In Brief: Rainbow Technologies Becomes HP Partner

Hewlett-Packard Co. said it has added Rainbow Technologies Inc., developer of a system that accelerates cryptographic calculations, to the list of HP Praesidium partners.

The Rainbow CryptoSwift II processor now becomes easily integrated with the Hewlett-Packard Virtual Vault for securing on-line transactions. Other recent additions to the Praesidium partner program included the digital signature vendors GTE Cybertrust Solutions and Verisign Inc.

"We are committed to working with leading technology providers such as Rainbow that deliver superior solutions that complement Virtual Vault," said Roberto Medrano, general manager of HP's Internet security operation. "CryptoSwift II will provide new options for optimizing the throughput of Virtual Vault where high performance is required.

CryptoSwift II can handle 200 transactions a second and perform a standard RSA signature operation in 5 milliseconds. A Pentium II processor at 400 megahertz requires five times as long.

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