Press releases

We have published numerous press releases over the years. Below you will find a quick summary of them and the option to read the full press release.

Note: The information in PortWise press releases is accurate and current only as of the date posted. PortWise does not update the information once the release has been issued.

PortWise, the industry’s leading Mobile Identity and Access Management (IAM) specialists, today announced its nomination as a ‘Champion of Growth’ as recognised by Europe’s 500, Europe’s only independent, pan-European listing of high growth, job-creating companies in association with Business Week, KPMG, Microsoft and MCI.

Application Access Reduces Cost, Supports Collaborative and Flexible Working, and Ensures Compliance In Heavily Regulated Industry

PortWise, specialists in Identity and Access Management for the Mobile Enterprise, today announced that leading legal practice, Charles Russell LLP, is deploying the PortWise IAM platform as its corporate secure application delivery standard for employees, clients and selected external partners. The PortWise platform will ensure that applications and information can be easily accessed independent of device and location via a secure software gateway. The PortWise platform has also been integrated with Hummingbird’s Enterprise collaboration solution, the enterprise content management platform of choice across the legal sector.

PortWise, the Mobile Identity and Access Management Company, has been awarded the 2005 Market Leadership Award for SSL VPN, by Frost and Sullivan, the global growth consulting company, at the annual Frost and Sullivan award ceremony held at Mumbai yesterday.

PortWise today announced that private Indian bank, YES BANK, has adopted PortWise as its corporate standard for Secure Application Access for all retail banking customers reflecting its commitment to combating the issues of identity theft and fraud.

To minimise the risk of Identity Theft, security for remotely accessing corporate applications needs to start at the remote pda or pc, and continue to be present even after the user ends the session or connection according to PortWise, provider of the industry’s first fully integrated Secure Application Access platform.

IAP Company Limited, the premier Indo-Japanese software development and services company based in India and Japan, today announced that it has entered into a channel partnership with PortWise, the secure application access specialist.

New mobile devices such as mobile phones, laptops and PDAs are a bad fit with existing enterprise security architectures, technologies and processes, according to secure application access specialists, PortWise.

Secure application access specialist, PortWise, today announced that is has put its weight behind OATH, the initiative for Open AuTHentication, a collaborative effort of security and authentication technology industry leaders aimed at providing a reference architecture for universal strong authentication across all users and all devices over all networks.

After a false start, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is finally taking off: according to recent research, the global market for VoIP will reach $82 billion this year and $196.5 billion by 2007*, and much of this growth is driven by the enterprise, with the IT sector the most enthusiastic adopter.

Former Hewlett Packard Vice President and General Manager Worldwide Sales Takes Over Board

PortWise, provider of the industry’s first fully integrated Secure Application Access platform, today announced support for BlackBerry® devices to provide strong two-factor authentication, affording organizations who have adopted BlackBerry with protection against identify theft without the expensive deployment of dedicated hardware tokens.

Centralised Security Policy for Internal and External Threats. Is the Only Solution, Says PortWise - PortWise, the secure application access specialists, today said that, even though it is now generally acknowledged amongst the analyst community that an increasing amount of security attacks come from within the organisation, companies are unwilling to acknowledge internal security breaches are so prevalent.

BANGALORE, –17 Apr 2005 – Sun Microsystems India Pvt Ltd and PortWise AB announced today that they are entering a sales, marketing and technology partnership, to deliver a Linux-based SSL VPN appliance This agreement will provide end-to-end Secure Application Access for remote workers, partners and customers across the country.

PortWise 4.0 Integrated Platform Moves Beyond Point Product Deployment to Deliver Integrated Secure Application Access from Any Device in any Location

SAN FRANCISCO – (RSA CONFERENCE BOOTH #107), February 16, 2005 – PortWise, the leading secure remote application access platform provider, today announced the availability of a total cost of ownership analysis showing it leads with a 40 percent savings over a typical hardware token implementation in sample 1,000-user and 7,500-user examples. The TCO analysis compares PortWise to strong authentication requiring hardware tokens from leading vendors such as RSA Security and Secure Computing.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden – October 26, 2004 – PortWise, a leading supplier of SSL VPN and Strong Authentication software, today announced the general availability of the 3.7 version of its mVPN and mID products, designed to enable organizations to extend the reach of their datacenter security policies to remote user laptops, PDAs and public web terminals outside the network perimeter.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden – September 27, 2004 – PortWise and Nexus today announced a new integrated solution to enable eGovernments and other organizations to use digital identities issued by third party certification authority (CA) without the need for extensive development and integration work.

“Following the success we have seen at over 150 customers in Europe, and being recently ranked as a technical visionary by Gartner Group, we are experiencing strong worldwide demand for PortWise software and services.” says Phil Bousfield, PortWise CEO. “Global expansion is a key focus for PortWise, and the establishment of our new America’s team under Kevin’s leadership is the first step in meeting the needs of our customers and partners in these expanding markets”

Europe’s leading SSL VPN company, PortWise, today announced the appointment of Neil Harvey as Vice President EMEA Sales. Neil is responsible for spearheading PortWise’s revenue growth across Europe for its award-winning, secure remote access solutions.

PortWise, today announced the appointment of Phil Bousfield as its new Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Bousfield was appointed to manage PortWise’s aggressive global expansion strategy for its award-winning secure, remote access solutions, following oversubscribed VC investment by Cazenove and Four Seasons in October 2003.

Gartner defines Visionaries as vendors who have a clear vision of market direction and are focused on preparing for that, but they can still improve in terms of optimizing service delivery.

New functionality protects business systems in three ways - enforcing policy based access, scanning remote clients for security vulnerabilities, and clearing up after each session.

PortWise has signed a distributor agreement with Akili Networks, a leading supplier of Content and Application Networking solutions. Under the terms of the agreement, Akili Networks will become a distributor for the PortWise product suite throughout Singapore and the Asia-Pacific region, and will integrate the complete PortWise product portfolio into its offering.

PortWise has signed a distribution agreement with OpenPSL, the first choice value-added distributor for the channel, to provide the award-winning PortWise SSL VPN solutions as part of the OpenPSL portfolio for resellers. The partnership enables channel partners in the UK and Ireland to purchase PortWise mobile security solutions from a trusted distributor and is the latest step in PortWise’s aggressive channel strategy for the UK.

Providing end-to-end secure mobile access for corporate enterprise customers

PortWise, Europe’s leading SSL VPN vendor, today announced it has signed a European reseller agreement partnership with Managed Security Solutions Ltd (MSS), specialists in providing secure remote access solutions to enterprise clients across the UK and Europe. The partnership enables UK and European companies to purchase PortWise mobile security solutions from a recognised and trusted local partner. The announcement also strengthens PortWise’s presence in the UK, and supports expansion into additional European markets.

PortWise, Europe’s leading SSL VPN vendor has further cemented its global reach with the announcement of an OEM agreement with India's premier information enabling and integration company, HCL Infosystems. Under the terms of the agreement, HCL Infosystems will incorporate PortWise’s software suite – which provides totally secure access for all types of users from multiple channels and devices – into its hardware range.

PortWise, Europe’s leading SSL VPN vendor, today announced that they have signed a partnership agreement and secured a new UK customer. PortWise has signed a strategic reseller partnership agreement with visionapp, the server-based solutions provider with operations in London and throughout Germany. Under the terms of the agreement, PortWise’s SSL VPN solution has been incorporated into visionapp’s services portfolio, and a London investment bank is the first company to benefit from the partnership as it adopts PortWise’s award winning software. Stage one of the roll out – an initial 2,000 users from a total of 6,000 – has already been completed.

Europe’s leading SSL VPN company, PortWise, today announced the appointment of Karen Slatford as Non-Executive Director. Karen brings a wealth of industry insight and knowledge to the PortWise board of directors as the company begins its global expansion.

- PortWise mVPN dominates four test categories in Test of Top SSL VPN Vendors

PortWise, Europe’s leading SSL VPN vendor today announced that its PortWise mVPN product had dominated four categories – price, session rate, forwarding rate and Outlook Web Access (OWA) concurrent users – in the industry’s most comprehensive SSL VPN test to date. Although the test chose not to pick an overall winner, it acknowledged the PortWise product as a value leader in the market segment.

Read the full test report (English) >>

PortWise is given close to €8 million through a new issue, which will enable PortWise to expand internationally. PortWise develops security solutions for mobile users, a market that is expanding rapidly.

Scribona launches a new solution for secure web-based or mobile access to the companies IT-system based on products from IBM and PortWise. The solution enables employees to read email, access the intranet and internal system via Internet, cell-phone or palm pilot.

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When Analyst Firm in the US evaluated and listed vendors in the emerging SSL VPN market, it listed Swedish company Lemon Planet as top among new companies with a high potential in the visionary quadrant.