Certicom Corp este o companie de criptologie fondată în 1985 cu peste 350 de brevete în întreaga lume: optimizări software, implementări hardware, metode pentru a spori securitatea, precum şi diferite protocoale criptografice.
Printre clienții curenți ai Certicom se află: General Dynamics, Motorola, Oracle, Research In Motion şi Unisys.
După ce pe 23 Ianuarie 2009, Verisign a făcut o propunere pentru achiziționarea Certicom Corp, Research In Motion (RIM) a făcut o contra-ofertă, considerată superioară. Verisign nu a răspuns la această contra-ofertă și astfel RIM a anunțat printr-un comunicat de presă achiziționarea Certicom Corp.
Waterloo, ON - Research In Motion Limited (“RIM”) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) has today completed its acquisition of Certicom Corp. (“Certicom”) (TSX: CIC) at a cash price of Cdn$3.00 per outstanding Certicom common share.
“Certicom’s technology and expertise complement RIM’s business and the industry leading BlackBerry® platform,” said Jim Balsillie, Co-CEO of RIM. “This acquisition further demonstrates our focus on delivering the best solutions for security-conscious businesses and government organizations around the world.”
“We have been working with RIM for many years and we’ve seen the tremendous results that our combined technologies have produced,” said Karna Gupta, CEO of Certicom, now a wholly-owned subsidiary of RIM. “By joining the RIM team, Certicom has an even greater opportunity to build on its strong foundation of delivering world-class security solutions across all our market verticals.” sursă
