Nokia Secures Corporate Network For ORIX in Europe.

Business Editors

HELSINKI, Finland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr. 4, 2002

Global financial services company selects Nokia VPN and IP security platforms supplied by Entropy to protect and extend corporate network.

ORIX Ireland Limited, owned by its parent company ORIX Corporation, Japan's leading diversified financial services provider, has successfully deployed Nokia's virtual private network (VPN) and IP network security solutions as a critical element of their network infrastructure.

With the deployment, ORIX ensures secure communications between the head office in Dublin, subsidiaries and mobile employees.

The solution for ORIX integrates market leading firewall and VPN technology from Check Point with purpose built, pre-configured and pre-tested platforms from Nokia for a fully integrated and powerful VPN solution. The solution has given ORIX centralised control and management of their UK subsidiaries out of their Dublin office.

"Nokia have solved a lot of problems. There are already huge benefits for us in terms of ease of management and deployment," says Dave Fahy, IT Manager ORIX Ireland Limited."Before implementation of this solution, IT requirements for each office were handled locally, but this was an expensive method of managing and securing our infrastructure. The new solution allows us to decrease total cost of ownership in companies who didn't have local IT support and allows us to share applications over a secure network."

"As ORIX in Europe is a fast growing operation, it was crucial to us that the solution could expand with the company. Nokia demonstrated to us that their VPN system can be extended without interruption, hassle or downtime," Mr. Fahy continues. He is equally impressed by the ease-of-deployment of the Nokia solution.

"As network security solutions provider, we feel confident recommending the Nokia and Check Point solutions to our customers," says John Ryan, sales and marketing director, Entropy. "More than 250 of the world's most successful companies trust Nokia to secure their networks."

"Nokia is proud to be the premier choice for e-business network security," adds Greg Shortell, vice president Global Sales, Nokia Internet Communications. "By leveraging best-of-breed security applications on a purpose-built and specially hardened platform, we can enable companies to further protect their digital assets."

About ORIX:

Founded in 1964, ORIX is a diversified financial services organisation, consistently on the leading edge of financial innovation. Headquartered in Japan, they have a network of over 500 locations spanning 21 countries across the US, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Northern Africa. The group consists of 31 major companies involved in businesses as diverse as aircraft financing, real estate, venture capital, investment banking, retail banking, commodities funds, securities and brokerage. Their stocks are traded publicly on both the New York and Tokyo stock exchanges. For further information, please visit http://www.orix.com.

About Entropy:

Entropy is a wholly owned Irish company that was set up in June 1993. The company focus is to provide complete Internet Connectivity and Security Solutions including TCP/IP network design and implementation, email integration and e-mail virus scanning, firewall solutions, encryption and digital signature facilities.

About Nokia Internet Communications

Nokia Internet Communications, headquartered in Mountain View,California, provides world-class Network Security, Virtual Private Network and Internet Traffic and Content Management solutions that ensure the security and reliability of corporate enterprise and managed service provider networks. Nokia is committed to enhancing the end user experience by bringing a new level of security and reliability to the network, enabling an Internet transaction that is personal and trusted-each and every time. For more information, please visit www.nokia.com and click on Secure Network Solutions. Nokia Internet security and virtual private network appliances span the spectrum of price/performance points, and secure the widest range of network environments-from the smallest branch office to the largest Internet data center. The expansive product line, backed by world-class global support and services provides customers the ability to deploy multiple solutions from a single product to secure all elements of a distributed enterprise.

About Nokia

Nokia is the world leader in mobile communications. Backed by its experience, innovation, user-friendliness and secure solutions, the company has become the leading supplier of mobile phones and a leading supplier of mobile, fixed broadband and IP networks. By adding mobility to the Internet Nokia creates new opportunities for companies and further enriches the daily lives of people. Nokia is a broadly held company with listings on six major exchanges.