Apple Taps Compatible Systems VPN Access Servers; IntraPort Enterprise Units Provide Apple Employees Fast and Secure Remote Access.BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 24, 1999-- Compatible Systems Corporation announced today that Apple Computer (Nasdaq:AAPL AAPL Apple Computer, Inc. (stock symbol) AAPL American Association of Professional Landmen AAPL American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law AAPL Advance Audiovisual Presentation Limited AAPL Advocates for Arkansas Public Libraries ) has received and installed Compatible's award-winning IntraPort 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. Access Servers to anchor the first phase of a multi-stage worldwide VPN implementation. Apple's purchase of four IntraPort Enterprise-2 units and an IntraPort 2+ delivers remote access VPN, with full hardware redundancy, to two major corporate facilities. The IntraPort Enterprise-2 supports up to 5,000 simultaneous remote client connections. Virtual Private Networking (VPN) technology allows companies to construct private data networks using the public Internet as a secure wide-area backbone. With VPNs, IT managers can implement high-bandwidth broadband connections utilizing ADSL See DSL. ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line and cable modems. VPNs cut companies' long distance and other telco charges up to 80 percent, eliminate administration-intensive remote access servers and modem banks and outsource many user support functions to Internet Service Providers (ISPs). Apple plans to use the IntraPort-based VPN to link remote employees, located around the country, to its central network at high speeds, using broadband access through Internet Service Providers with POPs in the employees' local calling areas. Apple will also provide access to traveling employees and day extenders using the VPN. VPNs have been called "the hidden backbone" of a revolution in the way people work. Using VPNs, thousands of employees can simultaneously work from the road or at home with the same speed and efficiency as they do in the office. Such high-speed remote access helps companies achieve an enormous degree of flexibility. Enterprises that purchase and use VPNs often consider them key competitive advantages in attracting, retaining and maximizing the productivity and satisfaction of employees. "We are very pleased to add a world-class company like Apple to our rapidly growing roster of Fortune 1000 customers," said Matt McConnell, president and 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 Compatible Systems Corporation. "An increasing number of large organizations are recognizing VPNs for the technological advantages they bring to the corporate enterprise. Our technology, products and support allow companies to integrate VPN seamlessly onto their networks." The IntraPort Family The IntraPort family of VPN Access Servers provides Internet-based remote access and LAN-to-LAN solutions ranging in size from 64 simultaneous client connections to more than 40,000 simultaneous sessions. All IntraPort products feature: -0-
-- Leading-edge IPSec tunneling for TCP/IP
-- IPSec support for legacy protocols including IPX, AppleTalk and
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-- Integrated VPN routing with RIP, RIP2 and OSPF support
-- Three encryption levels including Triple DES
-- Unlimited-user license for all Compatible Systems IntraPort
client software
-- Support for Windows(R) 95, 98, NT, Macintosh, Intel Linux and Sun
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-0- About Compatible Systems Compatible Systems Corporation is the industry leader in hardware-based VPN solutions for site-to-site and remote client connection networking. The company has more than 10 years of network product design experience and has worked with VPN technologies since 1991. Compatible Systems has strong customer, reseller and ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. relationships and has installed equipment in thousands of networks worldwide. For more information, contact Compatible Systems Corporation at P.O. Box 17220, Boulder, Colorado 80308 or by phone at 800/356-0283 or 303/444-9532. The company's World Wide Web server is http://www.compatible.com. Among the industry veterans who have begun development of VPN products are Ascend Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:ASND ASND A Streetcar Named Desire (play) ), Cisco Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CSCO CSCO Cisco Systems Incorporated (stock symbol) CSCO Chief Supply Chain Officer ), Lucent Technologies (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :LU), Nortel Networks (NYSE:NTL) and Intel Corporation (Shiva Corporation) (NYSE:INTC INTC Intel (NASDAQ symbol) INTC Intercept INTC Interrupt Controller ). Compatible Systems VPN client software runs native with operating systems and development environments from Apple Computer (Nasdaq:AAPL), Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade ), Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq:SUNW SUNW Sun Microsystems, Inc (former stock symbol; now JAVA) SUNW Stanford University Network Workstation (Sun Microsystems, Inc) ) and Intel Corporation (NYSE:INTC). |
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