CapuNet Expands High Speed Internet Offerings with Managed Virtual Private Network Services.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 18, 2000 CapuNet LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , a leading provider of high-speed commercial Internet connections in the Mid-Atlantic region, is now offering Virtual Private Network (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. ) services to existing and new customers. Typically, a VPN allows distant authorized users to connect to locally accessible computer networks and use them to reach the components and resources of headquarters or regional computers. With VPN from CapuNet, corporations and organizations can allow their branch offices, teleworkers and remote employees to connect in a secure fashion to headquarter's computers using a public network such as the Internet via ordinary dial up or broadband access See broadband and wireless broadband. . CapuNet's entrance into the VPN marketplace was a logical move for the company, a major independent player in providing high speed xDSL, frame relay A high-speed packet switching protocol used in wide area networks (WANs). Providing a granular service of up to DS3 speed (45 Mbps), it has become popular for LAN to LAN connections across remote distances, and services are offered by most major carriers. and T-1 and T-3 dedicated services to homes, businesses, associations and government agencies in Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and NJ. CapuNet also provides e-commerce solutions, web hosting Making a Web site available on the Internet. Many ISPs host a few personal Web pages for an individual at no additional cost above the monthly service fee, but the address is subordinate to the ISP; for example, www.friendlyisp.com/pat_smith. , database development and web site design services. "We're offering IRE's SafeNet Trusted Services to our customers to make VPN deployment easy and trouble-free," according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Kevin O'Brien Notable people named Kevin O'Brien include:
"From the point of view of the branch office or distant worker," O'Brien said, "VPN makes it appear as if data is moving over a dedicated private link. From the corporate point of view, VPN addresses the trends towards widely distributed Adj. 1. widely distributed - growing or occurring in many parts of the world; "a cosmopolitan herb"; "cosmopolitan in distribution" cosmopolitan bionomics, environmental science, ecology - the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms operations, where branch offices and teleworkers must be able to connect with central resources and each other, without the costs of dedicated high-speed lines." O'Brien said CapuNet's choice to become a reseller of IRE's VPN solutions was driven by the adoption of that technology by industry leaders such as Cisco Systems, 3Com, Lucent Technologies and Nortel. CapuNet will offer customers the following IRE solutions: SafeNet Trusted Services SafeNet Trusted Services is a VPN management service that provides consulting, central security management and 24-7 monitoring of networks. The services enable companies to take advantage of VPN security without incurring capital, overhead costs overhead costs see fixed costs. or payroll costs. SafeNet/Speed SafeNet/Speed is a dedicated VPN gateway solution that provides scalable, ungradable architecture for site-to-site and remote access VPN applications. SafeNet/Soft & SafeNet/Smart SafeNet/Soft/Smart provide encryption and authentication for Internet and private network communications in an easy to use desktop application. "CapuNet is dedicated to bringing the most advanced technology to its customers," O'Brien said. "We think our adding IRE's SafeNet Trusted Services continues that tradition." About IRE IRE (Nasdaq: IREG IREG International Roaming Expert Group (Global System for Mobile Communication Association) IREG ITU-T Recommendation Experiment Group - news) delivers cost-effective Virtual Private Network (VPN) solutions that enable organizations to use the Internet and other shared networks for private communications. IRE, the developer of the first commercial VPN in 1989 and the first Internet VPN solution in 1995, specializes in offering integrated, standards-based VPN technology and products as part of its SafeNet(TM) product family. SafeNet is a trademark of Information Resource Engineering, Inc. All other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective companies. |
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