American AgCredit Selects SafeWeb's Secure Extranet Appliance for Its Secure Remote Access Needs.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers EMERYVILLE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 8, 2003 SafeWeb Continues to Deliver Seamless, Cost-Effective Secure Remote Access to Enterprises Worldwide SafeWeb, Inc., a leader in the clientless secure remote access market, announced today that American AgCredit, ACA ACA - Application Control Architecture has deployed SafeWeb's Secure Extranet Appliance (SEA Tsunami) to provide it's remote users access to selected internal network resources. American AgCredit is a member-owned cooperative, which provides credit and credit related services to eligible borrowers and stockholders for qualified agricultural purposes throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . SafeWeb's SSL-VPN enables American AgCredit to grant external regulators and auditors secure access to corporate financial data from non-corporate locations, using any 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. . Internally the SEA Tsunami enables American AgCredit to easily secure employee access to network applications such as email, Intranet, data portals and a Citrix Server Farm. SafeWeb's SEA Tsunami is browser-based 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. appliance that utilizes 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. encryption embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. in the standard Web browser to secure communications between the remote user and the local network. Utilization of this ubiquitous technology eliminates the need for additional software installation on remote machines, drastically simplifying the implementation, management and operation process. "We were looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a cost-effective secure remote access solution that, unlike IPSec VPNs, didn't require a client to be installed on local machines and was simple to implement, administer and use," said James Baldwin Noun 1. James Baldwin - United States author who was an outspoken critic of racism (1924-1987) Baldwin, James Arthur Baldwin , Network Engineer for American AgCredit. "The SEA Tsunami satisfied all these criteria, in addition to being extremely cost-effective. We have already seen a significant return on investment as a direct result of decreased administrative overheads, end-user training and travel expenses. More traditional access technologies such as an IPSec VPN would have complicated rather than simplified the situation." "The market for SSL VPNs has grown rapidly due to the distinct benefits of clientless Web access. The SEA Tsunami appliance emerged from the need for simple, instant, cost-effective, secure remote access. A need which traditional IPSec VPNs do not meet," said Jon Chun, 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. of SafeWeb. "SafeWeb pioneered SSL VPN technology for companies to easily extend remote access to a wide variety of external users such as partners, suppliers and contractors without facing the limitation of traditional VPN technologies as was the case with American AgCredit." About American AgCredit With more than 85 years dedicated to agriculture, we understand the challenges that farmers and ranchers face. At American AgCredit, we sincerely believe our agricultural lending experience sets us apart from the others. We work hard to get and keep your business, and we'll work even harder to earn your trust. American AgCredit is part of the cooperative nationwide Farm Credit System. As an Agricultural Credit Association, we specialize in providing financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. to agriculture. About SafeWeb SafeWeb designs secure remote access solutions that are effective, economical, and simple. Its mission is to drastically reduce the cost and complexity of securing corporate network resources for remote access. SafeWeb has been developing its award-winning technology since late 1999 and is a pioneer in SSL-VPN technology. The SEA Tsunami is a clientless SSL-based VPN appliance that enables companies to quickly and easily extend secure remote access to employees, partners and customers anywhere, anytime with just a Web browser. |
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