Bluesocket Unveils WG-2000 Wireless Gateway; Setting the Standard for High-Density, Secure Wireless LAN Environments.Business/Technology Editors NetWorld+Interop 2002 Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. Booth #558 BURLINGTON, Mass. and LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 7, 2002 High-End Addition to Bluesocket Wireless Gateway Family Increases Performance of IPsec-encrypted traffic up to 500 percent Bluesocket Inc., www.bluesocket.com--the fast-growing developer of wireless local area network (WLAN See wireless LAN. WLAN - wireless local area network ) solutions to secure and manage wireless access to corporate networks and the Internet, today announced the newest and most powerful member of its Wireless Gateway family for enterprise and public access WLANs, the WG-2000 Wireless Gateway. With improved IPsec processing, critical to new 802.11a environments, the WG-2000 is the first product in the enterprise gateway category to feature hardware-based encryption acceleration, delivering secure traffic at a rate 500 percent faster than other products currently on the market. The WG-2000 delivers encrypted-data performance up to 150 Mbps; for unencrypted traffic, data rates run up to 300 Mbps. The WG-2000 appliance comes equipped with cryptographic acceleration, 10/100/1000 Network Interface Cards and an assortment of choices among fiber and/or copper Gigabit interfaces to meet connectivity needs for current and anticipated wireless infrastructures. In addition to offering VPN-like encryption (PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol) A protocol from Microsoft that is used to create a virtual private network (VPN) over the Internet. Remote users can access their corporate networks via any ISP that supports PPTP on its servers. , IPsec), Bluesocket's Wireless Gateways offer network management features including role-based access control The identification, authentication and authorization of individuals based on their job titles within an organization. Contrast with mandatory access control and discretionary access control. See least privilege. (such as for granting guest privileges The rights and permissions given to a non-registered user of a system or service. See guest. ), Class of Service (CoS), authorization, authentication against central servers (RADIUS, LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) A protocol used to access a directory listing. LDAP support is implemented in Web browsers and e-mail programs, which can query an LDAP-compliant directory. , Active Directory, Windows Domain) and RADIUS accounting. Support for RADIUS accounting enables enterprises to track and charge for wireless access, thereby gaining revenue from their WLANs. Bluesocket's enterprise-class solutions require no additional servers, access management devices, or client plug-ins. All Bluesocket Wireless Gateways feature master/slave auto-configuration for efficient scaling and mass deployment and "hot failover" for the kind of high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. required by enterprises. Availability and Pricing Bluesocket WG-2000 will be available August 2002. US pricing starts at $12,995, depending on copper and/or fiber Gigabit interface connectivity options. About Bluesocket Bluesocket, Inc. (www.bluesocket.com) manufactures solutions to secure and manage wireless local area networks (WLANs) in enterprises and public hotspots worldwide. Bluesocket's product family of Wireless Gateways reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO (1) (Total Cost of Ownership) The cost of using a computer. It includes the cost of the hardware, software and upgrades as well as the cost of the inhouse staff and/or consultants that provide training and technical support. See ROI. ) of wireless LANs while maximizing their benefits--from small businesses and departments; to warehouses, hospitals, universities and large enterprises. Bluesocket provides organizations including KPMG KPMG Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler (accounting firm) KPMG Kaiser Permanente Medical Group KPMG Keiner Prüft Mehr Genau (German) KPMG Kommen Prüfen Meckern Gehen Consulting, Best Western Hotels, Microsoft, and the Universities of Texas and California with simple yet comprehensive systems to secure, manage, and profit from their WLANs (802.11 family, HiperLAN2, Bluetooth). With offices in Burlington, Mass., Silicon Valley (USA), London (UK) and the Asia/Pacific region, Bluesocket, Inc. is a privately held, global corporation managed by executives from 3Com, British Telecom The telephone and communications carrier that provides services in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It used to be a division of the British Post Office, but was privatized in 1984 under Margaret Thatcher's administration. , Ericsson, Intel; other industry leaders. For additional information: http://www.bluesocket.com Bluetooth is a trademark owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc., U.S.A. & licensed to Bluesocket, Inc. Secure Mobility is a trademark of Bluesocket, Inc. All other trademarks, trade names and company names referenced herein are used for identification only and are the property of their respective companies. |
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