Cisco Expands Enterprise VPN Capacity with Release of New VPN 3080 Concentrator.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 31, 2000 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. Device Well-Positioned to Accommodate Explosion in Mobile Access to the Enterprise Continuing to provide intelligent broadband solutions that help customers utilize the Internet economy The Internet Economy refers to conducting business through markets whose infrastructure is based on the Internet and World-Wide Web. An Internet economy differs from a traditional economy in a number of ways, including: communication, market segmentation, distribution costs, and price. for business agility, Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. , Inc. today announced the most powerful addition to its award-winning Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrator series. Optimized to handle up to 10,000 remote connections, the new Cisco VPN 3080 Concentrator meets the high-capacity demands of large enterprise organizations that are ramping-up to provide secure corporate network access to employees around the globe The new device also delivers the scalability, flexibility and performance that customers will need to prepare for the rising number of mobile employees seeking access to resources behind the firewall. Mobile virtual private networks (VPNs) significantly affect the corporate enterprise. Analysts say wireless technology is booming, and some predict the number of wireless devices accessing the Internet will soon surpass that of PCs. "As companies start granting network access to mobile devices like PDAs and cell phones, you're going to see greater demand for VPN tunneling capacity," said Paul Forbes, network engineer at Trimble, a Silicon Valley firm that develops products based on Global Positioning System Global Positioning System: see navigation satellite. Global Positioning System (GPS) Precise satellite-based navigation and location system originally developed for U.S. military use. (GPS) technology. "The Cisco VPN 3080 Concentrator is ideally suited to meet this demand and will allow us to quickly and inexpensively roll out VPNs to our growing mobile work force." The Cisco VPN 3080 Concentrator includes the new Cisco VPN Operating System operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. Release 2.5, providing compatibility with more Cisco products, such as the Cisco Secure PIX(TM) Firewall family and the Cisco 7000 router series. Version 2.5 also offers hardware acceleration for Internet Key Exchange Internet key exchange (IKE) is the protocol used to set up a security association (SA) in the IPsec protocol suite. Overview IKE is defined in RFC 2407, RFC 2408 and RFC 2409. IKEv2 is defined in RFC 4306. (IKE) operations. As a result, the Cisco VPN 3030, 3060 and 3080 Concentrators can negotiate 25 to 40 IPsec tunnels per second. "Cisco has the most comprehensive lineup of VPN offerings on the market, and the Cisco VPN 3080 concentrator will certainly help extend our leadership into the growing mobile arena," said Mark Freitas, director and general manager of the Cisco VPN Access Group. Pricing and Availability The Cisco VPN 3080 Concentrator with Version 2.5 software is available immediately in a fully redundant configuration. List price is $75,000 USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. . About the Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrator Series The Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrator series is a family of purpose-built, remote-access VPN platforms, and management and client software that incorporates high availability, high performance and scalability with highly advanced encryption and authentication techniques. It is the only scalable VPN platform to offer field-swappable and customer-upgradable components. These components, called scalable encryption processing (SEP 1. SEP - Someone Else's Problem. 2. (tool) SEP - A SASD tool from IDE. ) modules, enable users to easily add capacity and throughput. The VPN 3000 Concentrator series includes models to support a range of enterprise customers, from small businesses with 100 or fewer remote-access users to large organizations with up to 10,000 simultaneous remote users at 100 Mbps of encryption throughput. About Cisco Systems Cisco Systems (Nasdaq:CSCO CSCO Cisco Systems Incorporated (stock symbol) CSCO Chief Supply Chain Officer ) is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. Cisco news and information are available at http://www.cisco.com. Note to Editors: PIX is a trademark, and Cisco, Cisco Systems and the Cisco Systems logo are registered trademarks of Cisco Systems, Inc. or its affiliates in the U.S. and certain other countries. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners. The use of the word partner does not imply a partnership relationship between Cisco and any other company. (0005R) |
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