AimNet Solutions Announces Managed VPN Service.Business/Technology Editors NOTE TO MEDIA: Graphic is available in a Smart News Release(TM) on Business Wire's Home Page at www.businesswire.com and at www.newstream.com NORWALK, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 10, 2001 AimNet Solutions, a network professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. and managed network services company focused on the mid-market, today announced a new managed VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. service that provides clients with a high-performance, flexible connection that leverages the economies of the Internet. The AimNet Managed Virtual Private Network Service provides planning, design, implementation and management services, including VPN routers, gateways and client software - all delivered over a secure network connection using industry leading IPSec encryption technology. Clients have a number of network connection options from analog or ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. dial to broadband cable and xDSL technologies. AimNet also has the capability of managing the service cross Internet Server Provider connections. "Many companies today are facing a rapid increase in the number of remote workers and telecommuters with their special needs. At the same time, they also must look for ways to reduce the cost of securely connecting these employees and their remote offices to key applications across the company," said Ed Nalbandian, 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. , president, AimNet Solutions. "We have the remedy in our managed VPN service. It's a high-performance, flexible connection that leverages the economies of the Internet." Supporting Mr. Nalbandian's view is an April META Group report which notes, in part, that "virtual private network technology and services can lower site interconnection costs, not only saving money on existing connections, but also inducing wider interconnectivity of sites and enabling tighter linkage and management of information distribution." AimNet's Managed VPN Service was developed in collaboration with the Time Warner Road Runner road runner: see cuckoo. Road Runner thrives on outwitting Wile E. Coyote. [Comics: “Beep Beep the Road Runner” in Horn, 105] See : Cunning Road Runner High Speed Online cable service that provides the City of St. Petersburg, FL with a broadband solution. It allows secure remote access to the city's network over a fiber optic connection from the Road Runner SONET ring The architecture used in SONET technology. SONET rings, known as "self-healing rings," use two or more transmission paths between network nodes, which are typically digital cross-connects (DCSs) or add/drop multiplexers (ADMs). to the city's MIS department. "The system has been in place for six months and performance has exceeded all of our expectations," said Eugene Webb. Ph.D., assistant director of information and communications services for the City of St. Petersburg. The AimNet service supports three types of connectivity: -- Remote Access VPN enables clients to reduce remote access circuit and equipment costs, while providing mobile workers, telecommuters and "day extenders" the advantage of the local dial and broadband connectivity offered by their ISPs. -- Site-to-Site VPN offers a cost-effective and flexible alternative to the classic wide area network by replacing or augmenting leased lines, Frame Relay or ATM private networks to interconnect remote and branch offices to a central site. -- Hybrid VPN provides, as the name implies, the ability to combine the functionality of the other two services. AimNet also offers the following support packages: -- Design, Engineering, and Implementation Package can be purchased separately or as a group: - VPN Service Planning and Design - VPN Network Engineering - VPN Service Configuration and Implementation -- Fault Management Package offered on a 24x7 basis and must be purchased as a group: - Network Support Desk Tier 2 and Reporting - Fault Configuration Management - Change Management -- Remote User Help-Desk Package provides Tier 1 help desk support for remote access users to help them configure their VPN software and resolve any access problems. The Managed Virtual Private Network Service is part of an integrated AimNet family of MSP (1) (Management Service Provider or Managed Service Provider) An organization that manages a customer's computer systems and networks which are either located on the customer's premises or at a third-party datacenter. services that also includes Managed Internetworking and Remote Server Management offerings. The new VPN service will be offered directly to clients and also through business partners. About AimNet Solutions: AimNet Solutions (www.aimnetsolutions.com) is a network consulting and managed services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality provider that offers advanced, end-to-end LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. , WAN, IP, Information Security and Server Management capabilities uniquely positioned to help clients empower their e-business networks. The company has its headquarters in Norwalk, CT and has major operations in New England New England, name applied to the region comprising six states of the NE United States—Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The region is thought to have been so named by Capt. , the New York Metro For the region, see . Metro New York is a free daily newspaper in New York City started in 2004. Its main competition is AM New York, with which it practices many of the same distribution and marketing strategies. area and the Southeast. For more information, please call (888) 332-5746 or send an e-mail message to info@aimnetsolutions.com. About Road Runner High Speed Online: The service is available throughout the country to anyone serviceable through Time Warner Cable This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. . Road Runner provides access to the Internet via the cable TV lines at speeds up to 50 times faster than conventional telephone modems. In the Tampa Bay Tampa Bay, inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, 25 mi (40 km) long and 7 to 12 mi (11.3–19 km) wide, W Fla., separated from the Gulf by numerous small islands; it receives the Hillsborough River. St. area there are more than 140,000 Road Runner customers. Road Runner also provides service to businesses of all sizes. The company can provide connections to one personal computer, or multiple PCs within a networked environment. Road Runner's municipal area fiber optic network spans seven Florida counties and has over 1.5 million end points for data delivery. For more information please call 1-888-547-6602 or visit www.twspeed.com Note: A Photo is available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.071001/bb2 |
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