User:Eva-Maria Wildenauer/Lotaris

Lotaris is headquartered in Switzerland with offices in USA, Mexico, Brazil, South Africa, UAE, Lebanon, India and China. Since its founding in 2007, the company has developed and implemented its proprietary OTA Online Platform and device-based application manager, airLOAD. Its mission is to provide much-needed security for the fastest growing and most ubiquitous communications platform in the world – the mobile, or smartphone, device. The offering is aimed exclusively at the mobile business market and provides users with: A DELIVERY PLATFORM via which security software applications can be downloaded directly onto mobile handsets DEVICE-BASED SOLUTIONS that swiftly, simply and cost-effectively reduce threats to mobile online services.

History
Lotaris evolved out of a first-generation mobile technology platform, Lighthouse, which was incorporated in 2006 to resell Symantec mobile security products into Africa and the Middle East. Following a successful pilot program with its first customer - mobile operator Virgin Mobile – a scalable, more holistic platform has been developed, which has globalized the business and positioned Lotaris as a leader in mobile data security solutions.

Technology
The Lotaris technology platform has been developed in Switzerland – in a partnership between the Lotaris technology team and the IICT, a technology institute affiliated with the HEIG-VD, one of Switzerland's largest technology institutions.

Driven by over-the-air technology, the platform allows mobile operators and service providers to deliver mobile products to smartphone business users with minimal impact on their own systems. As well as enabling the direct download of premier business software onto a user's phone, it seamlessly facilitates the management of all associated activation, billing and termination functions.

With strategic development input and support from the IICT, the Lotaris platform architecture facilitates a flexible, consistent and reliable service. Built with carrier-class scaling in mind, using world-leading SUN hardware, software and tools, it features high availability and scalability as well as a robust software environment.

Trademarks
Lotaris® and AirLoad® are registered trademarks of the Lotaris® SA.

Partners

 * Symantec
 * Access
 * IBM
 * Blackberry
 * Smobile
 * McAfee
 * VeriSign
 * Adeya
 * Cidway