IBM DEPLOYS VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK SOLUTION FROM NORTEL NETWORKS.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 (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :NT)(TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :NT.) has announced that IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) has deployed Nortel Networks Contivity 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. ) Switch to provide secure extranet access for members of IBM PartnerWorld for Developers. Contivity VPN extends the reach of IBM Solution Partnership Centers (SPCs) by enabling secure connections from individual developer sites. In a related announcement also made recently, Nortel Networks unveiled an innovative security solution and an alliance program designed to boost network security. "Since we have a large and geographically dispersed network of third-party software developers, we must have technology that enables these developers to remotely access test environments with the confidence that all transmissions are secure," said Todd Chase, program director, IBM Solution Partnership Centers, IBM. "Nortel Networks Contivity VPN solution expands the radius of our SPC 1. (business) SPC - Statistical Process Control. Something to do with quality management. 2. (body) SPC - Software Productivity Centre. 3. (company) SPC - Software Publishing Corporation. 4. labs, and enables our customers to securely connect and test their applications from their own sites." Nortel Networks Contivity VPN Switch provides encryption for data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. between software developers and IBM SPCs, enabling developers to access both traditional terminal and graphical user interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to applications. In addition, developers can realize significant cost savings and accelerated time-to-market for their products by eliminating the need for multiple visits to SPCs. The SPC extranet also significantly expands the number of development and test environments available to the member community. "In today's climate, network security is viewed by our customers as extremely significant, and any disruption to these capabilities can dramatically impact productivity and, ultimately, the bottom line," said, Scott McFeely, vice president and general manager, Intelligent Internet, Nortel Networks. "IBM is addressing these issues by leveraging Contivity to deliver around the clock, reliable, remote access to its labs." Contivity VPN is a single hardware device that provides routing, firewall, bandwidth management Controlling the traffic flow in a network. See bandwidth manager. , encryption, authentication and data integrity features for secure tunneling across managed IP networks and the Internet. With Contivity VPN, customers can connect remote users, branch offices and suppliers with the cost and performance advantages of shared IP networks and the security and control expected from private networks. Nortel Networks is the market share leader in the global independent VPN market, according to a Cahners In-Stat report for the first half of 2001. IBM SPC resources are available exclusively to members of PartnerWorld for Developers, the developer resource for IBM Business Partners. It offers developers the industry's richest, deepest technical and marketing support resources available. PartnerWorld for Developers can help Business Partners reach broader business opportunities, lower development costs and get products to market faster. |
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