AEP Systems Ships SureWare A-Gate, an SSL-Based Secure Remote Access Appliance.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 12, 2003 AEP AEP - Application Environment Profile Systems today announces the release of AEP SureWare A-Gate 1.1, a secure remote access appliance ideal for small and medium sized enterprises. A natural evolution from AEP Systems' current product set, AEP SureWare A-Gate provides Secure Sockets Layer-based (SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) The leading security protocol on the Internet. Developed by Netscape, SSL is widely used to do two things: to validate the identity of a Web site and to create an encrypted connection for sending credit card and other personal data. ) authenticated access from any standard Internet browser See Web browser. to internal applications. This technology makes it easy to set-up secure connections with business partners, suppliers and customers because users can access web-based applications, such as email, from anywhere using any standard web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. . "AEP SureWare A-Gate eliminates the need to install remote access software on company laptops," said Rob Lane, Head of Project Management at AEP Systems. "Remote workers can access web-based applications from any web browser - from their home computers or even at Internet cafes." AEP SureWare A-Gate is priced at $5,000, making the product ideal for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) or for departments within large corporations. AEP SureWare A-Gate supports 50 to 100 concurrent remote access subscribers and is easy for a small or part-time IT department to deploy and manage. "The SME market See SMB. demands an easy-to-use product that is simple to understand, has minimal impact on the existing network environment and is easily deployed," said AEP Systems' CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Pat Donnellan. "Competitors offer products with complex and expensive feature sets that are often too costly for the SME market." In a 2002 report published by international market research firm, Infonetics Research, analysts predict that the market for gateway technologies, like AEP SureWare A-Gate, will grow to $986 million by the end of 2005. Later this year, AEP Systems will deliver an application access solution with advanced features such as high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. , high performance and broader application support. For more information about AEP Systems' product offerings, visit www.aepsystems.com or email info@aepsystems.com. About AEP Systems AEP Systems, the high-speed security solutions company, delivers hardware security and acceleration solutions that are fast and cost-effective to deploy. Customers include financial institutions, government bodies, healthcare organizations and OEMs. Founded in 1998, AEP Systems is privately held and based outside Dublin, Ireland with offices in the UK, USA (Boston and Palo Alto Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. ) and Asia-Pacific (Hong Kong and Tokyo). |
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