Ashley Laurent to Provide Personal Firewall Protection for Broadband Gateway's EVOLO Intelligence Premises Gateway; Personal Firewall to be Embedded in DSL Modem.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 31, 2000 Ashley Laurent, a market leader in network security solutions, has agreed to license a version of its VPCom Firewall to Broadband Gateways Inc. for its EVOLO(tm) Intelligent Premises Gateway. Customers who purchase the gateway, which enables the distribution and management of broadband services throughout the home or small office, will get the benefits of secure data connectivity on their PC. "Ashley Laurent's leadership in security technology and expertise in embedded solutions enables us to deliver business class services to the broadband market," said Rashid Skaf, vice president of marketing and business development at Broadband Gateways. "By integrating the VPCom firewall into our EVOLO system, we can offer peace of mind knowing a user's data is secure, a feature formerly available only to the enterprise market." Under the terms of the deal, a scaled-down version of the VPCom Firewall will be embedded into the EVOLO Intelligent Premises Gateway. The firewall can then be easily configured via the user's 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. . "Broadband Gateways' choice of Ashley Laurent and the VPCom Firewall reinforces our position as a leader in the OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and software field," said Jeff Goodwin 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. , 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 Ashley Laurent. "Our relationship with Broadband Gateways will bring a greater level of service and security to the rapidly expanding Broadband market." The embedded firewall includes packet filtering for controlling Internet access on specific network protocols, and network address translation (NAT (Network Address Translation) An IETF standard that allows an organization to present itself to the Internet with far fewer IP addresses than there are nodes on its internal network. ) for connecting multiple computers behind a single Internet connection. About Ashley Laurent Ashley Laurent, founded in 1992, provides OEM software solutions to the Broadband and Network Security industries. The company offers an integrated suite of software that includes a Firewall, 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. Gateway, VPN Client and Bandwidth Control. All software is available on multiple PC and Embedded operating systems, and can be adapted to fit any product. Ashley Laurent Inc. is a privately held corporation Noun 1. privately held corporation - a corporation owned by a few people; shares have no public market close corporation, closed corporation, private corporation in Austin, Texas. For more information call 512/322-0676 or visit www.ashleylaurent.com. |
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