
register, conference sponsorship, speaking opportunities and vendor exhibiting,
please visit www.certicom.com/PKS2000 or send an e-mail to
PKS2000(at)certicom.com.
About Certicom
Certicom is an encryption technology company specializing in
security solutions for mobile computing and wireless data markets, including m-
commerce. Major computing and communications companies such as Palm Inc.,
BellSouth Wireless Data, Motorola, Pitney Bowes, Research In Motion and QUALCOMM
incorporate Certicom's technology into electronic commerce software, wireless
messaging applications, and smart cards. Certicom is a leading source for a
complete range of OEM security products and services, including cryptographic
toolkits, custom implementations, and security integration services and
consulting. Certicom's worldwide sales and marketing operations are based in
Hayward, California, with cryptographic research and product development in
Toronto, Canada. For more information, visit Certicom's Web site at
http://www.certicom.com.
Certicom is a registered trademark of Certicom Corp. All other
companies and products listed herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of
their respective holders.
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For further information: Lorraine Kauffman, Public Relations Manager, Certicom
Corp., (510) 780-5417, [email protected]; Berry Lowman, Lutchansky
Communications for Certicom, (408) 938-9050 x19, [email protected]
