Network Technology Magazine Awards an Editor's Choice to Positive Networks' PositivePRO Hosted Managed Secure Remote Access.OVERLAND PARK Overland Park, city (1990 pop. 111,790), Johnson co., NE Kans., a residential suburb of Kansas City; inc. 1960. There is printing and publishing, and the manufacture of apparel, aircraft parts, cement, prepared foods, salt, chemicals, marine accessories, and signs. , Kan. -- PositivePRO(TM) SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) The leading security protocol on the Internet. Developed by Netscape, SSL is widely used to do two things: to validate the identity of a Web site and to create an encrypted connection for sending credit card and other personal data. 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. Service Continues to Garner Industry Accolades for its Ease of Use and Scalable Secure Remote Access Positive Networks, a provider of industry-leading hosted managed remote access and endpoint security solution, today announced that Network Technology Magazine has honored hon·or n. 1. High respect, as that shown for special merit; esteem: the honor shown to a Nobel laureate. 2. a. Good name; reputation. b. the company's PositivePRO(TM) hosted managed secure remote access service with an "Editor's Choice" award and a five-star rated product review. This is the fifth product award earned by PositivePRO in the past two months. PositivePRO provides organizations with a complete managed service for secure remote access for its remote and mobile employees. Authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: end users can use PositivePRO to securely connect to their organization's network and Intranet resources from any location where they can access the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the . Unlike consumer remote PC services which individuals often install without IT's knowledge or permission, PositivePRO is designed as an extension of support from corporate IT managers and CIOs as a corporate productivity service. "PositivePRO is an impressive service for those organizations seeking to avoid the cost of a VPN appliance A stand-alone hardware device or software environment dedicated to a specific task. See hardware appliance and software appliance. ," said Ken Durham, editor of Network Technology. "While PositivePRO is ideally suited for small and mid-size firms seeking secure remote access, the service scales to large numbers of users so easily that there isn't a restriction on the size of the company using the service, only of the degree of pain your IT staff would have to endure." "The industry recognition of PositivePRO is something we're all very proud of at Positive Networks," said Michael Yim, vice president of marketing, Positive Networks. "What's more gratifying grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. is the increased number of deployments we're involved with and the number of times our customers tell us they selected PositivePRO over an SSL VPN appliance." The PositivePRO goes beyond standard connectivity to provide a complete remote work platform with strong end-point security. PositivePRO is engineered for use with company-owned laptops, home PCs, other remote devices that use multiple remote access methods such as client-based access, Web-based access, and/or remote desktop control. About Positive Networks Positive Networks is the leading provider of hosted VPN and endpoint security services Security services are state institutions for the provision of intelligence, primarily of a strategic nature, but also including protective security intelligence. Examples include the Security Service (MI5) and the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) in the United Kingdom, and the . Its flagship service, PositivePRO, combines a client-based VPN, a clientless, Web-based SSL VPN, and remote desktop control into a single remote access service that scales to support thousands of users. With no hardware to install, PositivePRO is simple to implement and can provide complete remote access endpoint security control in 24 hours or less. PositivePRO's easy-to-manage subscription model includes critical end-point security features like anti-virus protection, anti-spyware protection, personal firewall protection, patch management The installation of patches from a software vendor onto an organization's computers. Patching thousands of PCs and servers is a major issue. A patch should be applied to test machines first before deployment, and the testing environments must represent all the users' PCs with their unique and authentication (1) Verifying the integrity of a transmitted message. See message integrity, e-mail authentication and MAC. (2) Verifying the identity of a user logging into a network. to secure remote desktops and laptops. Site-to-Site VPN solutions are also available. Positive Networks was awarded "Best-in-Class" Managed SSL VPN Service Provider for SMBs by Stratecast Partners. PositivePRO is a 2006 IT Week Magazine's and WebWeek Magazine's "Editor's Choice" selection, and an Info Security Product Guide Product Excellence Award winner for Best SSL VPN Managed Service. For more information, please call toll-free 877-932-8671 or visit www.positivenetworks.com. About Possibility Media Possibility Media, publishers of Network Technology, provides readers with the latest news, reviews, product information, opinion and trends to technology. Network Technology is published in an all digital format that is well-designed and easy-to-read. In addition, these publications publish profiles and features on the people and products that shape the technology industry. For more information, go to www.networktechmag.com. PositivePRO and Positive Networks are trademarks of Positive Networks; all other company, product and publication names are trademarks of their respective holders. |
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