Compatible Systems Upgrades Enterprise VPN Offering.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 27, 1999 Company's Scalable 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. Access Server Product Family Provides Most Site-to-Site Connections in Industry, Plus Major Throughput Enhancements Compatible Systems Corporation, the industry leader in hardware-based Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), today announced it will significantly increase the number of site-to-site connections supported on its IntraPort Enterprise-2 and Enterprise-8 VPN Access Servers. In addition, the company will upgrade the throughput of the same products, already the fastest in the industry. The new features will be available in its product software in January 2000. The software upgrade enables eight times more site-to-site connections for both Enterprise products -- 1,000 site-to-site connections for the Enterprise-2 and 4,000 site-to-site connections for Enterprise-8 customers. Throughput has also been improved substantially. The Enterprise-2 performs at up to 195 megabits per second (unit) megabits per second - (Mbps, Mb/s) Millions of bits per second. A unit of data rate. 1 Mb/s = 1,000,000 bits per second (not 1,048,576). E.g. Ethernet can carry 10 Mbps. and the Enterprise-8 performs at up to 780 megabits per second. "The new performance and scaling enhancements to the IntraPort Enterprise-2 and Enterprise-8 VPN Access Servers significantly improve the deployment versatility of both products. Compatible Systems can fulfill the overall site-to-site and remote access needs of its customers and thus position the company to make further inroads inroads Noun, pl make inroads into to start affecting or reducing: my gambling has made great inroads into my savings inroads npl to make inroads into [+ into the fast growing and promising VPN access market," said Ron Westfall, senior analyst, Enterprise Infrastructure at Current Analysis. The IntraPort Enterprise-2 is designed for large central sites that need up to 10,000 simultaneous remote access sessions and/or up to 1,000 site-to-site connections, while the IntraPort Enterprise-8 is designed to anchor an enterprise VPN system. The Enterprise-8 provides support for up to 40,000 simultaneous remote access sessions and up to 4,000 site-to-site connections. The Enterprise-2 has a multi-processor design that supports DES and 3DES encryption with dual built-in hardware co-processors for ultimate security and design. The Enterprise-8 features an eight-slot hot-swappable chassis that allows users to scale the VPN to enterprise needs. Each of the eight slots feature a dual-processor design with hardware-based DES and 3DES encryption for maximum security and performance. "Compatible Systems' range of VPN solutions just keeps increasing and is now unmatched in the industry," said Matt McConnell, 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. of Compatible Systems. "The IntraPort family offers the right solution for every customer, from an entry-level VPN access server for small offices to the largest VPN server available. We answer the networking needs of customers who demand real product developments and innovations." IntraPort Family of VPN Access Servers The Compatible Systems IntraPort family of VPN Access Servers is a full line of VPN hardware solutions designed for organizations of all sizes. All of the IntraPort products provide secure Internet-based remote access and LAN-to-LAN connectivity, with full routing capabilities, for mid-size and large corporate networks. The line supports from 64 to 40,000 remote client connections and 32 to 4,000 LAN-to-LAN connections, and includes a PCI-based Triple DES co-processor that dramatically improves throughput in high-level encryption applications. About Compatible Systems Compatible Systems Corporation is the industry leader in hardware-based VPN solutions for site-to-site and remote client connection networking. The company has more than 10 years of network product design experience and has worked with VPN technologies since 1991. Compatible Systems has strong customer, reseller and ISP relationships and has installed equipment in thousands of networks worldwide. For more information, contact Compatible Systems Corporation at P.O. Box 17220, Boulder, Colorado 80308 or by phone at 800/356-0283 or 303/444-9532. The company's World Wide Web server is http://www.compatible.com. Compatible Systems VPN Access Servers have been selected for use by Adobe Systems, Apple Computers, ENTEX Information Systems, Jet Propulsion Laboratories, Lawrence Livermore Laboratories, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is a multiprogram science and technology national laboratory managed for the United States Department of Energy by UT-Battelle, LLC. ORNL is located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, near Knoxville. , the Mayo Foundation, Pacific Stock Exchange, PSINet, the U.S. Department of Health and the Yankee Group. Among the industry veterans who have begun development of VPN products are Ascend Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:ASND ASND A Streetcar Named Desire (play) ), Cisco Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CSCO CSCO Cisco Systems Incorporated (stock symbol) CSCO Chief Supply Chain Officer ), Lucent Technologies (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :LU), Nortel Networks (NYSE:NTL) and Intel Corporation (Shiva Corporation) (NYSE:INTC INTC Intel (NASDAQ symbol) INTC Intercept INTC Interrupt Controller ). Compatible Systems equipment is interoperable with systems from Apple Computer (Nasdaq:AAPL AAPL Apple Computer, Inc. (stock symbol) AAPL American Association of Professional Landmen AAPL American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law AAPL Advance Audiovisual Presentation Limited AAPL Advocates for Arkansas Public Libraries ), Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade ) and Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq:SUNW SUNW Sun Microsystems, Inc (former stock symbol; now JAVA) SUNW Stanford University Network Workstation (Sun Microsystems, Inc) ). |
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