Baltimore Police Deploy Viatores Mobile IP VPN for Wireless Security, Session Persistence and Roaming.HERNDON, Va. -- Ecutel Systems, Inc., a provider of advanced networking and mobility solutions, today announced that it has been awarded the contract to supply its Viatores Mobile IP 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. solution to the City of Baltimore Police Department “Baltimore City Police Department” redirects here. For the county police, see Baltimore County Police Department. The Baltimore Police Department, or BPD, provides police services to the city of Baltimore, Maryland and was officially established by the Maryland . The City of Baltimore has deployed Viatores to support the wireless security and seamless connectivity needs of its police officers. The Viatores software has been deployed on the officers' mobile computers to enable each officer to remain securely connected to the critical police applications and information resources (1) The data and information assets of an organization, department or unit. See data administration. (2) Another name for the Information Systems (IS) or Information Technology (IT) department. See IT. , even as the officer crosses network boundaries and traverses spotty spot·ty adj. spot·ti·er, spot·ti·est 1. Lacking consistency; uneven. 2. Having or marked with spots; spotted. spot wireless data coverage areas. The City of Baltimore is one of the east coast premier metropolitan locations with a large field police department. The department's officers have a critical need to remain connected to their command and control center and data resources at all times even as police cruisers This is a so far incomplete list of cruisers 1860-present. It includes protected, light, armoured, battle-, heavy and missile cruisers. Dates are launching dates. Argentina
System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. from the cruiser and provides seamless roaming between disparate networks, leaving the police officers to focus on serving and protecting their community. "We chose Viatores over the competition due to Ecutel's robust security architecture and its reliable mobility capabilities," said Michael Roosa, Baltimore City IT Director and supervisor of the city's police force IT organization. Michael added, "the additional benefit of Viatores being standards based was also attractive." "When it comes to law enforcement, constant connectivity to the critical resources needed to secure the community is essential," said Tom Matthews, Ecutel Systems' 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. . "The City of Baltimore's police officers have a tough enough job keeping the public safe and using the Viatores product allows them to remain connected without having to worry about dealing with computer connectivity issues." The Viatores software is based on two critical standards for security and inter-network roaming, IPSec and Mobile IP. The solution supports hardware-based encryption The reversible transformation of data from the original (the plaintext) to a difficult-to-interpret format (the ciphertext) as a mechanism for protecting its confidentiality, integrity and sometimes its authenticity. Encryption uses an encryption algorithm and one or more encryption keys. for high throughput, and advanced compression and network optimization for low bandwidth networks. The Viatores Server is available for Windows Server See Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Home Server, Windows 2000 and Windows NT. 2000/2003 and Linux and the Client is available for Windows 98/ME/2000/XP and Pocket PC 2003. About Ecutel Systems Ecutel Systems, Inc. is a pioneering provider of networking and enterprise mobility solutions. The company's next-generation, standards-based Mobile IP VPN products bring together security and seamless mobility to improve productivity throughout all facets of the enterprise, from simple and secure remote access for mobile workers to remote management for IT professionals on the go. Ecutel's products are currently sold worldwide and are used by hundreds of government, public safety, healthcare, education, and enterprise customers. The company's products include Viatores Mobile VPN and Infrastructure Command and Control (IC(2)). Visit Ecutel Systems' website at www.ecutel.com. |
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