It’s the end of an era at VeriSign – Stratton Sclavos, the company’s CEO, has resigned. “[T]he leading provider of digital infrastructure for the networked world” will now be managed by William A. Roper, Jr.
Adobe, Verisign, FMS and P2P
If you are on the ball when it comes to Flash Video then youre likely to have seen the press release that made the rounds in the last few days.
News Corp Buys VeriSign Subsidiary
News Corp. and VeriSign announced this week their plans to form the world’s largest provider of mobile entertainment. News Corp. will pay approximately $188 million for a controlling interest in VeriSign’s wholly-owned Jamba subsidiary and will combine it with Fox Mobile Entertainment assets.
Verisign and eBay Use VIMN for Mobile SMS
It seems that there are more features, services, websites and applications available on mobile devices every month.
VeriSign Teams With eBay For SMS Alerts
For eBay auction bidders tired of losing out to last-minute snipers whilst running errands (or whatever may pull your attention from the computer), VeriSign and eBay announced an agreement to deliver mobile alerts via SMS from VeriSign’s Intelligent Messaging Network (VIMN).
VeriSign Delivers One Key for the Internet
According to the Federal Trade Commission, identity theft affects roughly 10 million Americans each year.
VeriSign, ICANN Settle Dispute
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the US Dept. of Commerce backed overseer of the Internet has agreed to settle a lawsuit brought on by VeriSign, the governor of all things .com and .net, over ICANN’s interference with VeriSign’s controversial Site Finder.
VeriSign Pays $2.3 Million For Weblogs.com
The Weblogs.com site shows a list of currently updated blogs, and allows blog owners to ping others to alert them of new updates.
VeriSign Forks Out $40 Million for iDEFENSE
VeriSign announced that it has acquired Reston, Virginia-based security intelligence firm iDEFENSE for approximately $40 million in cash.
VeriSign and AOL Demo First “Safe Chat Room”
VeriSign and America Online will demonstrate the first “safe chat room” for kids and teens that uses authentication technology to verify a child’s age.