Genuity Announces International Availability of VPN Advantage for Contivity Service.Business/Technology Editors BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 4, 2000 Managed Virtual Private Network service designed for multinational enterprises requiring secure, IP-based remote access and site-to-site connectivity Genuity Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : GENU genu /ge·nu/ (je´nu) pl. ge´nua [L.] 1. the knee. 2. any kneelike structure. genu extror´sum bowleg. genu intror´sum knock-knee. ) today announced the availability of Version 2.0 of 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. Advantage(SM) for Nortel Networks (Nortel Networks Limited, Brampton, Ontario, www.nortelnetworks.com) A world leader in telecommunications products, which includes switching, wireless and broadband systems for service providers and carriers, telephones and systems for residential and business users, computer telephony (TM) Contivity(TM) in international markets, including Western Europe Western Europe The countries of western Europe, especially those that are allied with the United States and Canada in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (established 1949 and usually known as NATO). , Asia Pacific and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . VPN Advantage for Nortel Networks Contivity is a fully managed Virtual Private Network (VPN) service designed to secure Internet communications and reduce the costs and complexity of connectivity in medium to large enterprises. The service, previously available in the U.S. only, is based on the industry-leading Nortel Networks Contivity Extranet Switch family and is a major security component of Genuity's newly launched Black Rocket(TM) Network Services Platform (NSP (1) (Network Service Provider) An organization that provides a high-speed Internet backbone to ISPs and other service providers. Sprint, MCI and UUNET are examples of NSPs. See Internet backbones. ). The service includes Genuity's 24 x 7 proactive monitoring, expert management and maintenance, and integrated digital certificates with IPSec encrypted tunnels for strong authentication and secure communications. When combined with Genuity's Internet Advantage International managed connectivity services, VPN Advantage for Contivity provides global enterprises with a secure, scalable, high performance site to site and remote access solution. "The integration of Genuity's managed VPN and connectivity services with Nortel Networks Contivity switch will provide the European market with a secure, reliable VPN solution," said Tim Hubbard, European Director of IP Services Solutions Marketing at Nortel Networks. "Built specifically for IP VPN services, Nortel Networks Contivity VPN Switches are the industry's most widely deployed IP VPN switch for enterprises and service providers." In addition to international availability, VPN Advantage for Nortel Networks Contivity now supports shared administrator control via an authenticated web server (AWS AWS Amazon Web Services AWS American Welding Society AWS Advanced Warning System AWS Advanced Wireless Services AWS Automatic Weather Station AWS Alien Workshop (skateboard company) AWS Austria Wirtschaftsservice GmbH ) allowing VPN administrators to securely access and reconfigure the VPN for individuals or groups of users. The scalability of VPN Advantage for Contivity facilitates the management of large, worldwide VPN installations. "Global customers can now get the same reliable connectivity and managed security abroad as they can in the U.S.," said John Summers, Director of VPN & Internet Security ''This article or section is being rewritten at Internet security is the process of protecting data and privacy of devices connected to internet from information robbery, hacking, malware infection and unwanted software. Services at Genuity. "This international offering illustrates how Genuity has made VPN Advantage the most trusted managed VPN service for global enterprises." Customers also benefit from having their entire Internet communications infrastructure managed by a single service provider, ensuring timely customer support and guaranteed performance backed by comprehensive service level agreements (SLAs). Availability and Pricing VPN Advantage for Nortel Networks Contivity is orderable now in over 40 countries direct from Genuity, or through its Net.Alliance partners. To learn more about Genuity's full line of managed access, connectivity, security and VPN services, visit Genuity on the Internet at: http://www.genuity.com/services/index.htm?hp or call 1-800-GENUITY (436-8489) in the US or Canada or 44-1344-668-200 in Europe and Asia. About Genuity Inc. Genuity is a leading Internet infrastructure services provider and the only company in the industry to offer a Network Services Platform (NSP) that combines its Tier 1 network This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. Please help Wikipedia by adding references. See the for details. This article has been tagged since September 2007. with its full portfolio of managed Internet services, including dedicated, remote and broadband access, Web hosting and Internet security, to create a platform for creating scalable and repeatable managed eBusiness solutions. With annualized annualized Of or relating to a variable that has been mathematically converted to a yearly rate. Inflation and interest rates are generally annualized since it is on this basis that these two variables are ordinarily stated and compared. revenues of more than $1 billion, Genuity (NASDAQ: GENU) is a global company with offices and partnerships throughout the U.S., Europe, Asia and Latin America. Additional information about Genuity can be found at www.genuity.com. Nortel Networks and Contivity are trademarks of Nortel Networks. Genuity and Black Rocket are trademarks of Genuity Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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