Assured Digital Introduces VPN Price Breakthrough for High-Performance Remote Access and Connectivity.BALTIMORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 26, 1999-- New Pricing Structure Leads Industry in Widening Access to High-End 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. Switches Assured Digital (TM), Inc. (ADI), the Dynamic VPN Switching Company, today announced an industry price breakthrough that widens the accessibility of high-end Virtual Private Networking (VPN) solutions to enable network managers to provide high-performance remote access and site-to-site connectivity at an affordable cost. In addition, because of ADI's new pricing structure, Internet Service Providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. (ISPs) and Enterprise Service Providers (ESPs) can now build large-scale, high-performance VPN networks at the lowest price in the VPN industry. Effective immediately, ADI has adjusted the price of its ADI-4500 Dynamic VPN Switch to $9,995, thus becoming the first VPN provider to offer above T3 rates of wide-area network (WAN) access and enable termination of multiple thousands of simultaneous tunnels at a price under $10,000. Through ADI's combination of high performance, low equipment cost and automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. management and operations, ISPs and enterprises who adopt an ADI solution can also expect to dramatically lower their companies' total cost of VPN ownership. "By reducing a company's investment and risk, ADI is taking another step in its commitment to helping to move forward the evolving VPN market," said Adrian Bisaz, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Assured Digital. "Plus, our ADI-4500 switch is the perfect solution for high-performance remote access and site-to-site connectivity, guaranteeing a quick return on investment." The ADI-4500 is the high-end device of ADI's product family, making it the most powerful and flexible Dynamic VPN Switch in its price range. ISPs and ESPs can use the ADI-4500 in conjunction with the other Dynamic VPN switches to create a seamless, scalable and dynamic Virtual Private Network. All ADI products use ADI's innovative Automated Operation and Security (AOS (Alternative Operator Services) Operator services provided by a third-party organization. See operator services. 1. AOS - /aws/ (East Coast), /ay-os/ (West Coast) A PDP-10 instruction that took any memory location and added 1 to it. (TM))technology to dynamically configure See configuration. (software) configure - A program by Richard Stallman to discover properties of the current platform and to set up make to compile and install gcc. Cygnus configure was a similar system developed by K. network topology See topology. and security policies and automate To turn a set of manual steps into an operation that goes by itself. See automation. adaptation to network changes. "The ADI-4500 offers tremendous value to ISPs striving to deliver value-added VPN services to business customers," said Steve Caldwell, Vice President of Marketing for Transport Logic, an Internet Service Provider based in Portland, Oregon. "The product's low price, automated operation and multi-domain functionality ensures that ISPs can quickly and cost-effectively deploy multiple VPNs with a single unit." About Assured Digital, Inc. Assured Digital, Inc. (ADI), based in Littleton, Mass., was founded in February 1997 to develop and market a family of cost-effective network products for the public and private data networking markets. Innovation in operational automation, dynamic networking connectivity and enhanced security made ADI the first company to offer a complete, automated product solution for implementing and managing Dynamic virtual private network (VPN) Switching. ADI defines Dynamic VPN Switching as meshed networks that are able to quickly and automatically adapt to topology topology, branch of mathematics, formerly known as analysis situs, that studies patterns of geometric figures involving position and relative position without regard to size. changes with the highest level of security at a new price point. More Information about Assured Digital and the ADI product line is on the company's Web site at www.assured-digital.com. Note to Editors: Assured Digital, AMS AMS - Andrew Message System , ADI-4500, ADI-1500, ADI-1000, ADI-100, and AOS are trademarks of Assured Digital, Inc. |
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